Carl E. Ravin Oral History Interview, May 20, 2019

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Creator:
Ravin, Carl E. and Duke University. Medical Center. Department of Surgery.
Abstract:
Dr. Carl E. Ravin, MD (1942- ) is a Duke Professor of Radiology and former Chair of the Department of Radiology (1985-2008). This collection contains 1 oral history interview conducted on May 20, 2019 by Emily Stewart as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. In the interview, Ravin briefly discusses his early life, education, military service during the Vietnam War, and his early career as a chest radiologist; memories of Dr. David Sabiston including the time Sabiston would not greet him because he was not wearing a white coat, as well as how Sabiston negotiated behind the scenes and controlled the environment by setting an example of how he thought the environment should operate; becoming chair of the department of surgery and changes he made; writing a chapter on imaging for Sabiston's surgery textbook; how Sabiston created an atmosphere at Duke with a superb quality of care from top rate doctors that also heavily focused on academics; Sabiston's commitment to the institution of Duke; and Ravin's relationship with Sabiston after his retirement.
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1 Interview (1 transcript) and 12.4 MB
Language:
English
Collection ID:
OH.RAVINC

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Includes 1 oral history interview with Dr. Carl E. Ravin conducted on May 20, 2019 with Emily Stewart as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project.
In the May 20, 2019 interview, Ravin briefly discusses his early life, education, military service during the Vietnam War, and his early career as a chest radiologist; memories of Dr. David Sabiston including the time Sabiston would not greet him because he was not wearing a white coat, as well as how Sabiston negotiated behind the scenes and controlled the environment by setting an example of how he thought the environment should operate; becoming chair of the department of surgery and changes he made; writing a chapter on imaging for Sabiston's surgery textbook; how Sabiston created an atmosphere at Duke with a superb quality of care from top rate doctors that also heavily focused on academics; Sabiston's commitment to the institution of Duke; and Ravin's relationship with Sabiston after his retirement.

Biographical / historical:

Dr. Carl E. Ravin, MD, was born on November 17, 1942 and grew up in Arlington, Virginia, in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. where he lived until 8th grade. Afterwards his family moved, and he went to high school in Bethesda, Maryland. He received by his undergraduate degree from Cornell University and his medical degree from Cornell Medical School (1968). He completed residencies in General Surgery at Moffitt Hospital at the University of California, San Francisco (1968-1969) and in Radiology at the University of Utah Hospital (1971-1974). In between his two residencies, Ravin spent two years in the military where he went to Vietnam during the war. He also completed a fellowship in Thoracic Radiology at Yale-New Haven Medical Center (1974-1975). Upon completion of his fellowship, he came back to the University of Utah as a faculty member. He then joined the faculty at Yale. In 1978, he joined the faculty at Duke University School of Medicine as the vice chair for diagnostic radiology. In 1985, Ravin became the chair of the Department of Radiology. He held this position until 2008.
The longstanding focus of Ravin's research has been the evaluation and technical improvement of chest radiology. Beginning with analysis of problems limiting technical excellence in chest imaging and progressing to the development and testing of strategies designed to overcome some of these inherent limitations.

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Accession A2020.023 (transferred by Mary-Russell Roberson, April 2020)
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Processed by Lucy Waldrop: April 2020

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Organized into the following series: Interview, May 20, 2019.
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[Identification of item], Carl E. Ravin Oral History Interview, Duke University Medical Center Archives.