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This oral history interview was conducted with Mary Artley on December 13, 2019 by Emily Stewart as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project.

Duration: 00:21:27

During the interview, Artley discusses her early life; moving to Durham, North Carolina; her education; how she came to work for the Department of Surgery at Duke Hospital; her memories of working for the Department of Surgery; and her memories of Dr. David Sabiston from her time in the department. Artley did not interact with Sabiston much, as he never spoke to her and used his business manager, Mike Slaughter, as his liaison. The one time he asked her to do something for him, it was through Slaughter. Sabiston liked Artley's handwriting and asked for her to hand address his Christmas cards one year. Aside from that interaction, Artley found Sabiston intimidating from the stories she heard, how he treated his surgical residents, and how he often talked down to people and belittled them. Digital files include transcript (DOCX), interview (MP3), and consent form (PDF).

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Ralph Snyderman on December 14, 1990 by Dr. James Gifford.

Duration: 01:35:00

During the interview, Snyderman discusses his life leading up to the time he spent at the National Institutes of Health. Includes 1 master audiocassette tape, 1 use audiocassette tape, and 1 transcript.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Ralph Snyderman on March 23, 1993 by Dr. James Gifford.

Duration: 01:35:00

During the interview, Snyderman discusses his career from the time he left the National Institutes of Health until his time at Genentech. Includes 1 master audiocassette tape, 1 use audiocassette tape, and 1 transcript.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Ralph Snyderman on April 22, 1994 by Dr. James Gifford.

Duration: 01:15:00

During the interview, Snyderman discusses his career from Genentech to the point where he accepts the chancellor position at Duke. Includes 1 master audiocassette tape, 2 use audiocassette tapes, and 1 transcript.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. L. Scott Levin on December 14, 1995 by Dr. James Gifford. It is included in the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project.

Duration: 00:30:00

Dr. L. Scott Levin reflects on his education; career; mentors; the history of the Department of Surgery and Division of Plastic Surgery at Duke; his interest in microsurgery, hand surgery, and othoplastic extremity reconstruction (limb salvage); how the residency program has changed over time; his experiences in the Division of Plastic Surgery; and his memories of Sabiston including his leadership style, legacy to Duke and the profession of surgery, and his work ethic.

Duke Hospital Auxiliary.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Albert Heyman on December 18, 1985 by Dr. James Gifford.
Duration: 00:20:00
Albert Heyman discusses his research of Alzheimer's disease, beginning in the late-1970s, and the subsequent development of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at Duke University Medical Center. He also discusses his collaboration with Lisa Gwyther and Allen Roses. Other people mentioned in the interview include Eugene Stead, Larry Thompson, Carl Eisdorfer, Seymour Crofferman, Charles Nemeroff, Harvey Cohen, and Donald Schmechel. Includes a master and use audio cassette tapes.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Yancey Culton on July 18, 1994 by Jessica Roseberry.
Duration: 01:39:31
Culton discusses his time at Watts Hospital and later the Durham Regional Hospital. In particular, he discusses obstetrics and gynecology at both hospitals and the field as a whole. He also discusses the medical staff at both Watts Hospital and Durham Regional Hospital, as well as the general functions of community hospitals. Includes 2 master and 2 use CDs.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Priya Kishnani on December 29, 2010 by Jessica Roseberry as part of the Women in Duke Medicine Oral History Exhibit.
Duration: 00:44:42
Kishnani discusses her family's background, particularly her mother's background as a physician in India; coming to the United States; medical genetics; Duke's strength in medical genetics; comparisons between medicine in the US and in India; Glycogen Storage Disease Type II, or Pompe disease; how she became involved with children with Pompe disease; Dr. Y. T. Chen; educating the medical establishment that children with Pompe disease could be treated; successes of the treatment; details of the treatment; setting up the clinical trials for Pompe disease; intensive nature of setting up the clinical trials for Pompe disease; commitment level of coordinating these trials; physicians in other countries giving treatment for Pompe disease locally; working with Genzyme Corporation to develop the drug used in treatment of Pompe disease; developing an appropriate relationship with industry when working in academic medicine; translational medicine; her work in trials with children with Down syndrome; treatment versus cure for Pompe disease and Down syndrome; center for treatment of rare diseases at Duke; special considerations for clinical trials for treatment of rare diseases; her continuing commitment to work with Pompe disease; and being a woman in medicine. Includes a master and a use CD.

Donna Allen Harris speaks about her background, primarily in Elizabeth City, North Carolina; the impetus for integrating the local high school being unknown to her; her being a part of the group that was going to integrate the local schools at various levels; the group dwindling to a small number, many of whom were in her family; her family's emphasis on education; her parents' insistence that she be part of the group to integrate the local high school as a sophomore; her desire to be with her friends instead; the difficulty of her three years at the high school; her memory of the first day walking into the school; the difficulty of the first few months and the first year; some of the actions of fellow students; the expectation from her community that she would do well academically; her loss of connection with her group of childhood friends because of the lack of contact; her sister integrating the junior high school; her being the only African-American student in her class; her desire to be alone sometimes as an adult as a result of that isolating experience; her being steered into nursing as one of the few options available to her; her satisfaction with nursing as a career; her feeling that the Duke University School of Nursing was training its graduates to go into nursing administration; her desire to be a hands-on nurse rather than to go into nursing administration; the ability of the Watts School of Nursing graduates to outfunction Duke University School of Nursing graduates in patient care; graduating in the same class as the Duke University School of Nursing dean, Dr. Catherine Gillis; sometimes feeling guilty about not going into nursing administration; her application to Fisk University and to the Duke University School of Nursing; her desire to go to Fisk to be with people more like her; her receiving a full scholarship to go to Duke; her choosing Duke for financial reasons, even though she knew she would once again be the first African-American; her sense of isolation at Duke; the other African-American students (university undergraduates) living on the other side of campus; her friendship with fellow nursing students in her class; those friendships being her solace; an incident in which she felt disappointed in a faculty member, after which she decided not to look to faculty members for support; receiving a wedding present from a faculty member; dating her future husband while being a nursing student; letting the friendship ties fall after graduation; going back to work at Duke; her previous declaration that she would not go back to Duke; her connection with friends but distrust of Duke as an institution; her nonparticipation in the 1969 student takeover of the Allen Building; her being a "middle-of-the-roader" as far as activism; her lack of memory about her sorority; not necessarily feeling community support at the time, but now not discounting that there might have been those who supported her; her first job after graduation from Duke and also being the only African-American RN there; how prepared she felt after her education at Duke; other jobs after graduation; her ultimate choice to go into public health nursing and it being a good fit for her; there not being much recognition of her being the first African-American nursing student to graduate from Duke; her blocking a lot of memories from nursing school; the 2007 Tea with Trailblazers being the first time she was really recognized for being the first African-American nursing student to graduate from Duke; now feeling a sense of accomplishment playing that role; and remembering those who have gone before her.

Durham Regional Hospital; Lincoln Hospital; merger with Watts Hospital.

Dr. Wicker speaks about her doctorate of adult education; thinking about Duke since leaving due to a restructuring layoff in 2000; her family background; her interest in becoming a nurse; attending Lincoln Hospital School of Nursing; diploma programs as prevalent at the time she received her education; the Lincoln program being available to African-Americans; the creativity within the Lincoln program since it was underfunded; the camaraderie in the program; Duke's involvement in the Lincoln program; working at Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro, North Carolina; working towards her master's degree at North Carolina Memorial Hospital; being a black registered nurse [RN] when most other black nurses were licensed practical nurses [LPNs] and most other RNs were white women; physicians noticing her after the white LPNs because she was black; this being the impetus for her to attain her bachelor's degree in nursing; attaining a master's in nursing supervision; approaching Wilma Minnear [director of nursing services at Duke Hospital] in 1973 for a position; teaching at North Carolina Central University for a year; working at Duke as supervisor of the Outpatient Department; being the first African-American nursing supervisor at the hospital; her deep interest in staff development; supervising nurse managers; expectation that the nurse was the handmaiden to the physician; Dr. Wicker as trying to counter that expectation in those whom she supervised; programs she initiated as supervisor of the Outpatient Department; discovering that she had hired two union plants; supervising in the emergency room; a challenging person she supervised in the emergency room; the emergency room as not her area of expertise; Wilma Minnear asking her to be the supervisor of nursing services for Duke Hospital South; her original hesitation at the offer because of her small children at home; the internship program where interns could work with nurses; overlap at times between nursing services and Duke School of Nursing; the restructuring of hospital administration after Wilma Minnear left; Duke Hospital South as having more black nursing administrators and supervisors than Duke Hospital North; rumors of discontent about nurses at Duke Hospital South, and that discontent being trivial; the retreat about the reorganization of Duke Hospital North and South nursing leadership in Williamsburg, Virginia.; being more dictated to than asked for her opinion at the retreat; being asked to choose an assistant, but being told that her decision was not correct; writing a letter after being told that she could not make this decision; black nurses as not being able to obtain positions; a blue ribbon committee looking into this problem; her letter to the blue ribbon committee; her interactions with the blue ribbon committee; her work in creating the Hospital Career Development program; transitioning into a career development role; her excitement in that program; new administration not valuing the program; her being given a pink slip; her processing being given a pink slip after all her years of contribution to Duke; other contributions she had made to Duke; having no contact with Duke until the invitation to participate in the oral history interview; things she has done since leaving Duke; working on the history of Lincoln Hospital project; that project not being completed; changes in nursing; Brenda Nevidjon; wanting to have a conversation with Dr. Ralph Snyderman before leaving but being denied that opportunity; positives and negatives of Duke culture.

Mr. McMahon's observations of Duke, managed care and healthcare in general; Deptartment of Health Administration.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Deanna Adkins on February 12, 2024 by Caroline Overton as part of the Bass Connections Agents of Change Oral History Project.

Duration: 01:24:58 (stereo)

Duration: 01:24:51 (mono)

During the interview, Adkins discusses her childhood and family, her educational background, her interest in preventative healthcare, why she chose to become a doctor, her pathway into endocrinology, how she became involved in gender-affirming care, the 2015 founding of the Duke Child and Adolescent Gender Care Clinic, her interdisciplinary approach to gender-affirming care, her legal advocacy work, the effect of North Carolina House Bill 808, support from Duke, and her advocacy to ensure the Duke Hospital system is welcoming to LGBTQ+ patients. The themes of this interview include medical care for LGBTQ+, trans rights, and the relationship between medicine and advocacy.

Digital files include interview metadata and transcript (DOCX), interview with stereo (WAV), interview with mono (MP3), consent form (PDF), an image (JPG), and TXT files.

Dr. Nashold discusses his background, education, study of bacteriology, trying to discover poliovirus vaccine, neurosurgery, Montreal Neurosurgical Institute, coming to the South from Montreal, Bowman Gray, coming to Duke, first impressions of Duke, Dr. Barnes Woodhall, Dr. Guy Odom, changes in his research emphasis, stereotactic surgery, explanation of stereotactic surgery, history of stereotactic surgery, advantages of stereotactic surgery, equipment for stereotactic surgery, machine shop at Duke, impressions of Dr. Barnes Woodhall, surgical skill of Dr. Woodhall, height of Dr. Woodhall, forward-looking vision of Dr. Woodhall, Dr. Woodhall's impact on Duke University Medical Center, personality of Dr. Guy Odom, medical student interaction with Dr. Odom, medical student interaction with Dr. Woodhall, relationship between Department of Medicine and Department of Surgery, Dr. Eugene Stead, contributions of Dr. Stead, straightforwardness of Dr. Stead, strength of departments at Duke, Duke outreach to community, family atmosphere of medical center, atmosphere of freedom at medical center, introducing stereotactic surgery to Duke, development of Dorsal Root Entry Zone (DREZ) procedure, naming of DREZ procedure, types of patients needing DREZ procedure, caudalis DREZ patients, doing untried procedures on patients.

Dr. Wagner's career; Duke Cardiovascular Databank.

Development of pathology in North Carolina.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Gregory S. Georgiade on February 17, 2022 by Dr. Konstantinos Economopoulos as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project.

Duration: 00:42:11

During the interview, Georgiade discusses his background and parents, especially his father, Dr. Nicholas Georgiade; his education; experiences that led him to want to become a surgeon including his undergraduate summer job as a scrub assistant; how he came to Duke for his surgical training; how differently Sabiston treated medical students from the residents, Sabiston's high expectations for residents which included both how to dress and how to conduct yourself appropriately; how Sabiston ran the surgery residency program, which, under Sabiston, was considered one of the best both nationally and internationally; how Sabiston should be recognized for his insight and surgical innovation for his program at Duke; and other memories of Sabiston. Digital files include transcript (DOCX), interview (M4A), and consent form (PDF).

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Stuart J. Knechtle on February 18, 2020 by Taylor Patterson as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project.

Duration: 00:52:19

During the interview, Knechtle discusses his educational background; how he decided to become a transplant surgeon; how he selected Duke for his residency; his experience as a surgical resident and chief at Duke under Sabiston; how Sabiston influenced and helped to shape his career in medicine by encouraging research, conference attendance, and making introductions to other surgeons; Sabiston's rules for dress, food, and drink as a means to establish discipline and professionalism; Sabiston's Christmas parties; Sabiston's interest in the history of surgery; and his warm memories of Sabiston and Sabiston's family. Digital files include transcript (DOCX), interview (MP3), and consent form (PDF).

This oral history interview was conducted with Frank Davis on February 18, 2024 by Ava Meigs as part of the Bass Connections Agents of Change Oral History Project.

Duration: 01:19:18 (stereo)

Duration: 01:19:41 (mono)

During the interview, Davis explores the mission and work of the Durham Youth Striders Association (DSYA); Dr. Brenda Armstrong's extensive involvement with the DSYA as a coach, team physician, board member, and fundraiser; notable alumni of the DSYA; and the organization's relationship with Duke. Davis also discusses the founding of the DSYA; his current involvement with the DSYA; Armstrong's childhood in Rocky Mount, North Carolina; Armstrong's role in the Allen Building Takeover; her work as the Associate Dean of Admissions; Armstrong's community involvement in Durham and at St. Titus Episcopal Church; and other memories of Armstrong. This interview primarily focuses on Armstrong as a pivotal figure in the founding and work of the DYSA. The themes of this interview include community activism, academic and athletic excellence, physical health, and expanding access to health care.

Davis was selected to interview in order to highlight Armstrong's involvement with the DSYA as an example of her extensive community involvement and community activism. Armstrong, Professor of Pediatrics, Associate Dean of Admissions for the Duke University School of Medicine, and, among other roles, Vice President of the DSYA, and Davis, Co-Founder of the DSYA, worked together for 37 years.

Digital files include interview metadata and transcript (DOCX), interview with stereo (WAV), interview with mono (MP3), consent form (PDF), an image (JPG), and TXT files.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Rebecca Buckley on February 19, 2007 by Jessica Roseberry.
Duration: 01:23:00
Buckley discusses receiving her bachelor's degree at Duke; the difference between the men's college and the women's college at Duke; her growing interest in becoming a doctor; others' resistance to her going into medicine because she was female; experiences at University of North Carolina Medical School; her engagement and marriage; pregnancy and motherhood; pediatrics; allergy and immunology; encouragement from Dr. Susan Dees; the attractiveness of her specialty; remaining at Duke although passing the medical boards in Florida; the Department of Immunology; Dr. Bernard Amos; Dr. Susan Dees's contributions to Duke; severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID); bone marrow transplants for children with SCID through removal of donor T-cells, including its development and her own research on it; the success rates of transplants for SCID patients; the difficulty of determining how common SCID is due to lack of newborn screening; her advocacy for newborn screening for SCID; the expense of early screening of SCID versus nonscreening; the avenues for her advocacy for newborn screening; her desire for screening of other defects similar to SCID; her research on SCID chimeras (people with living parts from a another person inside them); transplantations done by fellows; the few women faculty at the time she began in Immunology; being the "token woman" on medical center committees; the realization in the 1970s that more and more women were applying to medical schools; joining the faculty in the Department of Pediatrics; becoming division chief of Allergy and Immunology in the Department of Pediatrics; the less lucrative nature of pediatrics; not meeting with resistance as division chief; not being a "women's libber"; other women on the faculty at Duke; her advice to young medical students; work-family balance; the commonalities between her husband's work and her work; her election to Institute of Medicine; the William G. Anlyan Lifetime Achievement Award; Dr. James D. Sidbury; Dr. Samuel Katz; Dr. Catherine Wilfert; changes in her field; changes at Duke; Buckley's Syndrome; the Duke Immune Deficiency Foundation Center of Excellence; tests for discovering immunodeficient patients; patients; and working with patients long term. 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 a transcript.

This oral history interview was conducted with Susan Clayton on February 21, 2022 by Taylor Patterson as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project.

Duration: 00:50:32

During the interview, Clayton discusses her background; becoming a single parent and having to find work to support her two young daughters; getting hired as a Staff Assistant in the Department of Surgery and later discovering she was the only applicant because of Sabiston's reputation; Sabiston's high expectations of the office staff and all people who worked for him, which lead to a high turnover rate; her experiences as the Residency Coordinator; the supportive nature of the Department of Surgery office staff; details of her roles in the Department of Surgery and other Staff Assistants; having to work three Saturdays a month; and other memories of Sabiston. Digital files include transcript (DOCX), interview (MP3), and consent form (PDF).

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Don E. Detmer on February 2, 2022 by Dr. Konstantinos Economopoulos as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project.

Duration: 01:16:29

During the interview, Detmer discusses his early life, education, his medical training, individuals who shaped him along the way during his career, how he came to Duke for the third year of his surgical residency, memories of Sabiston, Sabiston's rigid belief system, his interest in health policy, how he went into administration and medical informatics, different positions he held over the years, and his work with the Duke Physician Assistant Program. Digital files include transcript (DOCX), interview (MP4 and M4A), and consent form (PDF).

Dr. Dazu's viewpoint and goals since being appointed as chancellor and CEO of Duke University Health System.

This oral history interview was conducted with Joyce N. Jiggetts on February 23, 2024 by Danielle Okotcha as part of the Bass Connections Agents of Change Oral History Project.

Duration: 01:05:15 (stereo)

Duration: 01:05:09 (mono)

During the interview, Jiggetts discusses her career and background; her professional journey; details of how she became a registered nurse; discussion of the challenges faced by mothers with low socioeconomic status (SES); her experience as a Black woman and a Black nurse; her journey into Duke Health; how she became part of the Care Management for High-Risk Pregnancies (CMHRP)/Baby Love program how the program works, how the program has changed over time, what makes the program unique, and details of how the program has aided families and/or mothers of low SES; details of an average day working as a high risk pregnancy manager; how she interacts with patients; her time working in a prison; her involvement in the Black Maternal Health Equity Initiative and the positive impact of the program; her time on a podcast; Black mental health and her own history pertaining to this; her time at Lincoln Health Center; her personal experience with Black maternity and the healthcare system; and her suggestions to help alleviate some of the disparities seen in Black maternal health. The themes of this interview include community and women's health, racial discrimination, and healthcare.

Digital files include interview metadata and transcript (DOCX), interview with stereo (WAV), interview with mono (MP3), consent form (PDF), an image (JPG), and TXT files.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Harvey J. Cohen on February 24, 2020 by Emily Stewart as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project.
Duration: 00:29:50
During the interview, Cohen discusses his educational background and how he became a doctor, his career in medicine, his residency at Duke in the Department of Medicine, his transition onto the faculty at Duke, his time as the Chair of the Department of Medicine, how he became involved in the field of geriatrics, his work in the Duke Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, his memories of Sabiston both as a resident and as a Duke Faculty member, Sabiston's support of the Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, and the Department of Surgery's involvement in the Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development. Digital files include transcript (.DOCX), interview (.MP3), and consent form (.PDF).

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Rodger A. Liddle on February 24, 2021 by Joseph O'Connell as part of the Department of Medicine's Oral History Project.

Duration: 01:12:42

During the interview, Liddle discusses his research in measuring CCK (cholecystokinin, a gut hormone) levels, 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. Digital files include interview metadata and transcript (PDF), interview with stereo (WAV), interview with mono (MP3), images (JPG), consent form (PDF), and TXT files.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Layton F. Rikkers on February 25, 2020 by Taylor Patterson as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project.

Duration: 00:22:04

During the interview, Rikkers discusses his career; how he chose to become a surgeon; his great admiration of Sabiston; taking over the editorship of "Annals of Surgery" from Sabiston including meeting Sabiston for an interview for the position, the changes he implemented, and how Sabiston's wife, Agnes, packed up and shipped all the "Annals of Surgery" materials after Sabiston's stroke to send to Rikkers in Wisconsin so he could start working on it immediately; and other memories of Sabiston. Digital files include transcript (.DOCX), interview (.MP3), and consent form (.PDF).

In this interview, Dr. Williams discusses background in Athens, Georgia, interest in medicine, medical education at Duke University, his research, interest in genetics, Duke University's curriculum during his education, and the Research Training Program. Dr. Williams also discusses important influences at Duke, the unconventional nature of his medical studies, nontraditional courses fostered at Duke, and major events at the medical school during his deanship.

History of nursing at Duke.

This oral history interview was conducted with Julieta (Julia) Giner on February 5, 2024 by Anthony Zhao as part of the Bass Connections Agents of Change Oral History Project.

Duration: 01:28:00 (stereo)

Duration: 01:27:52 (mono)

During the interview, Giner discusses growing up in Massachusetts in an immigrant family; her family background and traveling to Europe in her youth; path to working as a nurse at Duke; her early friendships within the LGBTQ community; taking care of a good friend with AIDS, so he would not die alone; working as an STD/STI health educator at a community health organization in Boston, Massachusetts; sad and consuming nature of early work with HIV/AIDS patients; family and friends reactions to working with HIV/AIDS; her work taking care of HIV/AIDS patients at Duke Hospital and finding work at Dr. John A. Bartlett's clinic at Duke; the reputation of Bartlett's clinic within the Duke University Health System (DUHS); the lack of education about HIV/AIDS; her extensive involvement with the Community Advisory Board (CAB) including the formation of CAB, the role of CAB and the impact of their work, changing demographics of CAB that matched the changes in HIV/AIDS demographics, the relationship between CAB, clinical researchers, and principal investigators, and the empowering role of CAB for previously silenced people in the community; her successes and failures with health education about HIV in Durham, North Carolina; the unique bond within the clinic staff; seeing the many layers of stigma of HIV/AIDS; working within and advocating on behalf of communities she was not a part of; her relationship with John and Patricia Bartlett and the team dynamic within the clinic; memorable moments providing care to patients; and her final thoughts highlighting the work of all others in the clinic. The themes of this interview include LGBTQ issues, societal stigmatization, community activism, health education, and advocacy.

Digital files include interview metadata and transcript (DOCX), interview with stereo (WAV), interview with mono (MP3), consent form (PDF), an image (JPG), and TXT files.

Wardell's career at the Medical Center Library, beginning in the 1970s.

Dr. Barnes discusses the development of pathology in North Carolina; Medical Society of North Carolina.

Memories of early years of the Duke University School of Nursing.

Development of Pathology in North Carolina.

Dr. Wilson's medical school experience, 1939-1942.

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.

This This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. William P. Wilson on January 13, 2010 by Jessica Roseberry.
Duration: 02:16:07
Wilson discusses his medical career and his memories of Duke's Department of Psychiatry from its early days through his retirement in 1984.
Digital files include one interview (.WAV). Series also includes 3 master and 3 use CDs.

Pugh-Myers' recollections of her days as a member of the first class of practical nurses at Duke Hosptial, 1949; working as an African-American practical nurse at Duke and beyond.

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.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Courtney M. Townsend Jr on January 20, 2022 by Taylor Patterson as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project.

Duration: 00:31:58

During the interview, Townsend discusses his background; his decision to become a surgeon; his education and training; his time in the Navy, becoming the Editor-In-Chief for the "Textbook of Surgery" after Dr. David Sabiston, as well as his experiences in that role; Sabiston's influence on the field of surgery; how Townsend shaped surgical resident education at his institution; the importance of developing a workforce that looks like the population being served; and his memories of Sabiston and his wife Agnes (Aggie) Barden Sabiston. Digital files include transcript (DOCX), interview (M4A), and consent form (PDF).

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 in two parts with Kevin W. Sowers on January 22, 2018 by Joseph O'Connell.
Duration:

• Part 1: 42:17
• Part 2: 43:46

This oral history interview was conducted with Rebecca Reyes on January 25, 2024 by Fiorella Orozco as part of the Bass Connections Agents of Change Oral History Project.

Duration: 01:35:20 (stereo)

Duration: 01:35:12 (mono)

During the interview, Reyes discusses her previous positions and connection to Duke Health; her early childhood and religious influences; her academic background and career synopsis; the historic ordination of the first Latina in the Presbyterian Church; moving to North Carolina to be a campus minister; her work in global education; mentorship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University; early engagement with Hispanic community in Durham, North Carolina; partnership with local organizations in Durham; initiatives with Duke Health; Latino Access to Community Health (LATCH) and ALMAS programs; interpreter usage in hospital; description of a typical day of a social worker; overcoming challenges and stereotypes at Duke Health; current roles and advocacy while retired; personal insights on activism and self-reflection; aspirations for the future; family life; and final reflections. The themes of this interview include heath disparities, community outreach, social work, and Latino health.

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