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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.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. James R. Urbaniak on November 6, 2018 by Dr. Justin Barr as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project.
Duration: Urbaniak 1: 00:37:56; Urbaniak 2: 00:12:32
In the November 6, 2018 interview, Urbaniak discusses his childhood, how he came to Duke, his experiences at Duke, orthopedics and orthopedic surgery, his time as the attending physician to the United States Congress and the Supreme Court during the Vietnam War, general surgery, Dr. David C. Sabiston, Dr. Lenox D. Baker, Dr. J. Leonard Goldner, hand surgery, microsurgery, and vascularized fibular grafts. Includes a master CD and transcript.

This oral history was conducted with J. Michael Slaughter on November 6, 2019 by Emily Stewart as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. Transcript is available.
Duration: 00:48:28
During the interview, Slaughter discusses his early life and education; memories of Dr. David and Agnes Sabiston; and working as the business manager for Duke Department of Surgery and all the duties that came along with that job, including managing payroll and planning all departmental social functions.
Digital files include transcript (.DOCX), interview (.MP3), consent form (.PDF), keywords and summary (DOCX), and Bagger files (.TXT).

Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology.

This oral history interview was conducted with Jane S. Richardson on November 9, 2007 by Jessica Roseberry as part of the Women in Duke Medicine Oral History Exhibit.
Duration: 01:16:22
Jane S. Richardson discusses her background; her interest in astronomy; her interest in philosophy; working in the same lab where her husband, David Richardson, was getting his PhD; in 1969, the laboratory solving the structure of the Staphylococcal nuclease, the tenth protein structure to be determined; her enjoyment of being unknown; working as a technician in the laboratory; what the structure of a protein might tell about that protein; solving the crystal structure of copper/zinc superoxide dismutase at Duke; learning about the geometry of the active site of this enzyme; the significance of knowing the structure of proteins; X-ray crystallography as the technique used then and still used to solve protein structures; the current worldwide Protein Data Bank, which stores about fifty thousand protein structures; her work as a technician; working on computer models of proteins as early as 1960s; current work of the Richardson lab: building tools for determining and analyzing RNA structure; all-atom contact analysis; other people at Duke currently actively working on protein structure, although not the Richardson lab; Jane Richardson being most noted for ribbon drawings of proteins; ribbon drawings outlining the schematics of all known protein structures in 1980; she and her husband not being able to be in the same department due to nepotism rule at the time; creating a uniform set of conventions for the protein ribbon drawings; the freedom to do this work because she was "invisible"; Duke giving her tenure when she became a member of the National Academy of Sciences; common structures depicted in the ribbon drawings; subjectivity of representing protein structures because she outlined the conventions of the drawings; the ubiquitous nature of the ribbon drawings due to computer graphics; current use of the same conventions; her original method of drawing on top of a computer printout of a very simplified protein structure; the laboratory's invention of Kinemages, one of the first molecular graphics systems available on personal computers; the current size of the laboratory; Duke in the 1970s; Dr. Robert Hill; women as being "on the edges" of the department; her own unusual career track; not getting a PhD; this fact embarrassing the university once she became well-known; receiving a MacArthur Fellowship because of the ribbon drawings; her own circuitous route as being useful; the collaborative nature of her work with her husband; the difficulty in current scientific culture of collaborating, since the tenure emphasis is on receiving credit for something; change in the nepotism rule; pairs of scientists; the connectivity of the current field due to computers; pressure as one result of connectivity; and her enjoyment of having many female colleagues currently. 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.

Dr. Carter discusses his decision to enter pharmacy, and exploring the changes in the pharmaceutical field he has experienced in the two decades of his career; what a job as a clinical staff pharmacist entails; the transition from inpatient to outpatient pharmacy; informatics in pharmacy; technological advances; conflict with health insurance policies; and changes in health procedures and future policy overhauls.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Edward Halperin on October 10, 2006 by Jessica Roseberry.
Duration: 00:46:44
Dr. Halperin discusses his family history, early life, medical education, the development of the field of radiation oncology, his career at Duke (including his work as vice dean of Duke University Medical School), Duke curricula reform, the creation of the medical master's in library science program, medical student suicides, his experiences with Dr. Snyderman, and research into the history of medicine. Includes a master and use CD and a digital transcript.

Dr. Fridovich speaks about his arrival in Duke University's Department of Biochemistry in 1952; Dr. Bernheim's reputation at the time for having discovered the amine oxidase; Dr. Bernheim's reputation for good teaching; Dr. Bernheim's reputation for writing abstracts for the publication Chemical Abstracts; the importance of Dr. Bernheim's discovery at the time; Dr. Bernheim's book, A Sky of My Own, about flying; Dr. Bernheim's interest in outdoor activities; the Bernheims housing an English child during World War II; the few women on the faculty; Dr. Bernheim's husband, Dr. Frederick Bernheim, and both of them being highly regarded scientifically; the founding chair of the department, Dr. William Perlzweig; women in the department over time; the field of biochemistry moving beyond Dr. Bernheim's discovery; Dr. Bernheim's donation of land to the Eno River Association; the physical space of the Department of Biochemistry upon his arrival; the growth of the department; Dr. Bernheim focusing more on teaching than research in her later years; Dr. Bernheim as always being called Molly, not Mary; flying as being important to Dr. Bernheim; the equipment that was used in the department in the 1950s; the equipment Dr. Bernheim might have used in her earliest years of research; Dr. Rebecca Buckley; national attention on Dr. Bernheim for her discovery; Dr. Bernheim's modesty; and the fading of that attention over the years.

This oral history interview was conducted with Stacey R. McCorison on October 12, 2021 by Josephine McRobbie.

Duration: 01:47:48

During the interview, McCorison discusses her early life in the Northeast, experiences with higher education, positions held within Duke University and the Duke University School of Medicine, contributions to the planning for the Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans Center for Health Education, as well as the her reflections on the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on medical education. The themes of this interview include educational access and choice, medical education, financial aid, and student support services. Digital files include interview metadata and transcript (PDF), interview with stereo (WAV), interview with mono (MP3), consent form (PDF), and TXT files.

This oral history interview was conducted with Tracy K. Gosselin on October 13, 2021 by Josephine McRobbie.

Duration: 01:41:23

During the interview, Gosselin discusses the responsibilities of her role as Chief Nursing & Patient Care Services Officer at Duke University Hospital; her role in patient experience and experiences with feedback during rounding; her background and education, joining Duke Hospital in 1993; her early career interests and view of nursing as profession; her recollections of learning on the job in terms of time management, cancer as a set of diseases, cancer treatment, and end of life care; continuity of care and streamlining of oncology services during her early career; the implementation of nursing model while Nursing Program Manager for Duke Radiation Oncology; her experiences as a student in University of Utah's College of Nursing virtual PhD program; her doctoral research in symptoms, quality of life, and emotional status in survivors of rectal cancer treatment; her experience teaching Oncology Nursing and Leadership in Duke University School of Nursing; her decision to aim for Chief Nurse position; her involvement with Duke Cancer Institute and Duke Cancer Center; the importance of senior leadership to make themselves available; research and education on bullying in the healthcare environment; workplace and safety mechanisms in Epic / Maestro Care; colleagues and mentorship; the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic; her work with the Duke Cancer Center and development of Oncology Patient Advisory Council; and her upcoming move to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center as Senior Vice President, Chief Nurse Executive, and Chair of Nursing. The themes of this interview include nursing, nursing education, and healthcare leadership. Digital files include interview metadata and transcript (PDF), interview with stereo (WAV), interview with mono (MP3), consent form (PDF), and TXT files.

This oral history interview was conducted with Helen Mikul on October 17, 2022 by Josephine McRobbie as part of the Duke Midwifery Service and Durham Maternal Health Oral History Project, which was funded by The Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation Endowment Fund.

Duration: 00:55:45

During the interview, Mikul discusses her role as a midwife with Duke Midwifery Service, her dedication to working with Spanish-speaking clients, and the uniqueness of midwifery as a healthcare profession. In this interview, Mikul speaks vividly of the skills that Duke Midwifery Service midwives provided to Duke clients, and also shared with their Duke colleagues in the teaching hospital environment. She shares how she and her Duke Midwifery Service colleagues taught students and trainees the strengths of different birthing positions, maneuvers for safe birth during shoulder dystocia, strategies for postpartum care and the delivery of the placenta, as well as approaches to caring for clients experiencing stillbirth or the the loss of a pregnancy. Mikul reflects on how receptive the students were to this information and describes how during her time at Duke, more trainees began encouraging clients to try hands and knees and side-lying positions for birth (as opposed to the medically-standard stirrups position). The themes of this interview include medical training, midwifery, and family planning. Digital files include interview metadata and transcript (PDF), interview with stereo (WAV), interview with mono (MP3), consent form (PDF), an image (JPEG), and TXT files.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Elizabeth Bullitt on October 18, 2005 by Jessica Roseberry.
Duration: 01:15:00
Bullitt discusses her background; her fascination with the brain and neurosurgery; residency at University of Colorado; internal problems in program at University of Colorado; coming to Duke under Dr. Robert Wilkins; military feel of Duke program; rules in Duke program; Dr. Guy Odom; Dr. David Sabiston; hierarchy in Department of Surgery; male presence in neurosurgery, particularly at the time; husband as present chief of Neurosurgery at Duke; being the first female neurosurgeon on staff at both Mayfield Neurological Institute and University of North Carolina; feeling need to survive as opposed to feeling like a pioneer at Duke; treatment as a female neurosurgeon at Duke; her sensitivity to her treatment and dedication to her field; evaluation of her treatment versus current regulations against such treatment; facilities for female neurosurgeons; being overlooked at Duke because female; feeling uncomfortable returning to Duke; uniforms in Duke Department of Surgery; Dr. Robert Wilkins; others in the department who influenced her, including Dr. Blaine Nashold; meeting husband [Dr. Allan Friedman] at this time; time commitment as resident at that time versus the current time commitment; technology at Duke at the time; Carol Ludolph; conservative nature of Duke Surgery Department in terms of operating, flexibility; treatment received from patients; history of career at University of North Carolina; balancing home life and work life; current work with brain imaging at University of North Carolina. The transcription of this interview was made possible by a grant from the Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation. Includes 2 master audio cassette tapes, 2 use audio cassette tapes, and a transcript.

This oral history interview was conducted with Kim Q. Dau on October 19, 2022 by Josephine McRobbie as part of the Duke Midwifery Service and Durham Maternal Health Oral History Project, which was funded by The Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation Endowment Fund.
Duration: 00:39:58
During the interview, Dau discusses her background and education; the impact Amy MacDonald had on her as a guest lecturer during Dau's House Course as an undergraduate at Duke University and her subsequent career as a midwife; Dau's interest in Vietnamese and other non-Western medicine practices; her first post-graduate job as a staff midwife in Duke Midwifery Service; the Centering Pregnancy modality including training, later work with the program at Durham County Health Department, and the influence of Margy Hutchison and Rebekah Kaplan's Centering Pregnancy program work had on her; Dau's reflections on power, exchange, healthcare as a partnership, and working in a relational way with people of different backgrounds from one's own; her move back to San Francisco and the pandemic "pause" on many Centering programs; Dau's work in the education and training of midwifery students; learning from midwives; partnerships with other practitioners; and reflections on Duke and how midwifery has and can be incorporated into large medical institutions. Digital files include interview metadata and transcript (PDF), interview with stereo (WAV), interview with mono (MP3), consent form (PDF), an image (JPG), and TXT files.

Dr. Feagin's history; history of the Medical Center Library; Dean Davison.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Elizabeth R. DeLong on October 21, 2010 by Jessica Roseberry.
Duration: 00:45:39
Dr. DeLong discusses similarities and differences between working at a clinical research organization (Quintiles) and an academic research organization (Duke Medical Center); some collaborative projects between the Department of Biostatistics and other Duke departments; the importance of biostatistics to medical practice and medical research; the extent to which people in an academic institution are aware of the importance of statistics in their own work; the importance of having training in doing statistical work; master's versus PhD statisticians; the Duke Clinical Research Institute's emphasis on collaboration between medical investigators and statisticians; working with partners to make sure they set up their studies correctly; outcomes research versus clinical trials; equipoise; the importance of equipoise; personalized medicine; the accuracy of predictions in personalized medicine; bioinformatics; the importance of the department being accepted by other outside departments and groups; growth of the department; being a female in the sciences; her own background; mentors; Dean Nancy Andrews; whether she brings something different to the table as a female department chair; and the future of the department. Includes a master CD, a use CD, and a transcript.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Mary E. Klotman on October 21, 2010 by Jessica Roseberry as part of the Women in Duke Medicine Oral History Exhibit.
Duration: 00:59:09
Klotman discusses coming to Duke as an undergraduate in the 1970s; the Duke Department of Medicine from her perspective as a student; the chair of the department when she was a resident; Dr. Joseph Greenfield as subsequent chair of the department; conversation with Dr. Greenfield about her future career path; desire to become a physician-scientist; developing skills to achieve that goal; going to work at the National Institutes of Health; working at Mount Sinai Medical Center; with her husband, putting together the kind of program at Mount Sinai that existed at Duke; becoming an administrator in order to make an impact; her view of the chairmanship since beginning the job of chair of the Department of Medicine seven months prior; communications within such a large department; partnerships that the Department of Medicine has developed; directions the health system is moving in; funding for the department; funding for the partners of the Department of Medicine; being a female department chair; family support; and Dean Nancy Andrews. Includes a master and use CD.

This oral history interview was conducted with John Robinette on October 22, 2019 by Taylor Patterson as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project.

Duration: 01:24:37

During the interview, Robinette discusses his education; career at Duke, starting as an administrative assistant for Dr. William Anlyan and eventually moving into the role of a hospital administrator working with Sabiston closely on operating rooms; his experiences building the new Duke Hospital; working with Sabiston in the role of an administrator; the history of the Private Diagnostic Clinic (PDC) and its importance to Sabiston and Duke University; Sabiston's culture as one high standards, high work ethic, and fairness; changes implemented by Sabiston such as separate lounges for doctors, residents, nurses, housekeeping, etc., private hospital rooms, and relaxing visiting hours; the importance of academics and research in the surgical program to Sabiston; the corporatization of hospitals; memories of Dr. Joseph Greenfield; and personal memories of Sabiston and his wife Aggie. Digital files include transcript (.DOCX), interview (.MP3), and consent form (.PDF).

Dr. St. Geme talks about his family, teaching, research, and his career as a practicing pediatrician. He also talks about playing football for Stanford and its impact on his education.

Dr. Frush talks about what she has done so far in her career. Dr. Frush started as a nurse, which she was for a year, but quickly went into medical school at Duke to become a pediatrician. Her desire to have a family influenced her decision to become a nurse, but then when a family wasn't in the near future she decided to become a doctor. She now has a family and medical degree, without the conflicts she expected. She also talks about how nurses and doctors must work as a team to ensure patient safety.

Ms. Robinson she discusses how she got into the physician assistant field and why she has stayed in it. She also explains the roles and responsibilities of the physician assistant in today's hospitals and how she operates here at Duke. In this context, she also elaborates on what it takes to make a good physician assistant, and how Duke is training physician assistants to have these skills. With regards to the job of physician assistant, she discusses some of the history of the field, the current state and the potential future of the physician assistant as a major source of primary care. Finally, in regards to her interest in obesity and family care, she expresses her concern over the changes in the demographics and spread of obesity she has observed during her career.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. John A. Bartlett on October 29, 2009 by Tullia Rushton and Diana Xie as part of the Writing Class 20 Interview.

Duration: 00:49:58

Dr. John A. Bartlett discusses his decision to pursue medicine, his views on the ethics and frustrations of the field, and his work with HIV/AIDS. Includes 2 master CDs and 1 use CD.

Dr. White chronicles her career as a physician and as an academic dean. She also talks about her effor to balance her work and her family life.

This oral history interview was conducted with Paul R. Newman on October 30, 2019 by Taylor Patterson as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project.

Duration: 01:01:16

During the interview, Newman discusses his education; how he became interested in the Hospital Administration program at Duke; becoming an assistant football coach at Duke to help pay for graduate school; how he chose to pursue working in hospital administration over a career as a foot coach; the details of his job as a hospital administration supporting clinical chairs in academic departments, with Sabiston being one of them; experiences working at the Private Diagnostic Clinic (PDC), including the merger of the surgical and medical PDC; the details of his role as a hospital administrator; the creation of the Duke University Health System; Sabiston's control over the Building Fund; and his memories of working with Sabiston as a master educator, master politician, and the tremendous influence he had at both Duke and on a national level. Digital files include transcript (DOCX), interview (MP3), consent form (PDF), and TXT files.

Dr. Berlin speaks about his background; his enrollment at Duke University as an accelerated wartime student; continuing his education after serving in the military in Japan; his enrollment at Duke University School of Medicine; his internship and residency; his return to Savannah; serving as team doctor for college teams and for the Savannah Braves, the local high school baseball team; his return to Duke in 1979; reasons for coming to Duke; his parents' emigration to America; his impressions of Duke; his impressions at the time of the controversy about the replacement of Duke president Robert Flowers with Holliss Edens; his Jewish heritage not being a problem at Duke; his father's interaction with a dean who made prejudiced remarks to him; he and his roommate choosing not to enter a Jewish fraternity on campus; his social life on campus; meeting his wife in the Duke choir; his wife working at Liggett and Myers while he completed his residency; his role in the war; his decision at this time to be a doctor; his choice not to go to the University of Georgia School of Medicine because of the competitive atmosphere among medical students; the "whispered" quota of Jewish students in the medical school; the curriculum during his medical school days; the camaraderie among medical students; his internship at Duke; working with Dr. Eugene Stead; the segregation of the wards; the people at Duke who had the greatest impact on him; Dr. Walter Kempner as being the reason that Duke came so far so fast; his internship with Dr. Kempner; Dr. Joseph Beard; Dr. Wilburt Davison; working with public patients; coming back to Duke after having been in Savannah; working with Duke men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski; Duke North; working at the Durham VA hospital; and his retirement.

This oral history interview was conducted with Mary Ann Fuchs on October 31, 2022 by Josephine McRobbie.

Duration: 01:22:49

During the interview, Fuchs discusses her background and education; research and care at Duke Hospital; career paths for nurses, healthcare mentors, and colleagues; and the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. The themes of this interview include nursing, nursing education, and healthcare leadership. Digital files include interview metadata and transcript (PDF), interview with stereo (WAV), interview with mono (MP3), consent form (PDF), and TXT files.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Jean Spaulding on October 3, 2006 by Jessica Roseberry as part of the Women in Duke Medicine Oral History Exhibit.
Duration: 01:18:01
Spaulding discusses her family background; growing up in Michigan; the diverse community in Michigan; coming to the South; negative and prejudiced treatment in the South as an African-American; the lack of recognition of the Vietnam War in Duke Medical School; negative treatment from some in the medical school; the medical school not being affected by the undergraduate protests and takeovers taking place at the Allen Building due to racial issues; the segregation of donors' blood along racial lines; being the only African-American in Duke Medical School; negative statements made about her scholarship in her admissions interview because she was a woman; the prejudice of some of the professors at Duke Medical School; cross burning on her front lawn; her determination to stay and exercise her civil rights; her closeness with the other five women in the class; the attractiveness of psychiatry to her; the trust relationship between patients and doctors in psychiatry; Mary Ann Black; Dr. Spaulding and Ms. Black as the only African-Americans at the Child Guidance Clinic; the close relationship with Ms. Black; the Community Child Guidance Clinic; the atmosphere of the Duke Department of Psychiatry; Dr. Ewald Busse; Dr. H. Keith H. Brodie; the open nature of those at the Child Guidance Clinic; the joys of raising a family at same time as education and career; her pregnancy during medical school; taking time off to raise her first daughter; threats of the removal of her scholarship due to time off; the rescinding of threats when legal recourses were mentioned; the Biddle Foundation Scholarship; the opportunity to chair the Community Psychiatry Division; the decision to open a private practice instead; the predominance of female clientele in her practice; the particular stresses of that population to do everything; her own perspective as a person who accomplished many things simultaneously; balance in her life; her participation in the Women's Council for Duke; assisting Dr. Snyderman in developing the health system; the board of trustees of the Duke Endowment; what the presidential search committee saw in Dr. Nannerl Keohane; Duke's acquisition of Durham Regional Hospital; communication with Mary Ann Black at the time; Duke's relationship with the larger community; the view of Duke by some segments of African-Americans in the Durham community; Mary Semans; women and African-Americans whose names should be mentioned; Promising Practices; the development of initiatives for women at Duke Health System; females in positions of high leadership at Duke; Dr. Ralph Snyderman; role as trustee of Duke Endowment; her mother-in law, Elna Spaulding; her father-in-law, Asa Spaulding; and her daughters. 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.

This oral history was conducted with Dr. Jack Hughes on October 3 and 4, 2019 by Joseph O'Connell. Transcript is available.

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The October 3 and 4, 2019 interview with Hughes moves more or less chronologically through Hughes' upbringing and education, his military service during World War II, his residency and training in Minnesota, and his experiences at the intersection of academic and private practice medical communities in Durham, North Carolina. Digital files include transcript (.PDF), interviews (.WAV), consent form (.PDF), Hughes portrait).JPG), and Bagger files (.TXT).

This oral history was conducted with Dr. Howard C. Filston on October 5, 2019 by Dr. Justin Barr as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project.

Duration: 01:15:42

During the interview Filston discusses his early life; education; his decision to become a doctor; the field of pediatric surgery; working with his mentor, Dr. Robert (Bob) Izant; his fellowship with Dr. C. Everett Koop and helping establish the first surgical neonatal intensive care unit in the country; being recruited by Sabiston to come to Duke to as the first trained pediatric surgeon in an academic center in North Carolina; supportive coworkers at Duke; working with Dr. Samuel Katz; being involved in resident education at Duke; and how Sabiston ran the Department of Surgery and the culture of the department.

Digital files include master and use transcripts (DOCX), interview (MP3), consent form (PDF), CV (DOC), and TXT files.

This oral history interview was conducted with Ann Milligan-Barnes on October 5, 2022 by Josephine McRobbie as part of the Duke Midwifery Service and Durham Maternal Health Oral History Project, which was funded by The Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation Endowment Fund.

Duration: 02:01:42

During the interview, Milligan-Barnes discusses her early professional years at Watts Hospital, her role as a Labor and Delivery nurse at Durham/Duke Regional Hospital, her time serving in the United States Air Force Nurse Corps, as well as her experiences in the Durham County Department of Public Health, where she worked as a Public Health Nurse and the Coordinator for the Centering Pregnancy Program associated with the Duke Midwifery Services. The themes of this interview include community healthcare, health disparities, and pregnancy and postpartum care. Digital files include interview metadata and transcript (PDF), interview with stereo (WAV), interview with mono (MP3), consent form (PDF), an image (JPG), and TXT files.

History of the Davison Club.

Newton speaks about his background; working in the physics instrument shop at Duke; starting Newton Instrument Company; being asked to set up a surgical instrument shop; reasons for starting a surgical instrument shop for the medical center; Dr. Deryl Hart; building framing systems for Dr. Hart's ultraviolet lights; Dr. Hart's interaction with the instrument shop; his interest and development of skills in the area of design; purchasing a trip to New York for the opening of the surgical instrument shop; materials; describing the bubble trap (surgical tool) he brought to the interview; the importance of proper materials for surgical instruments; where the materials came from for the surgical instrument shop; funding for the shop; the development of the Duke Inhaler with the chair of Anesthesiology, Dr. Ronald Stephen; the description of the Duke Inhaler that he brought to his interview; most of the shop's instruments being used for research purposes; other items created by the surgical instrument shop or Newton Instrument Company; frequent medical center clients; people who worked with the surgical instrument shop; working half time at Newton Instrument Company and half time at the surgical instrument shop at Duke; developing an endobronchial balloon with Dr. Jim Moody; the Newton Instrument Company as manufacturing the Duke inhaler, and this being the first major product of Newton Instrument Company; ultimately flooding the market with the inhaler; layoffs at Newton Instrument Company; Newton Instrument Company manufacturing framing for the telephone company at the peak of its expansion; the surgical instrument shop buying a huge press break from a Naval gun factory; expanding the building to accommodate the press break; William Barber; the Durham Industrial Education Center; and the interfaith chapel named after William Preston Few.

Physician Assistant 25th Anniversary Project.

Duke Cardiovascular Databank.

Dr. Cook's involvement in the Davison Club and other charitable giving to Duke.

Durham Regional Hospital.

This oral history interview was conducted with William London on September 13, 2006 by Jessica Roseberry.
Duration: 00:50:40
William London discusses the integration of the Watts and Lincoln hospitals, the development of facilities at Durham Regional Hospital, and his personal responsibilities as the president of medical staff at Watts Hospital and Durham General Hospital. He also discusses his professional background, his work with the American Board of Pediatrics, and the history of pediatric care on the local, state, and national level. Include a master and use CD.

This oral history interview was conducted with Sezer Aksel on September 13, 2007 by Jessica Roseberry as part of the Women in Duke Medicine Oral History Exhibit.
Duration: 00:43:32
Sezer Aksel discusses her background in Turkey; her desire to become a physician even against her family's desires; coming to Duke Medical School; the difficulty understanding Southern accents; the friendly atmosphere at Duke; completing premedical courses at Duke; the new curriculum at Duke Medical School; her interest in physiology and endocrinology; her second year of residency at Johns Hopkins; women in her medical school class; the busy residency schedule at Duke; dressing facilities in Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; working twice as hard initially to gain men's respect; her acceptance from the faculty of her department; the reputation of Dr. Eleanor Easley in the department; previous female interns in the department having a difficult time and leaving Duke; support from the nursing staff in the department; support from the department chair, Dr. Roy Parker; the supposition among some in the department that women patients did not like to see female doctors for ob-gyn care and Dr. Aksel's experiences to the contrary; the first baby delivered; endocrinology; endocrinology-related surgical procedures; laparoscopy; the length of residency determined by the department chair; operating as a resident; learning by doing; the growth of department; females who joined the residency in the department after she came; changes due to more females; the male-dominated nature of dressing facilities in department; job opportunities after finishing residency; and establishing the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology at the University of South Alabama. The transcription of this interview was made possible by a grant from the Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation. Includes 1 master audiocassette tape, 1 master and 1 use CD, and 1 transcript.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Alfred Gras on September 23, 2005 by Jessica Roseberry.
Duration: 00:20:00
Gras discusses his renaissance of interest in his own receipt of penicillin as medical student; notes from his father's journal about the event; Mary Poston; David Tillerson Smith; sulfonamides; his near death and miraculous recovery from bilateral staphylococcal pneumonia from use of penicillin; availability of penicillin at the time; Dr. Edward Levy and Dr. John Peck setting up penicillin drip; Dr. Levy and Dr. Peck telling him he was receiving a "vitabrew " in his leg; vein problems due to the treatment; further use of the penicillin extracted from his urine; obtaining the penicillin; his lack of having heard about penicillin; write-up of case in New England Journal of Medicine; cost (none) of his experimental penicillin versus estimated cost of same amount ($10,000); coming to Duke Medical School; lack of event status of the incident among his peers; cessation of penicillin due to complications from intravenous delivery; and further career. Includes a master and use audio cassette tapes and a transcript, which is available both in print and digitally.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Pamela S. Douglas on September 23, 2020 by Joseph O'Connell as part of the Department of Medicine's Oral History Project.

Duration: 00:42:28

During the interview, Douglas discusses her career trajectory, her work in protocols and standards related to echocardiography and imaging technologies, and how she has contributed to efforts related to diversity and burnout in the field of cardiology. The themes of these interviews include medical standards, heart disease, and diversity and inclusion in medicine. Digital files include interview metadata and transcript (PDF), interview with stereo (WAV), interview with mono (MP3), image (JPG), consent form (PDF), and TXT files.

History of the Duke University Medical Center Library.

Durham Regional Hospital.

This oral history interview was conducted with Amy MacDonald on September 27, 2022 by Josephine McRobbie as part of the Duke Midwifery Service and Durham Maternal Health Oral History Project, which was funded by The Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation Endowment Fund.

Duration: 01:44:57

During the interview, MacDonald discusses the Duke Midwifery Service, hospital-based midwifery practices and nurse-led education, and then Centering Pregnancy program facilitated by Duke midwives. The themes of this interview include midwifery, pregnancy, childbirth, postnatal education, and medical training. Digital files include interview metadata and transcript (PDF), interview with stereo (WAV), interview with mono (MP3), consent form (PDF), an image (JPG), and TXT files.

How to select a school of internship.

This oral history was conducted with Dr. W. Gerald Austen on September 9, 2019 by Emily Stewart as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. Transcript is available.
Duration: 00:39:57
During the interview, Austen discusses his early life and education; his work at Massachusetts General Hospital; Dr. David and Agnes Sabiston, including first meeting David Sabiston and his first stroke; his wife, Patty Austen; the history of open heart surgery; and the Duke Department of Surgery.
Digital files include transcript (.DOCX), interview (.MP3), consent form (.PDF), keywords and summary (.DOCX), and Bagger files (.TXT).

These oral history interviews were conducted with Leonor Corsino on January 22, 2024 and March 18, 2024 by Fiorella Orozco as part of the Bass Connections Agents of Change Oral History Project.

January 22, 2024 Interview
Duration: 00:25:10 (stereo)

Duration: 00:25:08 (mono)

During the January 22, 2024 interview, Corsino discusses her motivation for pursuing medicine and endocrinology; broader advocacy for education; eye-opening experiences in the United States; her daily routine; balancing clinical practice, research, teaching, and mentoring; intersection of passion for health disparities and commitment to diversity; challenges and transition from physician-scientist to education; comments and challenges regarding career path; focus on education and advocacy work; changes in diversity and inclusion at Duke Health; continuing work in an advisory role for Duke Med Chapter of the Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA); challenges and support in diversity initiatives; role in Master of Biomedical Sciences (MBS) program, encouraging future professions, and most rewarding part of her MBS role; receiving messages of success from students; initiating the Latino Initiative; hopes for the future; research at Wayne State University; impact of early mentorship; meaningful research projects; activism versus advocacy; self-perception and description; personality and roles; pivotal patient interactions; and personal life and interests.

March 18, 2024 Interview
Duration: 00:41:14 (stereo)

Duration: 00:41:11 (mono)

During the March 18, 2024 Interview, Corsino discusses her motivation to pursue health disparities research; her involvement in the Durham Community; project and initiatives, i.e., The Latino Health Project; role as Co-Director of the Community Engagement Research Initiative; community advocacy during COVID-19 pandemic; and her role in LATIN-19.

Digital files include interview metadata and transcripts (DOCX), interviews with stereo (WAV), interviews with mono (MP3), consent forms (PDF), consent form addendum (MSG), an image (PNG), and TXT files.

These oral history interviews were conducted with Dr. Phyllis C. Leppert on January 24, 2024 and March 2, 2024 by Gemma Holland as part of the Bass Connections Agents of Change Oral History Project.

Duration: 01:55:23 (stereo)

Duration: 01:55:12 (mono)

During the January 24, 2024 interview [0:00-1:06:01], Leppert discusses her childhood, upbringing, and family's advocacy work; the influence of advocacy in her life and its impact on her education and career path; the establishment of nurse midwifery programs and her involvement; the transition from nursing to medical school; the differences between New York and North Carolina in terms of reproductive health and abortion advocacy; opposition faced during advocacy efforts from legislators and medical faculty; the lack of collaboration with community organizations during advocacy work; involvement with advocacy efforts and research during residency and faculty positions; her leadership role at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and the responsibilities and challenges faced as Chief of the Reproductive Sciences Branch at NICHD; research on uterine fibroids and collaboration with Duke University; continued involvement in research and advocacy for women's health after her retirement, as well as advocacy and research efforts towards men's health; accomplishments in promoting family-centered care in obstetrics; advice for aspiring healthcare professionals; vision for the future of reproductive sciences; and reflection on her career.

During the March 2, 2024 interview [1:06:11-1:53:50], Leppert discusses her interest in midwifery and explains her decision to pursue nursing school, reflecting on societal expectations for women during that time; societal perceptions on nursing and midwifery; the stigma surrounding midwifery, the challenges faced by nurse midwives, and how societal attitudes impacted her career; the duration of work in nurse midwifery before transitioning to medical school, and how her work in nurse midwifery facilitated her medical school journey; patient care approaches and interactions influenced by nursing education and clinical experience; her experiences transitioning from a predominately female to male dominated environment including a discussion on gender dynamics and sexual innuendos in her medical education; advocacy efforts for women in healthcare and the challenges faced in addressing gender inequalities; role models and influential women in her medical school class at Duke University; her decision to pursue a PhD, as well as the influence of her research interests on her career trajectory and reflections on the integration of clinical and research aspects in her career; return to Duke University from the National Institutes of Health and her research focus on uterine fibroids; status as Professor Emerita and her on-going involvement with Duke University; the DREAM (Developing Research Excellence in Anesthesia Management) team and its mission; her Campaign Fund's objectives and areas of focus; advice to students exploring careers in healthcare; and enacting change on both large and small scales, emphasizing individual responsibility in activism.

The themes of these interviews include gender dynamics in healthcare, mentorship, advocacy for underrepresented groups, and the impact of interdisciplinary collaboration on addressing complex healthcare problems.

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

This oral history interview was conducted with Pat Thibodeau on March 28 and March 29, 2017 by Joseph O'Connell.
Duration

• March 28, 2017 - 1:18:50
• March 29, 2017 - 1:12:43

These oral history interviews were conducted with Dr. Joseph O. Moore on November 6 and 9, 2020 by Joseph O'Connell as part of the Department of Medicine's Oral History Project.

Duration: 01:12:14 (interview 1)

Duration: 01:12:53 (interview 2)

During the interviews, Moore discusses the advent of the specialization of hematologic oncology, Moore's early experiences that inspired his interest in medicine as a career, changes in Duke's facilities and programs over his tenure, and developments in cancer treatment. The themes of these interviews include medical training, the history of Duke Medical Center, and hematologic oncology. Digital files include interview metadata and transcript (PDF), interviews with stereo (WAV), interviews with mono (MP3), image (JPG), consent form (PDF), and TXT files.

These oral history interviews were conducted with Dr. Thomas M. Bashore on October 12 and 16, 2020 by Joseph O'Connell as part of the Department of Medicine's Oral History Project.

Duration: 00:30:42 (interview 1)

Duration: 01:25:24 (interview 2)

During the interviews, Bashore discusses his discusses his interest in visuals and history related to medicine, his pedagogical approach, and his thoughts on program leadership and restructuring. The themes of these interviews include cardiology, medical training, and collaboration in medicine. Digital files include interview metadata and transcript (PDF), interviews with stereo (WAV), interviews with mono (MP3), image (PNG), consent form (PDF), and TXT files.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. W. Allen Addison on September 18 and September 19, 2017 by Joseph O'Connell.
Duration:

• September 18, 2017 - 1:05:17
• September 19, 2017 - 1:31:29

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Contains faculty-student picnic invitations and graduation programs. Materials range in date from 1953 to 2006.

Contains a cream blazer with a blue Duke University crest. Material dates to 1960.

Contains a Cushing Ward basket, circa 1945.

This series contains articles from the Duke School of Nursing uniform from Marjorie Goff's time as a student at the university. Types of materials include a nursing graduate uniform with long sleeves and RN Cufflinks. Materials date from circa 1948.

This series contains a ribbon with an attached Santa Filomena pin, poems, and a name tag. The materials are all circa 1948.

This series contains articles of Duke University School of Nursing uniform from Mary Ann Kelly's time as a student at the school. Types of materials include a uniform bib, apron, cap, and collar. Other materials include uniform buttons and a uniform dress. Materials date to circa 1954.

Contains a Santa Filomena lantern and nursing cape. Santa Filomena was established in 1943 as an honors nursing society at Duke. The chapter was dissolved around 1967. Materials are from circa 1954.

Contains Baker's journals and diaries documenting his personal and professional activities from medical school until shortly before his death. Materials date from 1926 to 1993.

Contains laboratory notebooks detailing Raetz's research at Duke University Medical Center, the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1975-1994), and Harvard University (1968-1969). Materials range in date from 1968 to 2008.

Contains the laboratory notebooks and research materials of Dzau and his former PhD and masters students from Stanford University, Harvard Medical School, and Duke University. Materials date from 1978 to 2007.

Contains laboratory notebooks for students and colleagues who collaborated with Dr. Marc G. Caron on his clinical research conducted at Duke University Medical Center. Materials date from 1980 to 2005.

Contains lectures, notes, and presentations given by Odom. Subjects include intracranial aneurysms, intracranial lesions, nerve injuries, medical education, and neurological surgery. Materials range in date from 1965 to 1974, with the bulk of material undated.

Contains published materials, papers, correspondence, programs, handwritten notes, a research notebook, itineraries, 35mm slides, speech, and manuscripts pertaining to lectures by Briner. Materials date from 1970 to 1988.

Contains Watts Hospital ledgers documenting births and expenses. Materials date from 1909 to 1940.

These records document planning activities and building projects undertaken during Louis E. Swanson's tenure as chairman of the Medical Center Building Committee beginning in 1952; as assistant administrative director of medical center (with overall charge of the building program) from 1964 to 1967, and as the first director of the Medical Center Planning Office from 1967 to 1976. The records consists of correspondence, memoranda, committee minutes and reports, and planning documents in the form of long range planning summaries, multi-volume development proposals commissioned from prominent architectural and management consulting firms, photographs, building and site plans, diagrams, and blueprints generated between 1952 and 1976. Materials date from 1952 to 1977.

Contains Roger J. Porter's medical graduation robe worn when he graduated from the Duke University School of Medicine. Robe dates to 1968.

Contains reports, memoranda, minutes, proposals, sketches, and grant materials pertaining to the establishment, arrangement, funding, and management of the Medical Illustration department (now part of Educational Media Services in the Duke University School of Medicine). Materials range in date from 1954 to 1978.

Contains photographs, clippings, postcards, scrapbooks, correspondence, newsletters, notes, speeches, drafts, certificates, project records, pediatric journals, symposium materials, and travel itineraries related to the personal and professional life of Mildred M. Sherwood. Also included are studies, semi-annual reports, a news bulletin, a pictorial report, and a glossary of medical terms and expressions for the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission. Materials range in date from 1931 to 1970

This series contains records pertaining to the Neurosurgical Society of America, which Morris and sixteen others founded in 1948. Included in the series include are correspondence, conference programs, organizational constitutions and bylaws, proposals, meeting minutes, newsletters, and abstracts. Materials date from 1947 to 1996.

Contains incoming and outgoing correspondence, meeting agendas and minutes, and reports pertaining to editorial functions of the North Carolina Medical Journal. Materials range in date from 1949 to 1974.

Contains 7 black and white photographs of nurse anesthesia students in front of Watts Hospital, Dr. Austin Herr, Mary Campbell teaching, Campbell posing with nurse anesthesia students during their 18 month course, and Louanne Watley posing with others at John Umstead Hospital. Photographs date from 1959 to 1960.

Includes photographs of Elizabeth Hodges and other nursing students, newspaper clippings, and 1966 programs for the Duke University School of Nursing pin presentation and graduation exercises. The material dates from 1963 to 1966.

Contains a logbook detailing work done by the Surgical Instrument shop and three surgical devices. Materials range in date from 1949 to 1954.

Contains correspondence, minutes, proposals, brochures, and clippings pertaining to Hill's involvement in various organizations, including the American Society of Biological Chemists (ASBC), now the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, particularly as it interacted with the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) as a member society. Other subjects include Hill's involvement with the "Journal of Biological Chemistry," "Trends in Biological Sciences," and the "American Association for the Advancement of Science." The series also contains papers concerning Duke's relations with the Federation of American Scientists, along with Hill's dealings with the National Science Foundation and the National Academy of Sciences. The papers mainly consist of correspondence (both from and to Robert Hill, as well as those cc'd to him from other organizational members), memorandums, minutes, and reports. Much of them deal with membership, funding, and general finance or budgeting topics. Materials date from 1971 to 1983.

Contains floppy disks, project proposals, correspondence, reference files, meeting minutes, slides, articles, grant proposal, financial records, site visits, and reports. Materials range in date from 1876 to 1999, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1960 to 1999.