Dr. Joseph and Dorothy Beard seated at micrscope, examining slides. Joseph W. Beard was professor of surgery from 1937 to 1973. In 1946 Beard became the James B. Duke professor of surgery and was appointed professor of virology in 1965. Dorothy...
Left to right, Arena, Davison, and McGovern standing. Arena and Davison both wearing glasses. Presentation inscription: "To Jay Arena from Dave W. Davison."
Group photograph of pathology staff in military uniform on front steps of building. Individuals pictured may have been members of the 65th General Hospital. Wiley D. Forbus was chair of the department from 1930 to 1960.
Arnold began his career at Duke in 1936 as a member of the Duke Hospital house staff. He was a professor of otology and associate professor of otolaryngology and ophthalmology from 1936 to 1941 and 1946 to 1960.
Ernst Peschel was assistant professor of medicine from 1947 to 1972. He wrote extensively on the health implications of colleague Walter Kempner's Rice Diet program.
Uniformed male and female house staff, interns, or faculty of the Dept. of Radiology. Courses in roentgenology and radiology were taught at Duke Hospital as early as 1930 by staff in the hospital's radiology department. The radiology department...
Dr. Dennis Bernard Amos (center) working in the lab with two others. Dr. Amos was professor of immunology and experimental surgery at Duke University from 1962 to 1993.
Herman Max Schiebel was member of the house staff of Duke Hospital and served as professor of surgery during the early 1930s. He became assistant chief of surgical services for the Office of Civilian Defense, Reserve Unit of the United States...
Ewald W. Busse in the 1970s. Ewald W. Busse was a early leader in the field of geriatric psychiatry and a founder of the Center for Aging and Human Development, Professor Emeritus of the Department of Psychiatry and Dean Emeritus of Medical and...
Susan Dees was professor of pediatrics from 1939 to 1978, and chief of the Dept. of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy-Immunology from 1948 to 1974. She established the pediatric allergy training program in the early 1940s.
Peele graduated from Duke University (A.B., 1929 and M.D., 1934). He served on the house staff of Duke Hospital from 1934 to 1936 and as professor of anatomy from 1939 to 1981.
Frank Gregory Hall was a professor of pharmacology and physiology from 1945 to 1966 (emeritus 1966-1967) and chair of the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology from 1949 to 1961. Hall's research interests focused on oxygenation and...
Thelma Ingles came to Duke university in 1944 supported by a United States Public Health Service grant to study the role of the nurse in the clinic. She returned to Duke in 1949 as professor and chair of the Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing...
Lowenbach was a professor of neurology from 1940 to 1963 and chair of the Dept. of Psychiatry from 1951 to 1953. He returned to Duke as a visiting professor in the early 1970s.
Mary Alverta Poston graduated from Duke University with a master's degree in 1939. She was a member of the original faculty as an instructor in bacteriology and later an associate in microbiology within the Dept. of Microbiology (1930-1961). She...
Parker was a member of the house staff of Duke Hospital from 1946 to 1947. After completing his residency, Parker went into private practice. He returned to Duke University in 1953 as a professor and later became chair of the Department of...
Edwin P. Alyea was first chief of Duke Hospital's Division of Urology within the Department of Surgery. He was appointed Profesor of Urology in 1929. Alyea received an bachelor's degree from Princeton University in 1919 and an M.D. degree from...
Portrait of Dr. James Urbaniak, who joined the faculty in 1969 as an Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, became Professor in 1977, and Chief of the Division in 1985, a position he held until 2002.
Robert Randolph Jones was a member of the original faculty of the School of Medicine and Duke Hospital. He served as house staff and associate professor of surgery from 1930 to 1941. In 1941, he was fatally shot by a psychiatric patient who was...
Frederick Bernheim was a member of the original faculty as professor of pharmacology from 1930 to 1976. He was also chief of the biochemical pharmacology laboratory.
Ewald W. Busse in the 1970s. Ewald W. Busse was a early leader in the field of geriatric psychiatry and a founder of the Center for Aging and Human Development, Professor Emeritus of the Department of Psychiatry and Dean Emeritus of Medical and...
Portrait of Dr. Catherine Wilfert. Wilfert came to Duke University School of Medicine in 1969, where she achieved rank of division chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases in the Department of Pediatrics (1976-1994) and professor in the Department...
Elon H. Clark (left) and Tom Jones during Jones' visit to Duke University. Elon Clark said that Tom Jones was "a world famous medical artist, second only to Max Brodel." In the background is a model of an infant's head and Clark's drawing of...
Pickrell was a professor of plastic surgery from 1944 to 1981 and chief of the Division of Plastic Surgery from 1944 to 1975. During World War II, Pickrell was a consultant in chemical warfare at Edgewood Arsenal and assisted with the program of...
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...
Will Camp Sealy was chief of the general surgery section in the 65th General Hospital. In 1949 he worked with other Duke faculty to start the Cardiovascular Teaching and Training Program.
Ewald W. Busse in the 1980s. Ewald W. Busse was a early leader in the field of geriatric psychiatry and a founder of the Center for Aging and Human Development, Professor Emeritus of the Department of Psychiatry, and Dean Emeritus of Medical and...
Robert James Reeves was a member of the original faculty. He served as professor of radiology from 1930 to 1968 and as first chair of the Dept. of Radiology from 1930 to 1965. He was in the reserve unit of the United States Public Health Service...
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...
Eugene Anson Stead, Jr. was professor of medicine and chair of the Dept. of Medicine at Duke University from 1947 to 1967. He was a Lt. Col. with the 65th General Hospital between wars and helped start the Cardiovascular Teaching and Training...
Edward S. Orgain reading EKG tape, pictured with nurse and patient. 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...
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...
Lt. Colonel Clarence E. Gardner (later chair of the Dept. of Surgery at Duke) was chief of Surgical Service of the 65th General Hospital. Near the end of the war, Dr. Gardner was promoted to full colonel and became a surgical consultant to the...
Julian Meade Ruffin, professor of medicine from 1930 to 1970, was a member of the original faculty. He assisted with the program of wartime graduate medical meetings and served the Office of Civilian Defense of the United States Public Health...
James H. Semans, professor of urology in the Dept. of Surgery, served on the Duke faculty for 28 years. In the 1960s Semans, along with his wife Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans, helped to establish the North Carolina School of the Arts in...