This oral history interview was conducted with Gordon Hammes on April 3, 1995 by Dr. James Gifford. It is included in the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. During the interview, Hammes discusses his background, education, and how he chose...
This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Gregory S. Georgiade on February 17, 2022 by Dr. Konstantinos Economopoulos as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. During the interview, Georgiade discusses his background and...
Group photo of the Department of Community & Family Medicine. Row 1 (L to R): Gregory V. Solovieff, James A. Bobula, William E. Wilkinson, Lawrence H. Muhlbaier, Robert J. Sullivan, Samuel "Woody" Warburton. Row 2 (L to R): M. Morris, J....
Group photo of the Division of Cardiology. Row 1 (L to R): C. Frank Starmer, Joseph R. Kisslo, Walter L. Floyd, Robert E. Whalen, Yihong Kong, Andrew G. Wallace. Row 2 (L to R): Edward Pritchett, James J. Morris, Victor S. Behar, Michael Hindman,...
Dr. Brodie discusses psychiatry; Duke University Department of Psychiatry chair, his relocation to the South; Dr. Ewald W. Busse; family; Highland Hospital; Durham County Regional Hospital; Veterans Affairs Hospital (Durham, N.C.); John Umstead...
This oral history interview with Dr. Hanghang Wang was conducted on May 3, 2020 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...
This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Harvey J. Cohen on February 24, 2020 by Emily Stewart as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. In the interview, Cohen discusses his educational background and how he became a...
Illustration of a heart in a book. Bob Blake was coordinator of the Division of Medical Illustration within the Duke University School of Medicine. He produced medical illustrations for Duke from about 1940 through the 1970s. (Robert L. Blake...
This oral history interview was conducted with Helen Mikul on October 17, 2022 by Josephine McRobbie as part of the Duke Midwifery Service and Durham Maternal Health Oral History Project, which was funded by The Josiah Charles Trent Memorial...
Dr. Hilda P. Willett discusses her background; her siblings; her parents' emphasis on education; the lack of funding for higher education; scholarship; Georgia State College for Women; Dr. James Stokes's encouragement for further education; other...
This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Hilliard Seigler on July 18, 1994 by Dr. James Gifford. Dr. Seigler discusses the Melanoma Immunology Laboratory.
This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Hilliard Seigler on February 27, 2018 by Dr. Justin Barr as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. Dr. Seigler reflects on his time at Duke in the Department of Surgery.
Chief Murray Cato, one of the five divers who participated in Duke's simulated dive to 1,000 feet beneath the surface of the sea, tests the new underwater equipment in the hyperbaric chamber's "wet pot." The test dive was a joint project of Duke...
Illustration of the main entrance to the Duke Hospital clinics. Bob Blake was coordinator of the Division of Medical Illustration within the Duke University School of Medicine. He produced medical illustrations for Duke from about 1942 through the...
The Duke University Medical Center Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) was an automated system that allowed people to travel between Duke Hospital (Duke North) and Duke Clinics (Duke South). The system was launched in 1979 and discontinued in 2009.
Machinery and layout in the surgical instrument shop. The 984 sq. ft. shop was constructed around 1947, following plans by J. Deryl Hart, then chair of the Department of Surgery. In 1949, the shop was opened for the fabrication of surgical and...
Photograph of the inside of a hyperbaric unit. Two staff members (a female and a male) are standing inside the unit. The door of the unit is open. Photographed by Thad W. Sparks, Duke University Photographer.
Dr. Fridovich speaks about his arrival in Duke University's Department of Biochemistry in 1952; Dr. Bernheim's reputation at the time for having discovered the amine oxidase; Dr. Bernheim's reputation for good teaching; Dr. Bernheim's reputation...
Callaway's office and patient examination room with x-ray equipment. Callaway (M.D., Duke, 1933) served as a member of the house staff of Duke Hospital and professor of dermatology or syphilology from 1933 to 1975. He was chair of the Dept. of...
This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. J. Leonard Goldner on March 15, 1995 by Dr. James Gifford. It is included in the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. During the interview, Goldner discusses his professional background; how...
This oral history was conducted with J. Michael Slaughter on November 6, 2019 by Emily Stewart as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. During the interview, Slaughter discusses his early life and education; memories of Dr. David...
Dr. Keene is the James B. Duke Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, director of the Center for RNA Biology, and director of basic sciences for the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center. He was chair of the Department of Immunology from...
James B. Wyngaarden was a professor and administrator of Duke University Hospital and the Veterans Administration Hospital of Durham, North Carolina. He was chair of the Duke Univeristy Dept. of Medicine from 1967 to 1983.
Dr. Wyngaarden speaks about being recruited for the directorship of the National Institutes of Health (NIH); looking back at his chairmanship of the Department of Medicine; important aspects of the department under his chairmanship; Dr. Eugene...
Dr. Wyngaarden speaks about Dr. Kerby's role in the Department of Medicine as created by Dr. Stead (managing house staff schedules); her continuation of that role under his chairmanship; the story passed down about Dr. Kerby saving the...
This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. James L. Cox on August 20, 2019 by Emily Stewart as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. In the interview, Cox discusses his early life; education; decision to become a surgeon;...
This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. James M. Douglas on February 1, 2022 by Konstantinos Economopoulos as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. During the interview, Douglas discusses his early life; education; why...
This oral history interview with Dr. James Meza was conducted on May 8, 2020 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. James R. Urbaniak on November 6, 2018 by Dr. Justin Barr as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. In the interview, Urbaniak discusses his childhood, how he came to Duke, his...
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...
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...
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...
Jane S. Richardson discusses her background; her interest in astronomy; her interest in philosophy; working in the same lab where her husband, David Richardson, was getting his PhD; in 1969, the laboratory solving the structure of the...
This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Janet E. (Betsy) Tuttle-Newhall on April 29, 2020 by Emily Stewart as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. In the interview, Tuttle-Newhall discusses her first interaction with Dr....
Dr. Jean Spaulding discusses her family background; growing up in Michigan; the diverse community in Michigan; coming to the South; negative and prejudiced treatment in the South as an African-American; the lack of recognition of the Vietnam War...
This oral history interview with Dr. Jeffrey Keenan was conducted on May 3, 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...
Dr. Joanne A. P. Wilson discusses the importance of recognizing history; her own background; parochial school; being an undergraduate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; medical school at Duke; house staff training at the Peter...
Joanne A.P. Wilson graduated from the Duke University School Of Medicine in 1973, becoming the second African-American woman to graduate from Duke's medical school. She joined the Duke faculty in 1986 as Associate Professor and Associate Chief of...
These oral history interviews were conducted with Dr. John A. Bartlett on July 24, 2020 by Joseph O'Connell as part of the Department of Medicine's Oral History Project. During the interview, Bartlett discusses his early life, interest in...
This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. John B. Hanks on April 17, 2021 by Dr. Justin Barr as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. During the interview, Hanks discusses his family; early life in Washington, DC;...
This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. John L. Weinerth on July 28, 2021 by Taylor Patterson as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. During the interview, Weinerth discusses his background; education; how he came to...
This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. John Palmer Grant on July 12, 1994 by Dr. James Gifford. It is included in the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. During the interview, Grant discusses his background; how he became a...
This oral history interview was conducted with John Robinette on October 22, 2019 by Taylor Patterson as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. In the interview, Robinette discusses his education; career at Duke, starting as an...
Dr. Wadsworth was the first chair of ophthalmology at Duke University, serving from 1965 until 1983. Duke honored him by naming the facility that houses the eye center the Joseph A.C. Wadsworth Building.
This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Joseph (Jerry) G. Reves on July 30, 2019 by Emily Stewart as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project.
During the interview, Reves discusses his education; how he became interested...
These oral history interviews were conducted with Dr. Joseph O. Moore on November 6 and 9, 2020 by Joseph O'Connell as part of the Department of Medicine's Oral History Project.
During the interviews, Moore discusses the advent of the...
Ms. Nichols speaks about growing up in rural North Carolina; her family structure; her aunt as a matriarch; her marriage and move to Durham; her husband's desertion of new family; her financial situation; public housing; Operation Breakthrough;...
Dr. Kathleen Clem discusses her desire to become an emergency physician; her background as a nurse; her family background; Loma Linda University; starting one of the first international emergency medical fellowships in the country (at Loma Linda);...