Dr. Rodger Alan Liddle, MD, is a gastroenterologist with a research focus on GI hormones. He first came to Duke in 1988 as chief of the GI section at the Durham VA Medical Center. During his time at Duke and the VA, Liddle maintained a focus on conducting and guiding laboratory research, while also serving as an administrator, instructor, and clinician. This collection contains 1 oral history interview conducted on February 24, 2021 by Joseph O'Connell as part of the Department of Medicine's Oral History Project. In the interview, Liddle discusses his research in measuring CCK (cholecystokinin, a gut hormone). "At that time there was no good assay for measlevels, his thoughts on connections between enteroendocrine cells and the nervous system, and conducting laboratory research during the COVID-19 pandemic. The themes of this interview includes gastroenterology, academic medical research, the social life of medicine, and medical training.
Contains the professional and personal papers of Roger Denio Baker (1902-1994), an original faculty member at the Duke University School of Medicine and professor of pathology. Types of materials include journals, diaries, day planners, manuscripts, drafts, reprints, correspondence, photographs, notes, bound volumes, lab notebooks, brochures, clippings, certificates, correspondence, newsletters, sketches, and programs pertaining to Baker's education, teaching, and research. Materials date from 1912 to 1993.
Contains materials pertaining to Roger D. Williams (1924-2009), graduate of Duke University School of Medicine and Professor of General Surgery at Ohio State University College of Medicine. Types of materials include bound volumes of reprints of Williams' publications and his Duke graduate robe and hood. Materials date from 1947 to 1966.
Contains the professional papers of Roger E. McLendon (1957-), Professor of Pathology and Director of the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center Tissue Bank at Duke University Medical Center. Types of materials include correspondence, reports, case files, CVs, manuscript materials, drafts, reprints, handwritten notes, abstracts, and programs, pertaining to his career at Duke. Materials date from 1981 to 1993.
Roger J. Porter (1942- ) graduated from Duke University School of Medicine (DUSOM) in 1968. Porter has worked as a consultant to academia and to the pharmaceutical industry, primarily in the development of anti-seizure drugs. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Neurology at the University of Pennsylvania and Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology at Uniformed Services University of the Health Services. Contains Porter's medical graduation robe worn when he graduated from DUSOM. Robe dates to 1968.
Dr. Ronald J. Weigel, MD, PhD, MBA, earned his undergraduate and masters in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received his medical degree from Yale University School of Medicine and a doctoral degree in molecular biophysics and biochemistry from the Yale University Graduate School. He received his surgical training at Duke University Medical Center completing his internship, a postdoctoral fellowship, and residency at Duke; he was Chief Resident for Duke Surgery in 1992. He earned his master of business administration from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Weigel joined the faculty at the University of Iowa's Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine in 2005 where he is a professor of surgical oncology and endocrine surgery, biochemistry, anatomy and cell biology, and molecular physiology and biophysics and the chair of the Department of Surgery. This collection contains 1 oral history interview conducted on May 29, 2019 by Emily Stewart as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. In the interview Weigel discusses his early life, education, his decision to become a doctor, medical school and his PhD from Yale, his decision to pursue surgery, his decision to come to Duke for his residency, memories of Dr. Sabiston, experiences being a surgery intern at Duke, using Sabiston as his example for how to be a mentor, his experience being Sabiston's Chief Resident in 1992, how Sabiston supported African Americans and women in the Department of Surgery, how Sabiston interacted with patients, Sabiston's holiday parties, and his career after Duke.
Root Causes, a student group first organized in 2016, was created by health professionals to support the sustainable and humane production of food in combination with access to healthy food. Contains the group's administrative files. Materials date from 2017 to 2022.