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 simple...
Nevidjon discusses her background; desire to become a nurse; career choices for women in the seventies; choosing to be a nurse instead of a doctor; diploma programs versus college-based programs; deciding on Duke School of Nursing; curriculum at Duke;...
This oral history interview with Dr. Brian Ezekian was conducted on May 6, 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 family...
This oral history interview with Dr. Brian Gulack was conducted on June 27, 2018 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 family...
This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Bruce Schirmer on November 30, 2018 by Dr. Justin Barr as part of the Dr. Sabiston Oral History Program. Schirmer discusses his experiences at Duke University School of Medicine and the Department of...
This oral history interview with Dr. C. Cameron McCoy was conducted on May 14, 2018 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 family...
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...
This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Carl E. Ravin on May 20, 2019 with Emily Stewart as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. In the interview, Ravin briefly discusses his early life, education, military service during the...
This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Carla W. Brady on March 30, 2021 by Joseph O'Connell as part of the Department of Medicine's Oral History Project. During the interview, Brady discusses her work with liver transplantation, her...
Dr. Catherine Wilfert discusses family support; her decision to become a physician; her medical degree from Harvard; the atmosphere for women at Harvard; the differences between the Harvard and Duke campuses; scientific collaborations on Duke campus;...
This oral history interview with Dr. Cecilia Ong was conducted on June 11, 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 family...
Dr. Hammond joined the Duke University School of Medicine faculty in 1968. He served as chief of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology from 1970 to 1980. In 1980 he became chair of the...
Dr. Hammond discusses the history of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Duke University including faculty, divisions, facilities, research, fellowships and resident education, relocations, his goals as chair of department, National...
Charles Johnson came to Duke in 1967 as a fellow in the Division of Endocrinology. He became the one of the first African American faculty members in the Duke School of Medicine in 1970.
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...
Weekly clinical-pathological conferences offered both students and staff a chance to study in detail pathological findings gained from autopsies and to determine the degree of accuracy of diagnosis made on these patients. Originally published in the...
Male modeling a protective mask, hat, and gown. In 1936, Dr. J. Deryl Hart originated the use of ultraviolet radiation to control airborne infections in surgical operating rooms, a technique that became widely accepted across the country. This...
Photograph showing a control panel for a hyperbaric unit. A man is seated at the instrument panel in front of the unit. Photographs of five medical staff are included around the edges of the photograph. Photographed by Thad W. Sparks, Duke University...
This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Craig L. Slingluff Jr. on April 18, 2021 by Justin Barr as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. During the interview, Slingluff discusses his early life; education; why he decided to...
This oral history was conducted with Dr. Dani Bolognesi on May 29, 2019 by Taylor Patterson as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. During the interview, Bolognesi discusses his early life and education; his studies and work at Duke,...
This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Daniel (Dan) G. Blazer on March 31, 1995 by Dr. James Gifford. It is included in the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. During the interview, Blazer discusses his background and when he decided...
This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Daniel Blazer on January 28, 2005 by Jessica Roseberry. During the interview, Blazer discusses his initial interest in psychiatry; coming to Duke; the eclectic nature of the Duke Department of...
This oral history interview with Dr. Daniel Nussbaum was conducted on April 24, 2019 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...