Volume 23, numbers 1-50; January 9, 1976; January 16, 1976; January 23, 1976; January 30, 1976; February 6, 1976; February 13, 1976; February 20, 1976; February 27, 1976; March 5, 1976; March 12, 1976; March 19, 1976; March 26, 1976; April 2,...
NCCPA newsletter, vol. 1, no. 2, April 1976. Includes an open letter from the executive director, which explains in detail the technical and financial requirements of PA testing. This information is broken down into testing that involves...
The second newsletter April 1976, vol. 1, no. 2 published by the staff of the National Commission on Certification of Physician's Assistants. The newsletter contains an open letter from the NCCPA Executive Director, David Glazer and information...
Summary of Academy's actions in 1975 and resolutions of their January 23-24, 1976 meeting. Among the most current resolutions passed are the support for continuing education for membership and further accreditation for medical education programs....
This letter written by D. Mittman on August 25, 1976 was eventually answered by Eugene Beau Davis on August 27, 1976 (see ID# 367). Mittman asks "Does or did Gov. Carter support the PA concept while Gov.. of Georgia?"
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...
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.
Pamphlet published by the Association of Physician Assistant Programs in early 1976, describing the role, legal aspects, certification and continuing education requirements of being a physician's assistant and information about the Association and...
Bronze bust of Dr. Josiah Charles Trent placed in the reading room of the History of Medicine Collections at Duke University Medical Center Library on 10 April 1976. Sculpted by Antonio Salemme.
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...
Portrait of Dr. John Falletta. Falletta came to Duke in 1976 to serve as the Chief of the Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology. He stepped down from this role in 1994 to become Chair of the IRB, a position he held until his retirement in...
The Seeley G. Mudd Building is located at the heart of the Medical Center campus. The building was constructed between 1973 and 1975. It opened in November 1975 and was dedicated May 8, 1976. The Medical Center Library occupies much of the building.
Curator of the Trent Collection, G.S.T. Cavanagh, and Assistant Curator, Susan Carlton Smith Cavanagh, in the Library's Medical Garden with a book from the Trent Collection. The idea for a garden was first suggested by Susan, who also worked as a...
Dr. Grimson was a professor of surgery at Duke University from 1942-1976. While he performed many surgeries on peptic ulcers, he wanted to find a treatment without the risk that surgery presents. Time Magazine reported on November 28, 1949, that...
Portrait of Dr. Grace Kerby, who worked at Duke from 1940 until her retirement in 1976. In 1946 she became the first female chief resident in the Department of Medicine, and in 1964 she became the first female full professor in the department....
Response letter was sent from John M. Murphy, Congress of the United States, on September 21, 1976 to David E. Mittman thanking him for his support of Mr. Murphy's legislative initiatives that would allow physician assistants to be used to improve...
Response letter was sent from Jacob K. Javits, United States Senate, on March 8, 1976 to David E. Mittman thanking him for support of "legislation which would amend Title X'VIII of the Social Security Act to provide for reimbursement of physician...
This letter written by Eugene Beau Davis, member of the Georgia Association of Physician's Assistants Board of Directors, to D. Mittman on August 27, 1976, addresses Mr. Mittman's inquiry about the political implications of a Carter presidential...
Uniformed male and female house staff, interns, or faculty of the Dept. of Pediatrics. Includes women in early nursing uniforms. Taken outside of hospital. (Back row left to right) Joseph Mignone, Jr. (house staff, 1933-1934), Jay M. Arena (M.D.,...