Elizabeth Bullitt Oral History Interview, October 18, 2005

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Summary

Creator:
Bullitt, Elizabeth and Duke University. Medical Center. Archives.
Abstract:
Dr. Elizabeth Bullitt was the first woman to graduate from the surgical residency at Duke University. She later served as the first female neurosurgeon on staff at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she was vice chair and acting chair of the department. This collection contains 1 oral history interview conducted on October 18, 2005 by Jessica Roseberry. In this interview, Bullitt discusses her experiences as a female physician in the field of neurosurgery; the Department of Surgery and Division of Neurosurgery at Duke University; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; women in medicine; and women physicians.
Extent:
1 interview (2 master audio cassette tapes, 2 use audio cassette tapes, and 1 transcript)
Language:
English
Collection ID:
OH.BULLITTE

Background

Scope and content:

Includes 1 oral history interview with Dr. Elizabeth Bullitt conducted on October 18, 2005 by Jessica Roseberry.
In this interview, Bullitt discusses her experiences as a female physician in the field of neurosurgery; the Department of Surgery and Division of Neurosurgery at Duke University; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; women in medicine; and women physicians.

Biographical / historical:

Dr. Elizabeth Bullitt received her undergraduate degree from Harvard University. She received her MD from the University of Colorado, and completed her residency at Duke University, becoming the first woman to graduate from the surgical residency at Duke, in 1981. She then became the first female neurosurgeon on staff at the Mayfield Neurological Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she stayed until 1984, and in 1984 became the first female neurosurgeon on staff at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill. From 1989 to 1990 she was the vice chair of Neurosurgery at UNC, and she served as acting chief of the Department of Neurosurgery at UNC from 1990 to 1994. In 2002 she left clinical practice to devote her full energies to research. Her lab, the Computer-Assisted Surgery and Imaging Laboratory (CASILab) is an interdepartmental group of researchers designing methods for computer-assisted surgery and medical image analysis.
Dr. Bullitt holds several patents and is the author of numerous articles in her field. She has served as editor and reviewer for numerous journals and conferences and maintained continuous NIH funding since 1985.

Acquisition information:
Accession A2005.084 (October 2005)
Processing information:

Processed by Jessica Roseberry: June 2006; encoded by Jessica Roseberry: June 2006

Physical location:
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[Identification of item], Elizabeth Bullitt Oral History Interview, Duke University Medical Center Archives.