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This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Susan Chace Lottich on July 25, 2019 by Susannah Roberson as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project.

Duration: 00:38:18

During the interview, Lottich discusses her early life; education; her love of science and how that put her on the path to become a doctor; why she decided to become a surgeon; why she chose Duke for undergraduate, medical school, and medical training; her experiences and reflections of what it was like to be the first female surgeon to graduate from Duke; her interest in breast cancer research, treatment, and patient advocacy; Sabiston's expectations from his surgery residents; how working for Sabiston prepared her to open her own breast clinic; and other memories of Sabiston and her experiences while at Duke. Digital files include transcript (DOCX), interview (MP3), and consent form (PDF).

This oral history interview was conducted with Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans on July 27, 2006 by Jessica Roseberry as part of the Women in Duke Medicine Oral History Exhibit.
Duration: 1:41:06
Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans speaks about her memories of what health care was like when she was a young woman; health care for her mother; the former chair of Medicine, Dr. Frederick Hanes; the Hanes family; her interest in, but not necessarily involvement with, the Duke Department of Psychiatry; Dr. H. Keith H. Brodie, former president of Duke University; Dr. Josiah Trent, her first husband; collecting medical history items; the preservation of rare books of this nature; Dr. Trent's appreciation for Duke; Dr. Trent working with conscientious objectors at Duke during WWII; her work in the Department of Social Services; Reba Hobgood, head of the department; socialization within the hospital; the Duke family's involvement with Lincoln Hospital, Durham's hospital for African-American patients; the integration of Lincoln Hospital and Watts Hospital, the hospital for Durham's white patients; the possibility that Dr. Wilburt Davison, former dean of Duke School of Medicine, would become president of Duke University; the relationship between Duke Medical Center and Duke University; Dr. Davison's involvement with the Duke Endowment; Dr. William Anlyan, former leader of Duke Medical Center; Dr. James Semans, her second husband; Dr. Semans's work with sexual dysfunction; Dr. Semans's work with the North Carolina School of the Arts; Dr. Semans's work with the Cultural Services program at Duke Hospital; Dr. John Dees; and Dr. Susan Dees. The transcription of this interview was made possible by a grant from the Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation. Includes 2 master CDs, 2 use CDs, and 1 transcript

Residency at Duke beginning in 1933.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. John L. Weinerth on July 28, 2021 by Taylor Patterson as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project.

Duration: 01:08:40

During the interview, Weinerth discusses his background; education; how he came to Duke for his medical training; his time in the Navy where he helped build a tissue bank on the West Coast; what was like to be a resident in the seventies; memories of Sabiston as his teacher, colleague, and friend; Sabiston's principles, high expectations, dress code, and desire to always do better; and how Sabiston helped him in his career by making him one of the first of two Urology Transplant Fellows. Digital files include transcript (DOCX), interview (MP3), and consent form (PDF).

Her 34-year career at the Duke University Medical Center Library.

This oral history interview was conducted with Wilma Morris conducted on July 29, 2009 by Jessica Roseberry.
Duration: 01:08:44
Wilma Morris discusses her 35-year career at the Duke University Medical Center Library, with particular attention to changes the library underwent over the course of her tenure. Includes a master and use CD.

Her invovlement and her husband's (Dr. G. B. Hodge) involvement in the beginnings of the Davison Club.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Walter J. Pories on July 30, 2020 by Taylor Patterson as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project.

Duration: 00:42:39

During the interview, Pories discusses his early life; education; decision to enter the medical profession; his career; how Sabiston helped him recruit for the Department of Surgery at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University (ECU) when it first started; Sabiston's contributions to the field of surgery through his skill as a surgeon, training surgeons, and his leadership in the American College of Surgeons; and other memories of Sabiston and his wife, Aggie. Digital files include transcript (DOCX), interview (MP3), consent form (PDF), and TXT files.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. John A. Mannick on July 31, 2019 by Emily Stewart as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project.

Duration: 00:16:06

During the interview, Mannick discusses his early life; educational background; his research and career; having a collegial and professional friendship with Sabiston, with the two seeing each other at academic surgical conferences; Sabiston's influence on the field of surgery as being, to Mannick, the symbol of the modern scientific based academic surgeon running a scientific based academic surgical department turning out future professors; Sabiston poaching Ted Pappas from Mannick and the Brigham and Women's Hospital; Sabiston's leadership style; Sabiston's intense personal drive and pleasant personality; and other memories of Sabiston. Digital files include transcript (.DOCX), interview (.MP3), and consent form (.PDF).

This oral history interview was conducted with Helen Goodell on July 3, 1969 by Robert Powell.
Duration: Unknown
Goodell discusses her career and the work of her colleagues, including Harold G. Wolff, Stewart Wolf, James D. Hardy, and Beatrice Berle. Includes a master audio cassette tape.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Lois Pounds on July 3, 2007 by Jessica Roseberry as part of the Women in Duke Medicine Oral History Exhibit.
Duration: 03:32:19
Pounds discusses her interest in nursing; the career possibilities for those interested in nursing in 1955; her graduate coursework in nursing; working; her extended visit to her sister in Syria; her Master's of Letters; the return to her job; medical school; the impressions of women in medical school at the time; the desire to care for patients and still advance in career; other women in her medical school class; working at the University of Pittsburgh; Dr. C. Everett Coop; Boston Children's Hospital; the potential of working at Harvard; coming to Duke; Dr. Samuel Katz, chair of Pediatrics; Durham upon her arrival; the small size of the Department of Pediatrics upon her arrival; being in demand because of the small size of the department; working in the child development clinic and neonatology; directing the outpatient pediatric clinic; her changes to the physician schedules in the clinic to facilitate patients' time; the African-American patient population in clinic; the lack of time for research; other women in the department doing research; committee work; Dr. Hans Lowenbach inviting her to be on the Medical Care Committee; the business of the Medical Care Committee; the committee creating termination rules; the politics of the medical center in the 1970s; the overruling of the bylaws created by the committee; new policy; serving on the Admissions Committee; the small number of women on the committee; female committee members going to Wellesley, Smith, and Mount Holyoke; the organized nature of the Wellesley program; the less organized nature of Smith; the difficulty of interviews at Mount Holyoke; the international reputation of Dr. Rebecca Buckley; introducing Dr. Fred Rosen to Dr. Rebecca Buckley; being a woman and often being asked to be on committees because of this; the surprise of being asked to join the Young Men's Committee on Hospital Affairs; the social dynamics of being a female on the Young Men's Committee on Hospital Affairs; serving on committees for the building of Duke North Hospital; other women on the faculty she remembers at the time [early 1970s]; the difficult time for women in obstetrics; the salary discrepancies at the time for being single with no family to support; the growth of the outpatient department; the difficulty of managing the outpatient department at the time due to increased demand; the stability of her position at Duke; Pediatrics treated differently than Medicine at Duke; doing cultures themselves in Pediatrics; being invited to look at other positions at other medical centers; the experience of touring other medical centers in this capacity; her visit to Fort Defiance in this capacity; her visit to the University of Pittsburgh in this capacity; meeting Dr. Timothy Oliver, her future husband, at University of Pittsburgh; going to University of Pittsburgh; Jack Paradise's research at University of Pittsburgh; her return to Duke in 1987; changes in Duke over the time she was gone; the improvement of the Department of Pediatrics at Duke over the time she was gone; Dr. Charles Putman; working in the admissions office; the increases in female applicants while working in admissions at Pittsburgh; her position as advisory dean; serving on Faculty Women's Committee; lobbying for women in administrative leadership positions; lobbying for sexual harassment policy; being invisible as a female in medical school; the sleeping quarters in medical school; the culture of University of Pittsburgh; coming to Duke because of Vietnam War; Dr. Susan Dees; specific women in Duke Medical Center; working with Dr. Jane Elchlepp and others on the design of Duke Hospital North; Dr. Elchlepp's role in planning Duke Hospital North; being set up on dates in early days at Duke; and the characterization of time at Duke. The transcription of this interview was made possible by a grant from the Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation. Includes 4 master and 4 use CDs.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Daniels on July 7, 1969.
Duration: unknown
Contents of this interview are unknown.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Douglas S. Tyler on June 10, 2019 by Emily Stewart as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project.

Duration: 00:49:10

During the interview, Tyler discusses his early life; education; decision to become a physician; meeting Sabiston for the first time for his interview for residency; experiences with Sabiston as a resident in general surgery and as the Chief Resident in Surgery; changes in the Department of Surgery that Sabiston was slow to enact such as the residents' call schedule and surgical specialization, Sabiston's fear based training methods that created a competitive culture that is not acceptable by today's standards; the lack of racial and gender diversity in the Department of Surgery, especially the lack of women in all surgical training programs; his experiences working in a research lab at Duke on HIV research that Sabiston selected for him over his preferred area of research in breast cancer; his fellowship in surgical oncology at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, which Sabiston did not support; coming back to Duke to start his academic career, other memories of Sabiston and his wife, Aggie; and his reasons for leaving Duke. Digital files include transcript (.DOCX), interview (.MP3), and consent form (.PDF).