Newsletter issued in February 1974 announcing the hiring of Donald Fisher, Ph.D., as the Executive Director of the Academy and Association and planned opening of a joint national office in May 1974. In order for the Academy to receive foundation...
Minutes of the American Academy of Physicians' Associates Regular Meeting held at the Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY on February 3, 1973. Three votes were taken: (1) to amend bylaws to make membership less restrictive, (2) to change name...
Unapproved minutes of the American Academy of Physicians' Associates Board of Directors meeting held February 1, 1973 at the Roosevelt Hotel, NY City, NY. Items discussed included (1) membership drive that included contacting all (AMA) accredited...
Unofficial minutes of the American Academy of Physicians' Associates held at the Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY on February 3, 1973. Topics discussed and votes taken included: (1) cash on hand was $4,700 of which $3,000 was owed to Slack...
Preprinted brochure from American Association of Physician Assistants with major headings: Purpose and Major Goals; Membership; AAPA Programs and Objectives; and Newsletter, Seminars and Conferences (membership fee $60), 2 pages, front and back,...
Letter from Paul F. Palace, Executive Director, American Association of Physician Assistants announcing formation of the organization and requesting distribution of enclosed preprinted brochure and posting of flyer (poster) on hospital bulletin...
Correspondence from Gregory Gilreath, President of the American College of Physicians Assistants to D. Robert Howard, Director of the Duke University Physician Assistant Program, describing the activities of the College to align itself with the...
Correspondence from Roy Snell, secretary-treasurer of the American College of Physicians Assistants stating that, based upon meeting with the AMA, the College "will undoubtedly be the national physician's assistant organization called upon by the...
Correspondence from Roy Snell, secretary-treasurer of the American College of Physicians Assistants, explaining that it was not "our intent to be interpreted as stating or implying that the American College of Physicians Assistants had been...
Correspondence between Gregory Gilreath, President of the American College of Physicians Assistants (formerly known as the Midwest Association of Physician Assistants) explaining the purpose and aims of the College, meetings with the AMA, growth...
(Left to right) Frederick Hook, J. Deryl Hart, H.C. Cogburn, Jr., Hugh J. Morgan, Hugh H. Trout, and Lennox D. Baker. The war session meeting during World War II in March 1942. The American College of Surgeons was founded in 1919 as a scientific...
This statement by the American Hospital Association Council on Professional Services dated March 7 & 8, 1974 replaces an earlier statement dated November 18, 1970. The statement provides a definition of the Physician's Assistant, general...
Approved by the American Hospital Association on November 17-19, 1971, this 2 page document states that there should be only one organized medical stall in a hospital, governed by a single set of bylaws. "Health professionals involved in medical...
Correspondence from John Glasson, MD, North Carolina Medical Society, to E. Harvey Estes, Jr., MD, Chair of the Department of Community Health Services, Duke University Medical Center, indicating that report to Board of Trustees had been filed...
Released by the American Nurses' Association Board of directors on December 17, 1971, this document describes the emerging training and role of physician assistants. The document cautions that "The term "physician's assistant" should not be...
A typed copy of NC General Assembly House Bill 890 and Senate Bill 554 entitled An Act to Make an Exception to the Medical Practice Act Relative to Assistants to Physicians that was enacted July 12, 1971. The act was a direct outcome of draft...
Fred Schmidt (Duke ‘44), an intern from Plainfield, New Jersey, standing in the Duke University Hospital Library and looking at a volume by Ambroise Pare.
Ann Henshaw Gardiner was the first full-time faculty member of the Duke University School of Nursing. She served from 1931 until 1941. (From the scrapbook of Marie McAdams Parrish, circa 1978.)
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...
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...
Pamphlet inviting individuals to the "11th Annual Seminar: Physician's Assistants" sponsored by the Veterans Administration Hospital and the Greater Cincinnati Hospital Council, Cincinnati, OH, to be held on May 20, 1971. The seminar topic was...
This newsletter date August 8, 1975 contains news about: (1) Air Force PAs being stationed overseas, (2) date of NBME 1975 Certifying Examination - November 19-21, 1975; (3) awarding of $375 million awarded to US DHEW - some to go toward education...
News release with attached preliminary agenda for the upcoming semiannual meeting of the Association of Physician Assistant Programs to be held in conjunction with the Association of American Medical Colleges in Chicago, IL in November, 1974. This...
This APAP newsletter dated March 1975 contains a special tribute to the APAP Board of Directors currently holding office, mentions the opening of a new office for the National Commission on Certification of Physician's Assistant in Atlanta, GA,...
A draft proposal included in March 29, 1974 minutes of the Association of Physician Assistant Programs (appendix II) requesting Federal funds to evaluate the validity of the prediction equations developed by the Bowman Gray School of Medicine and...
Application accompanying letter and drawing sent to the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, DC requesting registration of the mark "Registered Physicians' Associate" and the appropriate insignia. (Fee was $35)
Ardie L. Kelly, assistant curator of the Trent Collection, at his desk in the Trent Room, Duke University Hospital Library. Photographed by Richard McKee. View 1.
Ardie L. Kelly, assistant curator of the Trent Collection, at his desk in the Trent Room, Duke University Hospital Library. Photographed by Richard McKee. View 2.
Articles of incorporation of the American Registry of Physicians' Associates, signed by Robinson O. Everett, Martha D. Ballenger and D. Robert Howard on May 26, 1970. The initial Board of Directors included Robert Ewer, MD, University of Texas,...
Preliminary program providing information and registration card for the Association of American Medical Colleges 85th Annual Meeting to be held November 11-16 at the Conrad Hilton Hotel, Chicago, IL. The program lists the Association of Physician...
Association of Physician Assistant Programs membership list containing the names of 26 educational programs and representative that was mailed prior to the November 1973 meeting held in conjunction with the AAMC in Washington, DC.
Minutes of the March 29, 1974 annual meeting of the Association of Physician Assistant Programs. Dr. Thomas Piemme was president and recounted progress that the Association had made in past year to: (1) open new office in Washington, DC with...
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.
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.
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.
This letter from Dr. William Anlyan to Mr. Rufus H. Powell, III dated September 1, 1970 supports the establishment of the Bachelor of Health Sciences degree as proposed by "an ad hoc interschool committee with representatives from the School of...
This memorandum from Dr. E. Harvey Estes to Dr. Thomas Kinney at Duke University dated September 29, 1969 request that the physician's assistant curriculum be upgraded to the Bachelor of Health Sciences degree. Dr. Estes provides the rationale and...
This letter dated December 13, 1971 from Dr. D. Robert Howard to Dr. Thomas Kinney at Duke University summarizes steps taken from September 1969 to December 12, 1970 to gain approval of the Bachelor of Health Sciences degree. Committees...
Page 2 and 3 of the Medical School Advisory Committee' minutes for November 9, 1971 indicates approval of the Physician's Assistant program's request to become a degree program. Dr. Kinney made the motion as recommended to him by the Allied Health...
This January 22, 1971 issue of Intercom, Duke University Medical Center, contains an article titled "Duke to Offer Bachelor's Degree in Several Health Sciences Fields. The article describes the need for professionally trained health care workers...
Letter from Frederic N. Cleaveland, Provost, to Thomas D. Kinney, Director of Medical and Allied Health Education, at Duke University granting "my formal approval of the proposed special program for the Physician's Associate and to authorize you...
School of Medicine and Duke Hospital staff at a dinner party. Dean of the School of Medicine Wilburt Cornell Davison is seated at the near end of the table, facing the camera. Callaway married Catharine Dater Van Blarcom, an instructor of nursing...
Mary Poston, James G. Whilden (left), and an unidentified person exampine a specimen in the Poston laboratory. Poston, a member of the original faculty, was an instructor in bacteriology from 1930 to 1960. Whildin (M.D., Duke, 1937) was a member...
Baker House, located on Trent Drive, was constructed in 1931 and renovated in 1968. The building is contiguous with Duke Clinic. It housed the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology administration, clinics, diagnostic, treatment and support...
Baker House, located on Trent Drive, was constructed in 1931 and renovated in 1968. The building is contiguous with Duke Clinic. It housed the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology administration, clinics, diagnostic, treatment and support...
This is a memorandum dated July 26, 1974 with an attached ballot sent by Donald Fisher to member programs of the APAP to vote in favor or not in favor of incorporating the Association of Physicians' Assistant Programs. Incorporation would not...
Barnes Woodhall was the chief of Duke University Medical Center Division of Neurosurgery from 1937 to 1960. He became the second dean of the School of Medicine, serving from 1960 to 1964. Barnes Woodhall received his medical degree from the John...
Barnes Woodhall examining x-ray, nurses in background. Woodhall was the chief of Duke University Medical Center's Division of Neurosurgery from 1937 to 1960. He became the second dean of the School of Medicine, serving from 1960 to 1964. Woodhall...
Portrait of Schick in three-quarters left profile. Presentation inscription “To Miss Sherwood In appreciation of faithful work and hearty cooperation. Bela Schick. June 30th 26.” By Katz Co.
Published in New York.
Front view of the Bell Building. The Bell Building was originally constructed in 1947 and underwent renovations in 1958, 1960, 1964 and 1979. The building was home to offices of the Departments of Surgery, Pediatrics, Radiology, Obstetrics and...
An aerial view of the first three units of the Bell building and nearby landscaping and cars. The Bell Building was originally constructed in 1947 and underwent renovations in 1958, 1960, 1964 and 1979. The building was home to offices of the...
Side view of the Bell Building. The Bell Building was originally constructed in 1947 and underwent renovations in 1958, 1960, 1964 and 1979. The building was home to offices of the Departments of Surgery, Pediatrics, Radiology, Obstetrics and...
Dr. Carroll was a professor of psychiatry at Duke University from 1983 to 1998. He served as chair of the department from 1983 until 1990 and as chief of medical staff at Duke Hospital from 1988 to 1990. He was interim chief of the Division of...
Berta Bobath, a well respected physical therapist and co-creator of the Bobath method, on a visit to Duke in the 1970s. The Bobath method is a rehabilitation technique that helps patients with injuries to the brain or spinal cord.
Berta Bobath, a well respected physical therapist and co-creator of the Bobath method, during a visit to Duke in the 1970s. The child in the picture is unknown. The Bobath method is a rehabilitation technique that helps patients with injuries to...
In 1929, Baker was recruited by Wilburt C. Davison (first dean of the Duke University School of Medicine) to become the first dean of the Duke University School of Nursing. Baker officially joined Duke University in 1930 as professor and dean; the...
The Duke Hospital Auxiliary was started in 1950, and Betty Leach started to do volunteer work them in 1956, shortly after moving to Durham. She was vital to the founding of the “Pink Smock” gift shops at Duke Hospital. These stores grew from a...
Dai, a psychotherapist, was a professor of mental hygiene and psychotherapy at Duke University from 1943 until 1969. Dai, a native of China, graduated from St. John's University in Shanghai, China in 1923. He came to the U.S. on a fellowship to...
This memorandum was sent by Dale Lindsay, Dean of Allied Health Education, to Frederic Cleaveland, Provost, Duke University and Thomas D. Kinney, informing him that earlier data on how many Blacks had applied to the PA program was overstated. Dr....
The photographs and biographical sketches of the Board of Advisors for the American Association of Physicians' Associates were published in Physician's Associate, Volume 1, Number 2, July 1971. The advisors were: James C. Cain, MD, Joseph Hamburg,...
Minutes from the American Registry of Physicians' Associates Board of Directors' meeting held on September 15, 1972 at the Hilton Inn (airport), Atlanta, GA. At this meeting a formal vote was taken to "form a new umbrella association" to be known...
An announcement issued by the United States Civil Service Commission, Bureau of Recruiting and Examining, in March 1971 providing information on availability of Physician's Assistant jobs within the Federal Government. The announcement states that...
Correspondence between James C. Mau, first administrator for Duke University PA Program, and D. Robert Howard, first program director of Duke University PA program, discussing honoring Buddy Treadwell at some upcoming event at Duke and inviting...
Covers from three bulletins describing the Physician's Assistant Program at Duke University. The bulletins are for academic years 1969-70, 1970-71 and 1971-72. The bulletins contain photographs of early students and graduates.
This is the first formal bulletin printed for the Duke University Physician's Assistant Program in 1969 by the Department of Community Health Sciences. The bulletin list the current administration, core faculty and teaching faculty for academic...