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Development of Pathology in North Carolina.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. William Shingleton on January 13, 2004 by Jessica Roseberry.
Duration: 01:15:00
William Shingleton discusses his early career and the development of the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center. He also discusses cancer research, surgery, and patient care. Includes 2 master and 2 use audio cassette tapes.

Dr. Lisanby speaks about her time as chair of the Department of Psychiatry. She is the second female clinical chair at Duke University Medical Center.

Dr. Seman's work in urology; contributions to the arts; perspectives of Duke.

Ms. Black discusses her family background; father's career in the police force; racism in the South; influences on her career in social work; growing up in South Carolina; education; activism; public service; private practice; view of Durham community; Duke's purchase of Durham Regional Hospital; role in county commissioner's office; Duke's impact on the community; hiring of minorities; Dr. Ralph Snyderman; Office of Community Affairs; positive aspects of Duke.

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. Peter K. Smith on July 22, 1994 by Dr. James Gifford. It is included in the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project.

Duration: 00:45:00

Smith discusses his personal background; how he came to Duke; his research interests; current research; funding for his laboratory; how he manages his commitments to his laboratory, clinical practice, and administrative duties; the structure of the Residency Program; working with Sabiston; the relationships between residents and faculty; Smith's experiences as a resident; the personal cost of residency; and how the 2 years of research, which is part of Duke Surgical Training, differentiates the program from all others.

Nursing.

History of the Duke University School of Nursing.

Discourse on the Surgical Research Laboratories of Duke University Medical School, 1930-1964.

His career; Duke Hospital history; persons at Duke University Hospital primarily during 1950s and 1960s.

His career; Duke University Hospital; people in Duke University Hosptial; surgery.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. John Palmer Grant on July 12, 1994 by Dr. James Gifford. It is included in the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project.

Duration: 00:38:00

During the interview, Grant discusses his background; how he became a surgeon; how he came to Duke; his involvement with nutritional support of surgical and medical patients; his involvement with the Surgical Nutrition Research Laboratory, starting intravenous feeding at Duke, and how the laboratory is funded; research pertaining the laboratory on overeating, weight loss surgery, and the effects of arginine supplementation and glutamine supplementation to intravenous feeding; Dr. David Sabiston's reputation and the Department of Surgery at Duke. Includes 1 master audiocassette tape, 1 use audiocassette tape, and 1 transcript.

Dr. Cummings discusses his background; his family; his education; Bucknell University's library; Duke University School of Medicine; the affordability of Duke University School of Medicine; being married and being a father as a medical student; World War II; the Army specialized training program; his wife Arlene's job working for Dr. Philip Handler; being sent to Yale by Dr. Davison for a year; missing his OB/GYN training because of time spent at Yale; Wilburt and Adala Davison; his scientific interests as a medical student; Dr. David Tillerson Smith's impact; the Public Health Service; Duke University Medical Center Library; many Duke physicians being away during World War II; other classes at Duke University School of Medicine; the differences between Yale and Duke's medical schools; students helping one another at Duke; Dr. Davison's and Dr. Anlyan's appointments to the board of regents of the National Library of Medicine; his career subsequent to graduation from Duke University School of Medicine, including at the National Institute of Health and directorship of the National Library of Medicine; Mrs. Elizabeth Swett; personal interactions with visiting scientist Dr. Arturo Castiglioni; living in Camp Butner; and interactions with Dr. Davison; Dr. Philip Handler.

Women in the Department of Anesthesiology.

Major subjects in this interview include Dennis' experiences as a student.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Ralph Randal (Randy) Bollinger on July 21, 1994 by Dr. James Gifford. It is included in the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project.

Duration: 00:32:00

Bollinger discusses his background, particularly as it pertains to his career in surgery, his research interests, and how he came to Duke; his experiences completing his internship and residency at Duke; the research he did in the Air Force; what differentiates the Duke Surgery Program from other programs; how the standards of the residency program affect marriages, relationships, and person lives; his research laboratory at Duke and how that research relates to his clinical work; and Sabiston's role as Chairman and leader.

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 interview was conducted with Dr. Ross M. Ungerleider on July 22, 1994 by Dr. James Gifford. It is included in the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project.

Duration: 00:45:00

During the interview, Ungerleider discusses his personal background, education and surgical training, research experiences at Duke and the research being done in his laboratory, the importance of the research work done in laboratories as a means to teach the next generation of doctors, building the Pediatric Cardiac Surgery and ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenator) Programs at Duke, and how Sabiston's leadership of the Department of Surgery created an environment that promoted academic surgery that attracted excellent residents. Includes 1 master audiocassette tape and 1 transcript.

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.