Carla W. Brady Oral History Interview, 2021

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Creator:
Duke University. Medical Center. Department of Medicine.
Abstract:
Dr. Carla W. Brady, MD, a Hepatologist, Small Intestine Transplant Specialist, and Transplant Hepatologist, is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Duke. This collection contains 1 oral history interview conducted on March 30, 2021 by Joseph O'Connell as part of the Department of Medicine's Oral History Project. In the interview, Brady discusses her work with liver transplantation, her development of a hepatology clinic which is focused on the needs of pregnant women, her reflections on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on her work, and her leadership work as a member of Duke's Academic Council's Executive Committee (ECAC). The themes of this interview includes transplant hepatologist, gastroenterology, women in medicine and as patients, and clinical care.
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1 interview (1 transcript) and 858 MB
Collection ID:
OH.BRADYC

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Scope and content:

Includes 1 oral history interview conducted on March 30, 2021 with Dr. Carla W. Brady by Joseph O'Connell as part of the Department of Medicine's Oral History Project.

In the interview, Brady discusses her work with liver transplantation, her development of a hepatology clinic which is focused on the needs of pregnant women, her reflections on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on her work, and her leadership work as a member of Duke's Academic Council's Executive Committee (ECAC). The themes of this interview includes transplant hepatologist, gastroenterology, women in medicine and as patients, and clinical care.

Biographical / historical:

Dr. Carla Wheaton Brady, MD, was born in Roanoke, Virginia. She received her MD from the University of Virginia (1997) and completed her Residency in Medicine (1997-1998 and 2000-2001), Residency in Surgery (1998-1999), and Fellowship in Gastroenterology at Drexel University (2002-2005) where she was the Chief Medical Resident in Medicine (2001-2002). Brady joined Duke as an Instructor in the Department of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology in 2006, she was appointed Assistant Professor in 2008, and Associate Professor in 2017.

As a transplant hepatologist at Duke, Brady cares for patients who have chronic liver disease, patients awaiting liver transplants, and patients recovering from transplants. Brady describes transplantation as a collaborative enterprise, integrating the expertise of surgeons, radiologists, pathologists, and other internal medicine colleagues who care for co-occurring conditions. "It really does require a team effort," she says. "And I think that's probably one of the greatest joys of what I do from day-to-day."

Brady's investment in collective medical care also led her to what she calls her main professional passion--treating women and pregnant patients who have complex liver disease. In Brady's clinic, she is able to provide expertise that the average OB/GYN or even the average hepatologist may not be able to offer this patient base, making her clinic a crossroads of medicine for trainees and others. This has provided an opportunity to educate her colleagues on an extremely important clinical topic with limited data in guidance and even more limited in terms of clinical care.

Since joining the Duke medical faculty, Brady has cultivated what she calls "Duke global citizenship" by participating in leadership activities beyond the Medical Center. As a member of Duke University's Academic Council Executive Committee (ECAC), she has been a voice for her colleagues with regards to university fiscal policy, racial and ethnic equity, and navigating academic responsibilities during a global pandemic.

Acquisition information:
Accession A2021.044 (transferred by Joseph O'Connell, May 2021)
Processing information:

Processed by Lucy Waldrop: June 2021

Arrangement:
Organized into the following series: Interview, March 30, 2021.
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[Identification of item], Carla W. Brady Oral History Interview, Duke University Medical Center Archives.