Dr. Smith was the James B. Duke Professor of Microbiology; chair of the Department of Microbiology (1930-1958); and associate professor of medicine in the Division of Preventive Medicine (1950-1966) at Duke University.
Julian Deryl Hart came to Duke University in 1929 as a member of the original faculty of Duke Hospital. In 1929, Hart initiated the Private Diagnostic Clinic plan with Frederic Moir Hanes. He served as chair of the Private Diagnostic Clinic and...
Francis Huntington Swett was a member of the original faculty as a professor and chair of the Dept. of Anatomy from 1930 to 1943. He co-wrote Introduction to the Medical Sciences for Medical Record Librarians, with J.H. Neese. He died in 1943.
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...
Perlzweig was a member of the original faculty of the School of Medicine. He served as professor of biochemistry from 1929 to 1949. His research interests were primarily in the biochemistry of nutrition. Together with Frederic Moir Hanes, Wiley D....
Rodney Lehman at work in the physiology department of Duke Hospital. On October 27, 1942, Civilian Public Service (C.P.S.) Camp No. 61 was authorized as Duke Hospital under the direction of the department of neuropsychiatry. Under the program,...
Portrait of Dr. Grace Kerby, who worked at Duke from 1940 until her retirement in 1976. In 1946 she became the first female chief resident in the Department of Medicine, and in 1964 she became the first female full professor in the department....
Hull (seated) observes a Duke Hospital nurse as she breathes through a tube connected to a machine monitoring air flow. Hull used air flow measurements to study oxygen supply and the effects of anesthesia. Hull (Ph.D., Duke, 1946) was an...
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...
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.
Frank Libman Engel was chair of the Division of Endocrinology from 1960 to 1963, and a member of the faculty from 1947 to 1963. He was known for research in endocrinology and metabolic diseases.
Walter Kempner was born in 1903 in Germany. He joined Duke in 1934 as a member of the Department of Medicine. Kempner was interested in the effect of diet on various diseases including hypertension and diabetes. Observing that those diseases were...
Aerial view of the newly completed Duke University School of Medicine and Duke Hospital. Nearby residential neighborhoods and west campus buildings are also visible.
Portrait of Dr. Frances Widmann, who came to Duke in 1971 to direct the blood bank at the Durham Veteran's Administration Hospital and to teach in the Duke Department of Pathology. She was also assistant chief of the laboratory service at the...
Rachel Z. Booth, RN, MS, PhD, served as assistant vice president for health affairs and dean and professor of the School of Nursing (1984-1987) at Duke University.
Dr. Smith was the James B. Duke Professor of Microbiology; chair of the Department of Microbiology (1930-1958); and associate professor of Medicine in the division of preventive medicine (1950-1966) at Duke University.
(Left to right) Richard S. Lyman, Adolf Meyer, and Wilburt Cornell Davison. Lyman was professor of neuropsychiatry from 1940 to 1951. Duke Hospital’s Meyer Ward for psychiatric patients was named for Meyer. Davison was the first dean of the School...
Dept. of Surgery staff in an operating room dressed in protective gowns, gloves, goggles, and hoods. In 1936, Dr. J. Deryl Hart originated the use of ultraviolet radiation to control airborne infections in surgical operating rooms, a technique...
Sketch showing transformers and special radiation tube installation for operating room ultraviolet lights system installation. In 1936, Dr. J. Deryl Hart originated the use of ultraviolet radiation to control airborne infections in surgical...
MaryAnn Black served as Associate Vice President for Community Relations for the Duke University Health System from 2002 until her death in 2020. In this role, she helped to develop and implement strategies and programs to enhance the health...
Hamblen came to Duke University in 1931 as a member of the original faculty. He organized Duke's Division of Endocrinology in 1936 as a division of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. During his career at Duke, Hamblen was an associate...
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.
Nurses or physicians tend to patients of the 65th General Hospital. The 65th General Hospital served as an affiliated unit of the Duke University School of Medicine during World War II. Authorized on October 17, 1940, the Hospital was headed by...
In the late 1920s, J. Deryl Hart invented a variable pressure bed (or air mattress) to ease patient’s bed sores. Hart patented many of his inventions, which also included a pneumatic bed, an operating room supply table, and a surgical basin with a...
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...