Kathleen Clem Oral History Interview, June 27, 2007

Navigate the Collection

Using These Materials Teaser

Using These Materials Links:

Using These Materials


Restrictions:
None.
More about accessing and using these materials...

Summary

Creator:
Clem, Kathleen
Abstract:
Dr. Kathleen Clem was the first chief of the Division of Emergency Medicine within Duke University's Department of Surgery. This collection contains 1 oral history interview conducted on June 27, 2007 by Jessica Roseberry. In this interview, Clem discusses women's issues in the medical field, including her own experiences as a female leader in Duke University Medical Center's Division of Emergency Medicine in the Department of Surgery.
Extent:
1 interview (2 master CDs, 2 use CDs, and 1 transcript)
Language:
English
Collection ID:
OH.CLEMK

Background

Scope and content:

Includes 1 oral history interview with Dr. Kathleen Clem conducted on June 27, 2007 by Jessica Roseberry.
In this interview, Clem discusses women's issues in the medical field, including her own experiences as a female leader in Duke University Medical Center's Division of Emergency Medicine in the Department of Surgery.

Biographical / historical:

Dr. Kathleen Clem received her associate in science in nursing from Loma Linda University (Loma Linda, California) in 1977 and her bachelor of science in nursing from Tennessee Technological Institute (Cookeville, Tennessee) in 1982. She received her MD from Loma Linda University in 1989 and completed her residency in emergency medicine at Loma Linda, serving as chief resident in 1993. From 1993 to 1998, she served as the director of International Emergency Medicine in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Loma Linda. Clem came to Duke University in 1998 as an attending physician in the Division of Emergency Medicine within the Department of Surgery. She served as the first chief of the division from 1999 to 2007 in the male-dominated Department of Surgery. While chief of the division, she began the Emergency Medicine academic and clinical programs. She has served on numerous committees concerning emergency medicine and women in medicine at Duke. She returned to Loma Linda in 2007 to serve as chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine.

Acquisition information:
Accession A2007.133 (June 2007)
Processing information:

Processed by Jessica Roseberry: June 2008; encoded by Dawne Howard Lucas: August 2008

Arrangement:
Organized into the following series: Interview, June 27, 2007.
Physical location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Duke University Medical Center Library's online catalog.

Contents

Using These Materials

Using These Materials Links:

Using These Materials


Restrictions:

None.

Terms of access:

Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Kathleen Clem Oral History Interview, Duke University Medical Center Archives.