Duke Life Flight helicopter with Duke North Hospital in background. In 1985, Duke Life Flight became the first hospital-based helicopter service in North Carolina.
Portrait of Eleanor Easley. In 1934, Easley became the first women to graduate from Duke's four-year medical school program and the first female resident at the hospital. She was a member of the Duke University house staff and an associate in...
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.
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.
Dan Blazer is former Dean of Medical Education, Duke University School of Medicine; J.P. Gibbons Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; and scientist at Duke's Center for Spirituality, Theology, and Health.
The oral history program of the Duke University Medical Center Archives exists to capture the medical center's history in the words of the people who have witnessed or participated in that history. The interviews consist of relevant memories from...
This collection contains oral history interviews with African Americans focusing on their experiences at the Medical Center. The audio recordings and transcripts are all preserved at the Duke University Medical Center Archives.
The David C. Sabiston Oral History Project was conducted by the Duke University Department of Surgery from 2018-present. David C. Sabiston was chair of the Department of Surgery at Duke for 30 years. The goal of the project was to collect...