The Department of Anatomy was established in 1930 as part of the original School of Medicine. The name of the department changed to the Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy in 1988. Department of Anatomy chairs are as follows:
Francis H....
This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Douglas S. Tyler on June 10, 2019 by Emily Stewart as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. In the interview, Tyler discusses his early life, education, decision to become a physician,...
Dr. Samuel Katz discusses his preference of the term chair versus chairman of the Department of Pediatrics in order to be inclusive of female department chairs; the nature of the Department of Pediatrics when he first arrived as chair in 1968; former...
This oral history interview with Dr. Megan Turner Turley was conducted on May 5, 2021 by Dr. Justin Barr. All the Chief Resident interviews are part of the Chief Resident Interview Project, which was started in 2018. The interviewees discuss their...
Dr. Nancy Andrews discusses how dual degree (MD-PhD) is prevalent in deanship positions across the country; translational medicine; Duke's strength in translational medicine; her own research; the difference between what she experienced as a student...
This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Richard L. McCann on April 29, 2020 by Taylor Patterson as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. In the interview, McCann discusses his early life, education, decision to enter the...
Prentiss L. Harrison graduated from the Duke Physician Assistant Program in 1968. He was the first African American physician assistant in the country.
Dr. Ewald W. Busse (standing), director of the Center for the Study of Aging, is shown with medical psychologist Dr. Walter D. Obrist as they study an elderly person’s brain wave patterns recorded by an electroencephalograph.