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Dr. Saltzman speaks about his background; his education; interactions with Dr. Eugene Stead; coming to Duke Medical Center; his impressions of Dr. Eugene Stead; drenching the tissues of the body with oxygen; the history of hyperbarics; Dr. Ivan Brown; Dr. Ward Smith; Dr. Herb Seiker; his own directorship of Duke hyperbaric program; new facilities in the Duke hyperbaric chamber, beginning in the 1960s; Navy diving tests in the wet hyperbaric chamber; treating patients in the hyperbaric chamber; extending the experimental diving portion of hyperbaric chambers; studying gas exchange; Dr. Peter Bennett; Dr. Claude Piantadosi; various functions of the Duke hyperbaric facilities; the lessened relationship with the Navy since initial experiments; funding for the hyperbaric chamber; the addition of a conference room; his own experimentation in diagnosing pulmonary embolism involving blood clots; the relationship of the hyperbaric facility with Duke's Department of Anesthesiology; Dr. Merel Harmel; relationships with other Duke departments; how the fields of hyperbarics and anesthesiology are similar; experiments testing liquid breathing; the location of the old facility; the growth of the program; F.G. Hall; other facilities beyond Duke; the Duke facility's uniqueness; people who have been important in the history of the Duke facility; the development of the Duke hood; and his own interest in his work.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Frances K. Widmann on November 28, 2007 by Jessica Roseberry as part of the Women in Duke Medicine Oral History Exhibit.
Duration: 01:11:53
Frances K. Widmann discusses her background; her parents as physicians; marrying a physician; her mother as a female physician; her own interest in pathology; her work synthesizing the work of others in the "Technical Manual of the American Association of Blood Banks" and "Standards of the American Association of Blood Banks"; the importance to the field of these two volumes; medical school at Case Western Reserve; only small differences in the treatment between her and male medical students; coming to Chapel Hill in 1961 because of the availability of household help for families; being paid less than male members of the Department of Pathology at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; coming to Duke in 1971; working at the Durham Veterans Administration (VA) Hospital as director of the blood bank; the relationship between the Durham Veterans Administration Hospital and Duke Hospital; the centralized nature of Durham Veterans Administration Hospital's laboratories as opposed to Duke's laboratories; running a blood bank; the necessity of testing for certain antibodies in the blood; the difference in patient population at the VA Hospital and at Duke Hospital; her residency years; household help; organizing her schedule to be with her family during her residency years; the chair of Duke's Department of Pathology gaining newfound respect for her work during his own illness; other women in the Durham Veterans Administration Hospital; the use of male-centered language in Department of Pathology at times; and the desire for medical culture to allow more freedom for non-work-related activities. The transcription of this interview was made possible by a grant from the Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation. Includes 1 master CD, 1 use CD, and 1 transcript.

75th anniversary of Duke University Medical Center; health system.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Nancy C. Andrews on November 30, 2010 by Jessica Rosenberry. Transcript is available.
Duration: 37:55
In the November 30, 2010 interview Andrews discusses how dual degree (MD-PhD) is prevalent in deanship positions across the country; translational medicine; Duke's strength in translational medicine; her own research; the difference between what she experienced as a student and what a medical student would experience today at Duke; new learning center opening on Duke campus; financial aspects of the school of medicine and the health system; needs of both the clinical and basic sides of the medical campus; defining her leadership style; direction for school of medicine; study that was done on women in science at MIT in the late 1990s; what Duke is doing to combat the problems that might face women in science; Benjamin Reese of the Duke Office of Institutional Equity and some ways that equity might be achieved; strategies for women trying to achieve success in the sciences; and the uniqueness of this period in history. This interview was done as part of the Women in Duke Medicine oral history exhibit. Includes a master and use CD.

This oral history interview was conducted on November 30, 2018 by Dr. Justin Barr as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project.
Duration: 01:48:29
Jones discusses his early life in Texas; medical school experiences; his residency at the University of Pennsylvania; research experience in gastrointestinal physiology; postdoctoral fellowship in Los Angeles with Morton Grossman at the VA Hospital; his first job at the VA Hospital at University of California, San Francisco; his experiences with Sabiston; the Duke residency program; his move to University of Virginia to become the department chair; his continued relationship with Sabiston; his accomplishments at Duke; and the corporatization of medicine. Includes Use CD and transcript. Digital files include transcript (.DOC), interview (.WAV), and consent form (.PDF).

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Bruce Schirmer on November 30, 2018 by Dr. Justin Barr as part of the Dr. Sabiston Oral History Program.
Duration: 00:43:13
Schimer discusses his experiences at Duke University School of Medicine and the Department of Surgery, his time as a practicing doctor at Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, his experiences with Sabiston, working in Dr. R. Scott Jones' lab, clinical experience, and key mentors at Duke.
Includes transcript and Use CD. Digital files include transcript (.DOC), interview (.WAV), and consent form (.PDF).

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Zaven Khachaturian on November 4, 1985 by Dr. James Gifford.
Duration: 00:94:00
Khachaturian discusses a National Institute of Health grant for Alzheimer's disease research that was awarded to the Duke University Medical Center. He also discusses the general history of Alzheimer's disease research at the National Institute on Aging and the National Institute of Health, as well as efforts to raise awareness of the disease on the national level. Includes an audio cassette tape and a transcript.

Her time as a member of the Duke University School of Nursing class of 1940; her time in the 65th General Hospital.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. William Gallentine on November 5, 2009 by Devyn Coskey and Chirag Vasavda.
Duration: 00:21:27
William Gallentine discusses the professional environment at Duke, balancing work and family, international medicine, and his decision to study pediatrics and pursue a Doctorate of Osteopathic Medicine. Includes a master and use CD.