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This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Robert H. Jones on April 26, 2007 by Jessica Roseberry. It is included in the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project.

Duration: 00:50:45

Dr. Robert H. Jones discusses his background, education, and his decision to become a heart surgeon; how working with Sabiston while in medical school at Johns Hopkins brought him to Duke for his surgical residency; his interest in research and matching it with clinical data, which is at the root of his interest in the Duke Cardiovascular Databank; his work as a cardiovascular surgeon, how it culminated in the Duke Cardiovascular Databank, and information about the Duke Cardiovascular Databank. Includes a master and use CD.

This oral history interview was conducted with Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans on August 2, 2007 by Jessica Roseberry as part of the Women in Duke Medicine Oral History Exhibit.
Duration: 1:47:10
Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans discusses Dr. Susan Dees; her friendship with Dr. Dees; Dr. Dees introducing Semans to her] second husband, Dr. Jim Semans; little time for socializing in the medical center; Dr. Dees's success as both a physician and in her private life; changes in the field of medicine for females; other women at the medical center that Semans remembers during this time [circa 1940s and 1950s]; Mrs. Elizabeth Swett, wife of Dr. Frances Swett; Mrs. Swett's influence with the residents' wives; the Nearly New Shoppe founded by faculty wives; Mrs. Bayard Carter; Mrs. Elizabeth Hanes, wife of Dr. Frederick Hanes; Mrs. Mary Hart, wife of Dr. J. Deryl Hart; nonphysican females at Duke Hospital, such as Mary Poston, fitting in to the hospital culture; the social expectation of physicians' wives to entertain; Dr. Eleanor Easley; Dr. Easley as her ob-gyn physician; the characterization of women in the early days of Duke Medicine; Duke as slow to increase the numbers of women; other women about whom she has less knowledge; Reba Hobgood in social services; Drs. Wilburt and Atala Davison; Dr. Ruth Martin; Dr. Violet Turner; Dr. Barbara Newborg; Dr. Jean Spaulding; Elna Spaulding; Dr. Evelyn Schmidt; Mary Ann Black; trends in women's health; other women; the family feeling of Duke in the early years of the medical school; health care she has received at Duke; and her daughter as a physician. The transcription of this interview was made possible by a grant from the Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation. Includes 2 master CDs and 2 use CDs.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. James M. Douglas on February 1, 2022 by Konstantinos Economopoulos as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project.

Duration: 00:33:05

During the interview, Douglas discusses his early life; education; why wanted to become a surgeon; his interest in music; how he came to complete his residency at Duke; what it was like to be the first African American to complete a surgery residency at Duke; what it was like to be a surgery resident under Sabiston including Sabiston's militaristic discipline and the different way he treated medical students from surgery residents--especially the surgery chief resident; the overall experience of being a surgery intern at Duke; Sabiston's incredible work ethic; what Sabiston taught Douglas; and other memories of Sabiston. Digital files include transcript (DOCX), interview (M4A), and consent form (PDF).

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Hilliard Seigler on February 27, 2018 by Dr. Justin Barr as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project.
Duration: 01:45:25
Hilliard Seigler reflects on his time at Duke in the Department of Surgery. Includes a master CD and transcript.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Nancy B. Allen on June 1, 2020 by Joseph O'Connell as part of the Department of Medicine's Oral History Project.

Duration: 01:46:21 (full interview)

Duration: 00:10:51 (Voices of Medicine podcast with interview highlights)

During the interview, Allen discusses her early life, interest in medicine, summer jobs in medical labs, medical education at the Medical College of Virginia and Tufts, medical residency and fellowship at Duke, work in outreach clinics around North Carolina, Duke administrative and committee work, and her experiences preparing for retirement during the Spring 2020 emergence of COVID-19. The themes of this interview include the development of the treatment of rheumatic conditions, medical training and career advancement, and clinical work in outreach settings. Digital files include interview metadata and transcript (PDF), interview with stereo (WAV), interview with mono (MP3), Voices of Medicine podcast with interview highlights (WAV), image (JPEG), consent form (PDF), and TXT files.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Wolfe G. Wolfe on June 5, 2019 by Susannah Roberson as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. Also present for the interview were Jackie Wolfe, Ethel Atkins, and Zane Atkins.

Duration: 01:03:11

During the interview, Wolfe discusses his early life; education; why he decided to go to medical school and become a surgeon; why he stayed at Duke for his residency and stay after the completion of his surgical training; his different roles during his long career at Duke including becoming the Program Director of the Thoracic Residency Program at Duke and the Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Durham Veteran's Administration Medical Center; what Sabiston was like as a boss; Sabiston's administration style; what it was like to be a surgery resident at Duke and what made the program under Sabiston so successful; Wolfe bringing in the first female resident, Kim Grady, to the Thoracic Residency Program he oversaw; Sabiston's national reputation; how Sabiston influenced Wolfe's research experience during his residency; Sabiston's rules; and other memories of Sabiston. Digital files include transcript (DOCX), interview (MP3), and consent form (PDF).

This oral history interview was conducted with James B. Wyngaarden on March 21, 2005 by Jessica Roseberry.
Duration: 00:55.00
Wyngaarden discusses being recruited for the directorship of the National Institutes of Health (NIH); looking back at his chairmanship of the Department of Medicine; important aspects of the department under his chairmanship; Dr. Eugene Stead; the Howard Hughes Medical Institute; his role on the board at the institute; some history of the institute; recruiting Dr. Ralph Snyderman to Duke; Wyngaarden's commitment to the concept of the physician-scientist; the status of the physician-scientist concept under President Richard Nixon; Wyngaarden's paper on the physician-scientist and that being the paper most associated with him; changes in the concept of the physician-scientist; role of the general practitioner at Duke; comments on Bayh-Dole and Technology Transfer Act; drug trials; the lack of contribution in genetics from Duke until the current time; the Human Genome Project when he was the director of NIH; his view of Genentech as the director of NIH; Snyderman's role as chancellor of Duke Medical Center; and Wyngaarden's continuing work in scientific fields since leaving the NIH. Includes 1 master audiocassette tape, 1 use audiocassette tape, and 1 transcript.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Edward Halperin on May 29, 2007 by Jessica Roseberry.
Duration: 00:47:51
Dr. Halperin discusses Duke Medicine's beginnings as a coeducational institution; Duke as influenced by the Abraham Flexner Report on medicine; Flexner as supportive of women's medical education; Duke's initial faculty as being from the coeducational institution, Johns Hopkins; Sir William Osler (an important influence on Wilburt Davison, the first dean of Duke Medical School) as favoring medical education for women; Dr. Davison's thoughts on this matter as being unknown to Dr. Halperin; Bessie Baker as the first dean of the Duke School of Nursing; stratifications of nursing by race; the building of Lincoln Community Hospital; Dr. Susan Dees; women's roles in medicine in the 1950s; Dorothy Beard assisting her husband Dr. Joseph Beard in his laboratory; Dr. Halperin as a one-time physician to Dorothy Beard in her later years; Bess Cebe, administrative assistant to former Department of Medicine chair, Dr. Eugene Stead; women physicians typically being only in certain specialties in earlier times; Dr. Grace Kerby; specialties women were more involved in; Susan Lowenthal, an early resident in psychiatry; culture for women medical students; pornographic images of women used in an anatomy text produced by three Duke professors in the late 1960s and early 1970s; the national boycott of the book; changes in medical culture for women over time; policies at Duke to change the culture for women in medicine; his own role in setting up an adoption leave policy; his establishment of the Butler-Harris chair in the Division of Radiation-Oncology, which can only be held by a woman or minority; Dr. Sara Dent, anesthesiologist; Zelda Fitzgerald as a patient at Duke-owned Highland Hospital; and Mary Semans. Includes a master and use CD and an analog and electronic transcript. The transcription of this interview was made possible by a grant from the Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Ralph Randal (Randy) Bollinger on November 28, 1995 by Dr. James Gifford. It is included in the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project.

Duration: 00:45:00

Bollinger discusses the years he spend as a Surgery Resident at Duke under Sabiston; explains what the term "general surgery" means; why general and thoracic surgery were combined and separated later; the difference between academic surgery and private practice; why the number of procedures students are involved in have increased; changes to the surgery residency program over the years and the overall structure of this residency program; the long work hours of residency; the definition of the administrative category of a Division, the research activities a Division undertakes, and how all of this is handled on an administrative level; how the use of research laboratories has grown in the field of surgery and changed over time; and how patients have changed in general surgery over his career.

This oral history was conducted with Dr. Robert M. Califf on October 18, 2019 by Josephine McRobbie. Transcript is available.
Duration: 01:50:03
The October 18, 2019 interview with Califf was conducted several weeks before Califf left Duke for a position at Google parent company, Alphabet as head of strategy and policy for Google Health and Verily Life Sciences. During the interview, Califf discusses his upbringing in South Carolina; his formation as a cardiologist; his work as a clinician, researcher, and administrator at Duke; and his 2016-2017 tenure as Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. Major topics include advances in cardiology, developments in clinical trial research, leadership, and mentorship.
Digital files include transcript (.PDF), interview (.WAV), consent form (.PDF), and Bagger files (.TXT).

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Peter K. Smith on January 3, 1996 by Dr. James Gifford. It is included in the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project.

Duration: 00:28:00

Smith discusses how he came to be Chief of Thoracic Surgery; how the Division of Thoracic Surgery evolved and split off from the Division of General and Thoracic Surgery and why Sabiston made this change; the Residency Training Program and the changes from the separation of the divisions; research activity within the division; and how Sabiston was responsible for the growth of individual labs for surgeons at Duke and the outcomes and consequences of this decision.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Nancy C. Andrews on January 8 and 10, 2019 by Joseph O'Connell. Transcript is available.
Duration: January 8, 2019 - 55:45 (01.WAV); January 10, 2019 - 57:03 (02.WAV)
In the January 8, 2109 interview, Andrews discusses her family background; early interest in science; undergraduate education at Yale; pursuing MD PhD at Harvard and MIT; fellowship research on red blood cells; influence of David Nathan, chair of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School; development of research on iron; and administrative roles at Harvard
In the January 10, 2019 interview, Andrews discusses her transition to deanship at Duke; promoting inclusion and diversity; Duke's characteristics as a younger institution; continuing research during deanship, specifically iron research and iron disease patients; achievements as dean; concluding term as dean; ongoing contributions to Duke including supporting new dean, Mary Klotman; and reflections on scope of dean responsibilities and the importance of a supporting team.

Contains certificates and honors, digital surrogates of pins and plaques, and a stamp assemblage. Material relates to Hammond's achievements, professional commitments, and appreciation from others. Also included is ephemera commemorating milestones of organizations to which Hammond belonged. Materials range in date from 1973 to 2016, and some are undated.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. E. Harvey Estes Jr. on April 28, 2004 by Jessica Roseberry.

Duration: 01:20:00

Estes discusses the history of the Department of Community and Family Medicine at Duke. He also discusses the department's relationship with Watts Hospital, Durham Regional Hospital (now Duke Regional Hospital), and the Duke University Physician Assistant Program. Includes 2 master audiocassette tapes, 2 use audiocassette tapes, and a transcript.

This oral history interview was conducted with William J. Donelan on March 10, 2020 by Emily Stewart as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project.
Duration: 00:49:39
During the interview, Donelan discusses his early life; educational background; his professional career path at Duke, where he started in 1969 as an insurance office supervisor in the medical private diagnostic clinic; the business administration side Duke's transformation into a premier academic hospital; the growth of Duke University Medical Center; the early days of Duke Hospital North; becoming Chief Operating Officer of Duke University Hospital; his relationship Sabiston; how Sabiston tried to recruit him as the business manager for the Department of Surgery; and Sabiston's legacy at Duke. Digital files include transcript (.DOCX), interview (.MP3), and consent form (.PDF).

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Theodore N. Pappas on May 20, 2021 by Dr. Konstantinos Economopoulos as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project.

Duration: 00:43:54

During the interview, Pappas discusses his surgical training; how he came to Duke and the details of being hired by Sabiston, including being only the second non-Duke trained person hired by Sabiston in 15 years; Sabiston's incredible memory and how he used it as a recruiting tool among Duke medical students; Sabiston's calculated social interactions; the annual Sabiston Christmas party; observations of how Sabiston interacted with residents and how he ran the Department of Surgery; changes in the Department of Surgery after Sabiston retired; other memories of Sabiston. Digital files include transcript (DOCX), interview (M4A), and consent form (PDF).

This oral history interview was conducted with James B. Wyngaarden on October 17, 2007 by Jessica Roseberry.
Duration: 00:28.32
Wyngaarden discusses Dr. Grace Kerby's role in the Department of Medicine as created by Dr. Eugene Stead (managing house staff schedules); her continuation of that role under his chairmanship; the story passed down about Kerby saving the department's reputation upon her coming to Duke; Kerby's very no-nonsense demeanor; Kerby's lower payment (under Stead) as compared to male members of the department; Wyngaarden increasing her salary when he was chair; Kerby's scientific contributions being not as great as others in the department; very few other women being in the department; Kerby's primary contributions being in the organization of the house staff schedules; Kerby's avoidance of social situations; and Kerby's contributions as a hard worker. Includes 1 master CD, 1 use CD, and 1 transcript.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Ralph Snyderman on July 22, 2019 by Dr. Justin Barr as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project.

Duration: 00:56:09

During the interview, Snyderman discusses his early life; decision to become a doctor; education; how he came to Duke for his residency; leaving Duke to fulfill his service obligation during the Vietnam War at the National Institute of Health; his career at Duke as a physician scientist; leaving Duke for Genentech, an emerging leader in the field of biotechnology; coming back to Duke as chancellor at the urging of his friend, Robert Lefkowitz, who was on the search committee; working as chancellor and moving to a higher position than the department heads he worked for as a resident and faculty member; the Department of Medicine and the Department of Surgery's influence over the Private Diagnostic Clinic (PDC); changes implemented at the PDC; changes implemented at the medical center to incorporate a referral system; the Department of Community and Family Medicine (now Duke Family Medicine and Community Health); working with Sabiston on the Department of Surgery's budget; Snyderman's working relationship with Sabiston as one that was respectful, honest, and engaging; memories of the Sabiston's Christmas parties; the strengths Sabiston brought to the Department of Surgery; Walter E. Campbell's book "Foundations for Excellence" written to celebrate to 75th anniversary of the medical center; experiences with Drs. Robert Lefkowitz, Joseph Greenfield, William Anlyan, and E. Harvey Estes; remaining in contact with Sabiston after retirement and as his health declined; and other memories of Sabiston. Digital files include transcript (DOCX), interview (WAV), consent form (PDF), and consent form addendum (DOCX).

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. E. Harvey Estes Jr. on June 25, 2007 by Jessica Roseberry. The transcription of this interview was made possible by a grant from the Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation.

Duration: 01:52:34

Estes discusses Dr. Grace Kerby, who he knew when he was on the faculty in the Department of Medicine, including her driven nature, her duty of organizing the house staff schedules in the Department of Medicine, Dr. Kerby as the only chief resident who did not participate in the chair of the Department of Medicine Dr. Eugene Stead's required psychological sessions with psychiatrist Dr. Bingham Dai, her social life, his respect for Dr. Kerby, and his perception of Dr. Kerby's compulsiveness and rigidity. He discusses Bess Cebe, Dr. Stead's administrative assistant; the few other women in the Department of Medicine during the 1960s; Dr. Eva Salber in the Department of Community and Family Medicine; South African protestors of Apartheid at the School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Dr. Eva Salber and husband, Harry, leaving South Africa and going to Boston; the Salber's arrival to Chapel Hill; the discussions about Dr. Eva Salber potentially taking over Lincoln Community Health Center; Dr. Evelyn Schmidt taking this position instead; Dr. Salber in the Department of Community and Family Medicine; Dr. Salber conducting a needs assessment of the surrounding community; Dr. Salber setting up a system of community leaders as healthcare givers; Dr. Salber's deep involvement with rural elders; Dr. Salber's equal treatment of African-Americans; and Dr. Salber's interest in medical students. He discusses Connie Service, Becky Heron, Kathy Andolsek, Susan Yaggy, and Dr. Evelyn Schmidt. He discusses the loss of the Division of Community Medicine when Dr. Salber retired, before Susan Yaggy took over the division; women at the time as being more interested in becoming family doctors than men; culture differences in having mostly women in divisions of the department; maternity policies; tenure being not as important in Community and Family Medicine as in other departments; Dorothy Naumann being in charge of student health; residents in the department going into the community as opposed to joining the faculty; Joyce Nichols, the first African-American female physician assistant; physician assistants as currently a more female-dominated group; funding as an issue in the Department of Community and Family Medicine; the Duke Diet and Fitness Center; Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans; healthcare for Mrs. Semans; healthcare received by his wife; the Nearly New Shoppe; the wives of Duke faculty being involved in creating the used clothing store; and the current state of Nearly New Shoppe. Includes 2 master CDs, a 2 use CDs and a transcript.

Dr. Wilson speaks about the three components of the Duke Medical Center during her tenure as dean (Duke School of Nursing, Duke School of Medicine, and Duke Hospital); the distinct but congruent nature of the three entities; working with Dr. William Anlyan on the Medical Education for National Defense (MEND) project; the details of the MEND project; Dr. Anlyan's request in 1968 that she return to Duke and become dean of the School of Nursing; her initial rejection of the request; the state of the School of Nursing and the nursing service at the time; her work (as a faculty member and special assistant to the director of the nursing service) on the experimental nursing project in Hanes Ward, 1961-1962; the details of that project; her success in that project being the impetus for her being recommended for the director of nursing services position; Wilma Minniear being offered that position at Wilson's recommendation; Dr. Wilson's return from her work in Thailand to become dean of the School of Nursing; the process of her becoming dean; her work as a clinical nurse specialist, beginning in 1963; the process of deciding to get an Doctor of Education degree; turning down Dr. Eugene Stead's request that she get an MD; Thelma Ingles's work with Dr. Stead; the National League of Nursing's disapproval of Duke's unorthodox methods; Dr. Stead's support; her work as dean to increase morale in the School of Nursing; creating new courses for the School of Nursing; requesting that her counterpart at the Durham VA Hospital serve on the Duke Dean's Committee; creative curriculum offerings at the Duke School of Nursing; strengthening the School of Nursing in various departments that were previously weak; working on committees to study national healthcare; working on committees to open a new building for the Duke Medical Center Library; the School of Nursing's involvement in an Area Health Education Center (AHEC); Highland Hospital; Sea Level Hospital; working on committees to outline a no-smoking policy; other collaborative efforts with the School of Medicine; her lobbying efforts on behalf of nursing; her work on committees to open Duke Hospital North; other women at Duke; the articulation of her own legacy; her committee work in the Institute of Medicine; her desire to include women in the physician's assistant program; the differences between nurses' and physicians' responsibilities; Duke School of Nursing as operating with cutting-edge ideas; Duke's support of new ideas; and her love of challenges and new opportunities.