Dr. Anlyan came to Duke University in 1949, where he completed residency training in general and thoracic surgery at Duke University School of Medicine between 1949 and 1955. In 1955 he passed the examinations of the American board of thoracic Surgery....
J. Deryl Hart and Dept. of Surgery surgical team in protective clothing operating on a patient under the Sterilamp, an ultraviolet light source hanging from the operating room ceiling. In 1936, Dr. J. Deryl Hart originated the use of ultraviolet...
Dr. Katz is former professor and chair of the Dept. of Pediatrics (1969-1999) and a researcher in vaccine policy development and pediatric HIV/AIDS care.
Jane Elchlepp, M.D., Ph.D., was a professor, member of the Department of Pathology, and assistant vice president for health affairs, planning, and analysis. Elchlepp worked closely with William Anlyan to oversee planning and construction of Duke...
Dr. Wadsworth was the first chair of ophthalmology at Duke University, serving from 1965 until 1983. Duke honored him by naming the facility that houses the eye center the Joseph A.C. Wadsworth Building.
The Morris Building houses the Duke Oncology Treatment Center. The Morris Building is named for Edwin A. Morris, a donor who supported the creation of the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center. The Personnel Rapid Transit (PRT) system was used to transport...
Dr. Keene is the James B. Duke Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, director of the Center for RNA Biology, and director of basic sciences for the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center. He was chair of the Department of Immunology from 1994 to...
Group photograph of the Executive Committee of the School of Medicine, taken in Dr. Wiley Forbus' office. The administration of the Duke University Schools of Medicine, Nursing and Health Services, and Duke Hospital was performed, subject to the...
Ann Gunn poses in front of the door to Operation Room 10. She was Duke’s first postgraduate LPN to achieve national certification in operating room technique. A Durham native, she came to Duke in 1964 to receive her LPN training. Gunn then worked on...
Callaway's office and patient examination room with x-ray equipment. Callaway (M.D., Duke, 1933) served as a member of the house staff of Duke Hospital and professor of dermatology or syphilology from 1933 to 1975. He was chair of the Dept. of...
The Nanaline H. Duke Building houses the Department of Biochemistry, Department of Cell Biology, Cell and Molecular Biology Program, Molecular Biophysics Program, Biological Chemistry Program and the University Program in Genetics. The building was...
Jane Elchlepp, M.D., Ph.D., was a professor, member of the Department of Pathology, and assistant vice president for health affairs, planning, and analysis. Elchlepp worked closely with William Anlyan to oversee planning and construction of Duke...
Augustus Grant is a cardiologist who joined the faculty at the Duke University School of Medicine in 1977. He currently serves as a Professor of Medicine and Vice Dean for Faculty Enrichment.
Dr. W. David Watkins and J. Horst Meyer dance in the 1986 student-faculty show Back to the Suture. The annual student-faculty show is entirely student-run and offers a comedic view of the experiences of a medical student at Duke.
Dr. Holmes was a Howard Hughes Medical Investigator; chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Genetics (1983-1991); and the James B. Wyngaarden Professor of Medicine at Duke University.
Cafeteria employees at work preparing fast food for “scatter line”. This photograph was taken by Lewis Parrish and appeared in the January 7, 1972 issue of Intercom with the following caption: “Staff members and employees pitched in to help get the...
Ann Gunn was Duke’s first postgraduate LPN to achieve national certification in operating room technique. A Durham native, she came to Duke in 1964 to receive her LPN training. Gunn then worked on the general surgical unit from 1965-1969. In 1969 she...
Dr. Busse joined Duke University in 1953 as chair of the Department of Psychiatry, a position he held until 1974. In 1965 he was named J.P. Gibbons Professor of Psychiatry. Busse was also dean of Medical and Allied Health Education at Duke University...
The Duke Medical Art and Illustration staff (L-R): Carlin P. Graham, Robert Blake, Raymond Howard, [Dorothy Watkins], Orville “Norrie” Parks, [Claire King], Elon Clark, Evelyn Satterfield Lyons, Henry Floyd Pickett, and Neeley Webster.
Joanne A.P. Wilson graduated from the Duke University School Of Medicine in 1973, becoming the second African-American woman to graduate from Duke's medical school. She joined the Duke faculty in 1986 as Associate Professor and Associate Chief of...
Dr. Wiley D. Forbus with students. Forbus was a professor and chairman of the Department of Pathology and chief pathologist to Duke Hospital from 1930 until his retirment in 1960.
Orgain was a professor of medicine from 1934 to 1975. Together with Mary Poston, a bacteriologist, he published extensively on diagnosis and treatment of endocarditis in the pre–penicillin era. In 1945 he founded Duke’s Cardiovascular Disease Service....
The department was established as the Department of Neuropsychiatry in 1931 and changed to the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in 1994. H. Keith H. Brodie was chair of the department from 1974 to 1982.
Project MED-AID volunteers answering phone calls. Project MED-AID was the medical center's radio consultative program for isolated doctors in other countries. The radio program met critical needs of physicians in developing countries, and for doctors...
Augustus Grant is a cardiologist who joined the faculty at the Duke University School of Medicine in 1977. He currently serves as a Professor of Medicine and Vice Dean for Faculty Enrichment.
William A. Withers takes the blood pressure of a female patient at the Duke Private Diagnostic Clinic. William A. Withers served as house staff and fellow from 1937 to 1939.
Charlie Grinstead worked as a parking valet from 1973-1976. He was a fixture in front of Duke Hospital and would have been the first official face of the medical center that patients and visitors saw as they came up the walk. Charlie became ill at work...
Duke Life Flight helicopter with Duke North Hospital in background. In 1985, Duke Life Flight became the first hospital-based helicopter service in North Carolina.
This linen postcard comes from a 1945 folder set. The caption reads "D-8--Science Quadrangle, showing School of Medicine in Center, Duke University, Durham, N.C."
Duke Hospital seamstress works at her station. The Duke Hospital Laundry department handled the cleaning of linens and uniforms as well as the mending and patching of damaged items until 2004 when Duke Health System negotiated a long-term service...
Duke University Medical Center Department of Medicine 1989-1990 1. B Reller; 2. H. Goldberg; 3. P.K. Marcom; 4. I. Weintraub; 5. D. Yohay; 6. L. Callaway; 7. S. Pinnell; 8. M. Lambert; 9. W. Yarger; 10. J.C. Greenfield; 11. E. Oddone; 12. S. Carpenter;...
Duke University Department of Medicine 1993-1994 1. R. Chen; 2. K. Marr; 3. J. Miller; 4. C. Udomsakdi; 5. E. Duh; 6. M. Thel; 7. J. Greenfield; 8. W. Yarger; 9. S. Kantrow; 10. S. Al Khatib; 11. B. Alexander; 12. H. Shaw; 13. I. Mbaga; 14. N....
The Seeley G. Mudd Building is located at the heart of the Medical Center campus. The building was constructed between 1973 and 1975. It opened in November 1975 and was dedicated May 8, 1976. The Medical Center Library occupies much of the building.
Duke University Medical Center Department of Medicine 1988-89 1. J. Jollis; 2. A. Blau; 3. D. Metzler; 4. M. DiMaio; 5. I. Weintraub; 6. D. Yohay; 7. P. Gerbel; 8. J. Greenfield; 9. W. Yarger; 10. J. Daubert; 11. J. Crapo; 12. S. Pinnell; 13. L....
Duke University Medical Center Department of Medicine 1987-88 1. M. Cameron; 2. S. Culp; 3. G. Li; 4. I. Taylor; 5. K. Abson; 6. B. Wolff; 7. K. Howell; 8. D. Dulas; 9. S. Georas; 10. D. Hill; 11. J. Fetters; 12. M. Linzer; 13. 14. P. Brown; 15. S....