James L Lippe of the Insurance Rating Board response to D. Robert Howard, PA program director at Duke University stating that a meeting of their Professional Liability Committee was forthcoming and that Dr. Howard's request to establish a liability...
A manuscript written by Dr. Eugene A. Stead, Jr. in 1969 and submitted to Dr. Thomas Kinney, Director of Medical Education at Duke University, outlining a plan to combine private and public sector funds to provide upper career mobility for...
This news release dated December 15, 1968 states that "two of the nation's larger philanthropic foundations, Carnegie Corporation of new York and the Commonwealth Fund" will fund "an experimental program to prepare a wholly new type of professional...
This letter dated April 9, 1968 from Frank Goldsmith, Assistant Director for Special Staff Services, Office of Program Planning and Evaluation, Bureau of Health Services, DHEW, to Dr. William J. DeMaria at Duke University Medical Center, announces the...
This packet contains a letter from Dr. E.W. Furgurson, general practitioner, Plymouth, North Carolina, to Dr. W.C. Davison, with minutes from the November 18, 1967 conference continuing discussion on how to solve the plight of small communities' needs...
This letter dated September 30, 1966 from Dr. Bowers, President of the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation, to Dr. William Anlyan, Dean, School of Medicine at Duke University, states that the Board of Directors of the Foundation at its September 23, 1966...
This letter dated November 23, 1967 is from Dr. Ernest W. Furgurson to Dr. W.C. Davison, former Dean, School of Medicine, Duke University, thanking Dr. Davison for helping to form a panel to discuss the plight of physicians in the small communities...
In his October 3, 1968 letter to Dr. William Anlyan, Dean of the Medical School, Dr. D. Robert Howard indicates that the AMA Council on Medical Education will not be sponsoring the conference scheduled for October 28-29 at Duke University. However...
This letter from Dr. William Anlyan, Dean, School of Medicine, Duke University, dated February 1, 1966 requests eleven individuals to serve on an ad hoc committee to "explore the possible types of models of physicians' assistants who may be trained at...
Letters written by Dr. Eugene A. Stead, Jr. in 1969 answering a variety of questions about the physician's assistant concept. The letters are as follows:(1) Stead reply to Zahn dated January 31, 1969 indicating that he feels "the ceiling placed on...
This one page article with photo of Duke University physician's assistants in training appeared in the US News & World Report on September 8, 1969. The article begins "You may one day find your doctor less harried, able to give you more time. This...
This letter from Dr. Harvey Estes to Dr. Anlyan and other administrators at Duke classifies PAs into two groups: I & II based upon experience. The salary range is projected at $6,843 to $7,883 per annum for newly graduated PAs and at $7,675 to...
Dr. Ruth Freeman, Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health writes Dr. Eugene Stead, Jr. a letter dated October 13, 1964 responding to Dr. Stead's recent visit and paper describing his ideas about training physician's assistants....
This letter from Dr. Herbert A. Saltzman, director of Hyperbaric Medicine, Duke University dated March 15, 1965 to Dr. Woodhall and other Duke Administrators indicates that "both" hyperbaric training grants were approved by the National Heart...
In this letter to Woodhall, Stead announces that "the hyperbaric unit will begin a formal training program for environmental chamber technicians and physician-assistants".
Letter written by Dr. D. Robert Howard, Director of Duke University Physician Assistant program, to Harry Reasoner and Mike Wallace, CBS reporters on 60 Minutes requesting a visit by 60 Minutes to explore educating ex-military corpsmen to address...
In this letter, Ferrell recalls how "someone at the Conference at the Statler Hilton last October asked about a 'no strike clause' ". He opines that the Ethics Committee, of which he is the chair, should add a section to the code of ethics indicating...
A letter and attached agreement dated November 4, 1969 indicates that the Upjohn Company of Kalamazoo, Michigan will provide a grant to Duke University of $50,000 per year to be renewed on a yearly basis at the discretion of Upjohn and review of the...
These are the proceedings of a two-day conference [Second Duke Conference] held on October 26, 1969. Held at the Hilton Inn in Durham, the conference focused upon the legal status of physician's assistants. At the outset of the conference, five...
A manuscript written by Dr. Eugene A. Stead, Jr. in 1969 and submitted to Dr. Thomas Kinney, Director of Medical Education at Duke University, describing his philosophy about the undergraduate and graduate education of physicians and their newest team...
Memorandum from Dr. Eugene A. Stead, Jr. dated September 8, 1967 to Dr. William Anlyan (Vice President of Duke University for Medical Affairs) stating that "effective this date, Dr. E. Harvey Estes is assuming responsibility (which, up to now, has been...
This 1966 description of the Duke PA Program was distributed to potential applicants to explain the concept, pre-requisites, curriculum and policies of the program. No salary range could be offered since no one had graduated from the program at that...
Letter from neurosurgeon Dr. George Stevenson, dated September 7, 1966 asking Dr. Stead to respond in writing about his (Dr. Stead's) "feelings about the moral, ethical and legal utilization of these people in medical centers?" Dr. Stevenson indicates...
Correspondence between James C. Mau, first administrator for Duke University PA Program, and D. Robert Howard, first program director of Duke University PA program, discussing honoring Buddy Treadwell at some upcoming event at Duke and inviting his...
Article that appeared in the New Physician June 1968: A-18-A-19, describing the first three graduates of the Duke University Physician's Assistant Program. The article describes the curriculum and the backgrounds of the first three graduates: Richard...
Memorandum written in 1969 by John Laszlo, MD, Chief of Staff, Durham Veterans Administration Hospital, to Chief of Medical Services indicating that a request had been received from Mrs. Andreoli to "introduce her students from the Physician's...
According to cover letter dated July 26, 1967 from Harry Becker, this attached transcript is from a panel discussion on which Dr. Stead participated at "our last spring's health conference." Dr. Stead is asked to edit his comments for publication. The...
Summary report of a conference held at Duke University on March 31 and April 1, 1968 to discuss ethical and legal implications of introducing new health practitioners, using physician assistants as an example, into the American health care delivery...
In this letter dated January 11, 1966, University Counsel, E. C. Bryson, informs Charles Frenzel at Duke that "the question has been raised as to whether the administration of medications by these (PA) assistants would be in violation of the Nursing...
This is the report of an ad hoc committee appointed by Dr. Barnes Woodhall, Vice Provost, Duke University to evaluate "programs within the Medical Center designed to bring new types of personnel into the health field." The committee concentrates on a...
Letters from Eugene A. Stead, Jr. dated August 18, 1964, to Dr. Elliot Finkelstein, US Public Health Service and September 24, 1964 to Mr. Robert L. Ballentine, US Department of Labor. After stating his intentions to train PAs, Stead asks Finkelstein...
Memorandum dated March 23, 1965 from Dr. Eugene A. Stead, Jr. to Dr. Barnes Woodhall, Vice Provost for Medical Affairs at Duke University, stating that "In July 1965, the hyperbaric unit will begin a formal training program for environmental chamber...
A 1964 letter from Eugene A. Stead, Jr. to Everett Hopkins, Vice President for Planning and Institutional Studies at Duke University stating that the Department of Medicine was establishing a training program to create new positions in the health field...
A 1964 letter from Eugene A. Stead, Jr. to Charles H. Frenzel at Duke Hospital expressing desire to meet to discuss establishing an educational program to train physician's assistants. Dr. Stead writes "During the next ten years I would like to have a...
This memorandum dated October 2, 1964 was sent by Department of Medicine Administrator, Jim Mau, to Dr. Woodhall and Dr. Anlyan, Duke University to provide them a budget to submit to the Office of Economic Opportunity. "If the people in Washington...
A working paper dated July 1, 1964 written by Dr. Eugene A. Stead, Jr. describing the need for physician's assistants. He states the minimum eligibility requirements for trainees (high school or junior college and one year of health related experience)...
These minutes of the Hyperbaric Operating Committee, Duke University Medical Center, dated March 30, 1965 make reference to two recently awarded training grants - one included the training of physician assistants. "The committee agreed further to the...
These minutes of the Hyperbaric Operating Committee, Duke University Medical Center, dated October 4, 1965 states that the "formal portion of the Physician's Assistant Program began on October 4 and seems to be proceeding well, with good acceptance so...
Series of letters between Dr. Eugene Stead and Mr. Matthew R. Kinde, director of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation during winter and spring 1966. Dr. Stead writes to Dr. Emory W. Morris on January 7, 1966 to describe the PA program and "to determine if it is...
This is the first formal bulletin printed for the Duke University Physician's Assistant Program in 1969 by the Department of Community Health Sciences. The bulletin list the current administration, core faculty and teaching faculty for academic year...
A paper written by Dr. Eugene A. Stead, Jr. in 1969 indicating that the planners of the Duke PA program had intentionally "avoided a detailed job description because we have proceeded with the program without any provision for licensing the physician's...
This news release was prepared by Joe Sigler, Medical Public Relation Director, Duke University for distribution to newspapers on December 21, 1969. The article describes the rapid growth of the PA Program at Duke and the growing interest in the PA...
In his May 28, 1968 letter, Dr. Theodore Scurletis, North Carolina State Board of Health, asked Dr. Jay Arena, Professor of Pediatrics, Duke University, to review a paper that he has drafted to present on June 6. Dr. Arena responds "Your comments are...
This letter from James (Jim) Mau to Dr. William Anlyan contains correspondence between Dr. Eugene A. Stead and Dr. John Z. Bowers, President of the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation. In his initial letter dated March 11, 1966 to Bowers, Stead relates that he...
This memorandum from Dr. E. Harvey Estes to Dr. Thomas Kinney at Duke University dated September 29, 1969 request that the physician's assistant curriculum be upgraded to the Bachelor of Health Sciences degree. Dr. Estes provides the rationale and need...
Early article appearing in Roche Medical Image [magazine] describing role of physician assistant. The article features Craig Bruno a graduate of the Duke University PA program who is the first PA hired on a one-year trial basis at a community clinic...
This brief note written on November 3, 1969 by Dr. David Sabiston, Professor and Chair of Surgery at Duke University, thanks Dr. Anlyan for resolving the Physician's Assistant pay scales at the Medical Center.
Photograph from Roche Medical Image magazine, August, 1968 depicting Mr. Craig Bruno, physician assistant, completing a pre-employment physical for pulp mill worker in Plymouth, NC. Mr. Bruno is drawing blood from patient's arm.
This May 15, 1967 issue of Medical Economics contains an editorial followed by three articles on the topic of using nondoctors to do doctors work. The editorial written, by Senior Editor Paul W. Kellam, begins "They're thinking big in Washington right...
These are minutes of an Ad Hoc Committee established by Dr. William Anlyan, Dean of the Duke University Medical School, to review and make recommendations for the Physician's Assistant Program being developed at the Medical Center. The Committee met on...
This is a series of letters written by Dr. Davison, former Dean of the Duke University Medical School, discussing the legal and professional liability issues involved in using medical students as externs. Dr. Davison has employed medical students...
Dr. Davison, former Dean of the Duke University Medical School, sent E. Harvey Estes, Jr. this letter in 1968 with a clipping from Newsweek Magazine about an individual who had masqueraded as a physician in small town in Texas. When asked many of the...
Letters written by Dr. Eugene A. Stead, Jr. in 1967 answering a variety of questions about the physician's assistant concept. The letters are as follows: (1) Stead to Burgen dated January 6, 1967 providing a 2-page description of PA duties and...
Memorandum sent by James C. Mau, Administrative Director, Duke PA Program, in 1969 to Section Chiefs in Department of Medicine reminding them that they need to begin recruiting new PA graduates early if they wanted to hire them. He states that the PAs...
This packet contains letters beginning in October 1967 and minutes dated September 9, 1967 of a distinguished panel formed at the request of Dr. E.W. Furgurson, general practitioner, Plymouth, North Carolina, to discuss and propose solutions faced by...
This document released in July 1969 describes action taken by the American Medical Association House of Delegates on medical staff membership of allied health professionals in hospitals. The adopted statement was to be disseminated to "all hospital...
This letter dated April 18, 1969 from David Sabiston, Jr., MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, describes to Dr. Frank Longino the experience of hiring and using a PA in the department: "About two months ago...
In this July 1968 memorandum to chapter chairs, James B. Gillespie, Secretary for Chapters, American Academy of Pediatrics, discusses Dr. John Connelly's program in Boston to train nurses in the child health field. He mentions the development of...
A paper delivered by Warren Ball, Assistant Director, Dept. of Allied Medical Professions and Services, American Medical Association to the Association of Military Surgeons Annual Meeting, held in Washington, DC on November 17, 1969. The author cites...
This position paper produced by the Association of the North Carolina Regional Medical Program in 1969 provides background information about the growing crisis in health manpower during the 1950's, national and state health manpower statistics, the...
Letter dated September 24, 1969 from Dr. Estes to Dr. Kinney at Duke indicating that a conference [the second Duke conference] would be held on the 26th of October to "discuss the various alternate ways of handling problems of defining the legal status...
Letter from Dr. George Stevenson thanking Dr. Eugene Stead for traveling to Redding for "purpose of aiding the paramedical technician endeavor." Dr. Stevenson is referring to a trial that involved his right as a neurosurgeon to use a military-trained...
Correspondence from Bob Jones, associate editor of Army Times Publishing Company, to D. Robert Howard, Director of the Duke University PA Program, indicating that Dr. Howard's article, "Doctors' assistants on rise" was published in an educational...
This series of correspondence occurred between March 26 and May 28, 1968. The exchange of letters is to arrange a meeting between public health leaders at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill and Duke University with Dr. Loretta Ford...
This draft paper was authored by Dr. William DeMaria, Assistant Dean, Duke University Medical School. Dr. DeMaria chaired a Subcommittee on the Physician and His Associates in Health for the Bureau of Health Services, DHEW in 1968. Since the paper...
This packet of materials provides an overview of the PA curriculum that was in place in 1968 at Duke University. The curriculum was developed under the "guidance of an Ad Hoc Committee appointed by the Vice Provost." The twenty-four month curriculum...
Covers from three bulletins describing the Physician's Assistant Program at Duke University. The bulletins are for academic years 1969-70, 1970-71 and 1971-72. The bulletins contain photographs of early students and graduates.
Proceedings of a meeting held at Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, NC in 1969 to introduce the PA concept to Board of Trustees, the Executive Committee of the Medical Staff, representatives of the Bylaws Subcommittee, the hospital's legal...
Program from the October 28-29 PA conference at the Statler Hilton Inn in Durham, NC. Speakers include D. Robert Howard, E. Harvey Estes, Henry Weitz, Louis R. Pondy, Richard O. Cannon, Bill Stanhope, and Charles L. Hudson.
This one page abstract describes plans to train a pediatric assistant at the Bowman Gray School of Medicine in Winston Salem, NC, in 1968. The training would include 2 years of college and 2 years in the special program including 1 year of technical...
This is a request from William G. Anlyan to several individuals asking them to be part of an ad hoc committee "to explore the possible types of models of physicians' assistants who may be trained in this Medical Center".
Heart-lung machine with heat exchanger and experimental pieces, including left to right: two unidentified parts, Blood Filter, Mayo type Blood Filter, Blood Pressure Gauges, Brown Heat Exchanger, Kay-Cross type of Disc Blood Oxygenator An experimental...
Zeiss Ultraphot II Photomicroscope with matching work desk and accessories. Serial # 63762. Purchased for $10,500 in January 1966 by Carl Bishop. Last used in 2002.
Nashold arc system. USA. 1969. Based on the arc principle, this instrument was unique since it was made specifically to lesion the cerebellar dentate nucleus. Designed by Drs. Blaine Nashold and Graham Slaughter and John Harrison, an Australian...
Volume 9, numbers 1-5; February 1962; April 1962; June 1962; October 1962; December 1962. Published bimonthly by Duke University Medical Center and the Duke Hospital Women's Auxiliary for Duke Hospital employees, staff, students, and volunteers. Evelyn...
Volume 12, numbers 1-6; February 1965; April 1965; June 1965; October 1965; November 1965; December 1965. Published bimonthly through October 1965 by Duke University Medical Center and the Duke Hospital Women's Auxiliary for Duke Hospital employees,...
Volume 6, numbers 3-4 and 5 mislabeled as 4; February 1960, April 1960; June 1960. Volume 7, numbers 1-2; October 1960; December 1960. Volume 6, Number 4 is corrected in pencil as Volume 6, Number 5. Published bimonthly by Duke University Medical...
Volume 13, numbers 1-8; January 1966; February 1966; March 1966; April 1966; May-June 1966; July-August 1966; September-October 1966; November-December 1966. Published monthly through April 1966 and ten times a year from May-June 1966 by and for the...
Volume 8, numbers 1-5; February 1961; April 1961; June 1961; October 1961; December 1961. Published bimonthly by Duke University Medical Center and the Duke Hospital Women's Auxiliary for Duke Hospital employees, staff, students, and volunteers. Volume...
Volume 10, numbers 1- 5; February 1963; April 1963; June 1963; October 1963; December 1963. Numbers 2-5 are mislabeled Volume 9, numbers 4-7; they are corrected in pen on the issue. Published bimonthly by Duke University Medical Center and the Duke...
Volume 16, numbers 1-10; January 1969; February 1969; March 1969; April 1969; May 1969; June 1969; July 1969; September 1969; October 1969; November 1969. Published monthly for Duke University Medical Center faculty, staff, employees, students, and...
Volume 14, numbers 1-5; Spring 1967; October 1967; November 1967; Thanksgiving 1967; Christmas 1967. Gap in publication between Christmas 1966 and Spring 1967. Published monthly by and for the staff of Duke University Medical Center after October 1967....
Volume 11, numbers 1-5; February 1964; April 1964; June 1964; October 1964; December 1964. Published bimonthly by Duke University Medical Center and the Duke Hospital Women's Auxiliary for Duke Hospital employees, staff, students, and volunteers....
Volume 15, numbers 1-8; January 1968; February 1968; March 1968; May 1968; June 1968; September 1968; November 1968; December 1968. Published montly by and for the staff of Duke University Medical Center, Box 3354, Durham, North Carolina through June...
Ardie L. Kelly, assistant curator of the Trent Collection, at his desk in the Trent Room, Duke University Hospital Library. Photographed by Richard McKee. View 1.