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

Duration: 00:49:10

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

This oral history was conducted with Dr. Robert M. Califf on June 11, 2007 by Jessica Roseberry. Transcript is available.
Duration: 01:06:53
In the June 11, 2007 interview, Califf, then the vice chancellor for clinical research and the director of Duke Translational Medicine Institute, discusses how he got into the field of cardiology, his work at the cardiology databank, early days of computing, medical school at Duke University, experiences working at Duke, and the evolution of the databank into the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI). Includes a master CD and a use CD.

This oral history was conducted with Dr. William J. Fulkerson Jr. on June 11, 2019 by Dr. Justin Barr as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. Transcript is available.
Duration: 00:32:43
During the interview, Fulkerson discusses his early life, education, coming to Duke, working in the Department of Medicine, professional memories of Dr. David Sabiston, Duke Department of Surgery, treating Terry Sanford, and the origin of Duke's lung transplant program.
Digital files include transcript (.DOCX), interview (.WAV), consent form (.PDF), and Bagger files (.TXT).

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Marianne S. Breslin on June 12, 2007 by Jessica Roseberry.
Duration: 01:57:33
Dr. Marianne S. Breslin discusses her background; her father's occupation as a horse breeder in Germany; Germany's political climate affecting her family; Nazi influence in her town; anti-Nazi sentiment after the war; extreme changes in family due to the war and politics; going to medical school in 1941; World War II's impact on her life; becoming a surgeon; her fellowship to go to the United States; coming to the United States (New York); meeting her husband; moving to Chapel Hill; complications of the fellowship program; working at Dorothea Dix Hospital as chief of the female service; choosing to change to psychiatry over surgery; Dr. Ewald Busse persuading her to come to Duke's Department of Psychiatry; heading the Division of Psychosomatic Medicine in Duke's Department of Psychiatry; other people in the department; being the first female in the Adult Psychiatry Department; the positive treatment she received as the only female; being busy; raising a large family alone; her experience with a grateful patient; psychosomatic medicine; the current trend toward medications in the field of psychiatry; Dr. Anna Friedman; Dr. Ruby Wilson; the end of clinical psychiatric nurse position; committees upon which she served in the medical center; her presidency of the North Carolina Neuropsychiatric Society; other people in other divisions in the department; the end of the Division of Psychosomatic Medicine after her retirement; her retirement; the positive aspects and accomplishments of the division; working with a patient who was afraid to fly; the death of her two husbands; her children; psychiatry in Germany; her initial interest in psychosomatic medicine; her popularity; passing the state boards in North Carolina; being the only foreigner to pass the boards in her group; taking the boards; other exams necessary to practice in the United States; her family; and social workers in Duke's Department of Psychiatry. The transcription of this interview was made possible by a grant from the Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation. Includes 2 master and 2 use CDs.

This oral history was conducted with Dr. Allan D. Kirk on June 12, 2019 by Dr. Justin Barr as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. Transcript is available.
Duration: 00:56:32
During the interview, Kirk discusses his early life; education; background in music; how he came to be a transplant surgeon; memories of Dr. David Sabiston from his time as a student and resident; becoming a surgeon; his interest in immunology as it related to the field of transplantation; Dr. Robert Anderson taking over as Chair of the Department of Surgery; Kirk's and Sabiston's shared military experience; Kirk's relationship with Sabiston after leaving Duke; and how Sabiston helped shape Kirk's time as Chair of the Department of Surgery at Duke, as well as their different styles of leadership.
Digital files include transcript (.DOCX), interview (.M4A), consent form (.PDF), and Bagger files (.TXT).

Experiences as a 1948 graduate of the Duke University School of Nursing.

This oral history interview was conducted with Jessie Parker Smith on June 13, 2022 by Patara Williams and transcribed by Josephine McRobbie. Smith's daughter, LaHoma Romocki, was also part of the conversation, and the interview was attended by Heather Lowe (Duke University) and Josephine McRobbie (audio engineer contractor).

Duration: 02:13:12

During the interview, Smith discusses the Durham School of Practical Nursing; African American nurses at Lincoln and Duke Hospitals; experiences interacting with white and Black colleagues; segregation of Duke Hospital facilities and the treatment of white patients; integration of Duke Hospital; care of Black patients with specialty care concerns at Duke Hospital; Smith's work in surgical, thoracic, cardiac, and other units; changes to services at hospitals over time; social activities organized by nurses like bowling, baseball, fashion shows, and racquetball; professional development activities and association; changes in nursing dress codes related to race; meeting her husband, Rev. Dr. Adolphus Smith in Duke Hospital; integration of UNC Hospitals; relationships with physicians and other colleagues, as well as Smith's friendship with LPN Louise Prince; Smith's experiences and perspectives of working as a nurse in regards to patient care; Smith's work with the North Carolina Licensed Practical Nurses Association; caring for her husband during illness; the work and culture of Licensed Practical Nursing throughout Smith's career; and administrative aspects of working for Duke such as the performance evaluation system. The themes of this interview include nursing, racial integration in healthcare, and professional development. Digital files include interview metadata and transcript (PDF), interview with stereo (WAV), interview with mono (MP3), consent form (PDF), consent form addendum (MSG), and TXT files.

Rice Diet; Dr. Walter Kempner; Dr. Newborg's career.

Subjects in this interview include: psychiatry; Duke University Department of Psychiatry chair, his relocation to the South; Dr. Ewald W. Busse; family; Highland Hospital; Durham County Regional Hospital; Veterans Affairs Hospital (Durham, N.C.); John Umstead Hospital; child psychiatry program; departmental research; grants; American Psychiatric Association; American Psychological Association; Bill Bevan; prescribing privileges; chancellorship of Duke University; Terry Sanford; presidency of Duke University; relationship between medical center and university; Levine Science Research Center; regulation of medical center under presidency; Dr. William Anlyan; Dr. Ralph Snyderman; medicine and business; drug testing; continued interest in psychiatry; changes in psychiatry; changes in Duke University; students; transition to new leadership.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Andrew S. Wechsler on June 18, 2019 by Emily Stewart as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project.

Duration: 00:57:53

During the interview, Wechsler discusses his early life, education, decision to enter the medical profession, decision to switch from cardiology to cardiac surgery, experiences with Sabiston as a resident and faculty member at Duke, what is was like to move from the North to the South in the seventies, Sabiston's rigid but principled manner, experiences offered to him because of Sabiston's support, reestablishing the cardiac surgery program at the Durham VA, leaving Duke to become a professor and chair in the Department of Surgery at the Medical College of Virginia, and other memories of Sabiston and his wife, Aggie. Digital files include transcript (.DOCX), interview (.WAV), and consent form (.PDF).

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Sheila J. Counce-Nicklas on June 21, 2007 by Jessica Roseberry.
Duration: 1:46:03
Dr. Counce-Nicklas discusses her background; her love of science and of learning; her interest in how things work; her Fulbright scholarship to Edinburgh; her professor suggesting she get a PhD instead of diploma at Edinburgh; studying sex-linked lethal chromosomes in fruit flies; the advantage of being a female in working with males; asking for a promotion in the Duke Department of Anatomy; her reputation in Europe; coming to Duke; other women at Duke: Dr. Lois Pounds, Dr. Jo Rae Wright, Dr. Nell Cant, Dr. Rebecca H. Buckley; women during the time period of late 1960s and early 1970s; the necessity of self-assurance for these women; her husband's work in Duke's Department of Zoology; being the lone woman in the department; not being treated much differently; her continued research on sex-linked lethal chromosomes in fruit flies; this research not enabling her to see the way that the sexes develop, as she had hoped; Duke's increasing emphasis on competing in the research arena; changes in the Department of Anatomy; her research being rewarding; her major contribution as being a two-volume work on insect development; her reputation in Europe as an important factor in her promotion; support from colleagues; the solitary nature of working in the laboratory; the work of other members of the department; teaching; Dr. Montrose Moses; service on Academic Council; the necessity of fairness in appointments; mentors; mentorship; the freedom to explore in her work at Duke; the necessity of grants in research; sharing the workload at home with her husband, Bruce Nicklas; the Promotions and Tenure Committee; the move in the field toward cell and molecular biology; the change in the Department of Anatomy under a new chair; Duke's academic reputation; the increase in the number of women since she first arrived; women in the basic sciences; and being outspoken. 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.

Dr. Hammond discusses the history of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Duke University including faculty, divisions, facilities, research, fellowships and resident education, relocations, his goals as chair of department, National Institutes of Health funding, changes in ease of funding since becoming chair. He also discusses colleague Dr. F. Bayard "Nick" Carter and Dr. Robert Ross; birth of his own children at Duke; family atmosphere of department; rural 'Outrider' program; Lincoln Hospital; Watts Hospital; racial integration of Duke Hospital; Carter Club; Raleigh Community Hospital; feminist movement; changing gender makeup of the department; generational differences in practitioners; patient acceptance of both genders in physicians; humanism in student education; changing technology in the field; personal research experiences; flexible nature of obstetrics and gynecology; pride in Duke Medical Center; and medical liability.

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

Dr. Champagne's deanship of the Duke University School of Nursing.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. James M. Douglas on June 24, 1994 by Dr. James F. Gifford.

Duration: 00:33:00

During the interview, Douglas discusses his background, how he chose to become a surgeon, the history of and multidisciplinary work in his Clinical Sciences Research Laboratory in the Department of Surgery, and that laboratory's use of clinical outcomes to describe and develop new surgical techniques.

His longtime DUMC/DUHS career in planning, certificate of need work, and affordable medical care.

This oral history was conducted with Dr. Bernard M. Jaffe on June 24, 2019 by Emily Stewart as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. Transcript is available.
Duration: 00:04:09
During the interview, Jaffe discusses, as part of the recorded interview, how he helped locate the grave of Dr. William Stewart Halsted, a role model for Dr. Sabiston, when Sabiston was a visiting professor at the medical school at the State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. There are additional notes about 2 Sabiston stories made during a phone conversation with Jaffe that were not recorded about how Jaffe met Sabiston and Sabiston's niece only calling him "Dr. Sabiston" and not "Uncle Dave".
Digital files include transcript (.DOCX), interview (.MP3), consent form (.PDF), and Bagger files (.TXT).

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Eddie L. Hoover on June 25, 2019 by Emily Stewart as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project.

Duration: 00:45:34

During the interview, Hoover discusses his early life; education; how he joined the medical profession; what it was like to be Black at the time Duke was starting to integrate its schools and facilities; the need for and starting the Society of Black Academic Surgeons; and his memories of Sabiston including his flawless memory, his meticulous nature, his love of the history of surgery, his dress code, his focus on research, and his desire to train academic surgeons who were going to teach the next generation of surgeons. Digital files include transcript (DOCX), interview (MP3), consent form (PDF), and TXT files.

Dr. Graham discusses his background; interest in science; mentors; research of toxic chemicals; studies at Duke; leaving Duke in 1967; return to Duke in 1970; Dr. Thomas Kinney; differences between Dr. Kinney and Dr. Wiley Forbus; problems that Dr. Forbus left in Department of Pathology; ways Dr. Kinney attempted to solve these problems; his own scientific career; history of his laboratory's work on hexane; support group of male friends including Andrew Puckett; second support group of male friends primarily from Duke: Michael McLeod, Andrew Wechsler, Michael Hamilton, Ervin Thompson, Redford Williams, and Bob Phillips; with Peter Keese, beginning support groups for students; desiring to be dean of medical education so that he could build support infrastructures for students; history of the deanship; Dr. Keith Brodie's appointment of Dr. Charles Putman as dean; Dr. Anlyan's leadership; entering the deanship position; increasing advisory dean system; Dr. Andrew Puckett as associate dean; staffing of dean's office; patient presentations, ethics lectures, and community building as part of curriculum; Dr. Ralph Snyderman's evaluation of his system of deanship; his own evaluation of his system of deanship; his system of evaluating students; power that dean's office has held throughout its history at Duke; Dr. Brodie's view of deanship position; impact of Dr. Snyderman on deanship position; his own views of the chancellorship and deanship being the same or separate positions; evaluation of his young age as dean; curriculum changes.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Kathleen Clem on June 27, 2007 by Jessica Roseberry.
Duration: 01:15:32
Clem discusses her desire to become an emergency physician; her background as a nurse; her family background; Loma Linda University; starting one of the first international emergency medical fellowships in the country (at Loma Linda); coming to North Carolina; her desire to improve Duke's Division of Emergency Medicine; becoming division chief of Emergency Medicine; having to fire many of the current faculty in the division to ensure the division was staffed by personnel trained to higher standards; recruiting new faculty; the development of the residency program in the division as crucial and her achievement of that goal in 1993; completely renovating the division's physical space; her goals in renovating the space; women's often circuitous careers; her own circuitous career; the importance of embracing the diversity of career experiences; Duke's support of her career path; the difficulties of being a female leader of the Division of Emergency Medicine within the male-dominated Department of Surgery; doing things that were "uniquely feminine"; changing the culture in Emergency Medicine; impacting the Department of Surgery; overcoming the difficulties of being a female leader; maintaining her integrity; her hard work to get changes made to the division; her allies; the female surgeons in the department; the types of patients who access emergency medicine at Duke; overcrowding in emergency departments; Duke's renovation and expansion as part of the solution to overcrowding; the state of Division of Emergency Medicine when she first arrived; educating Duke about what emergency medicine physicians are supposed to do; the role of emergency medicine physicians; why Emergency Medicine is currently a division and not a department, as she would hope it would be; the percentage of her time spent as administrator and career sacrifices she made to be an administrator; the Faculty Women's Committee; topics the committee has dealt with; the women at Duke who inspire her; the exhibit honoring women undertaken by Faculty Women's Committee; other women; embracing the circuitous career paths of women within her division; why women have more circuitous career paths; importance of mentorship; her past and current mentors; her own methods of balancing work and family; the change in culture at Duke in support of families; the differences between nurses and physicians in emergency medicine; collaboration with nursing; the issues of patient flow in emergency medicine; the rapid nature of decision-making in emergency medicine; her book, "Emergent Field Medicine"; and the current state of the Division of Emergency Medicine. 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 Dr. Henry H Muller on June 28, 2005 by Jessica Roseberry.
Duration: 01:45:00
Muller discusses his background; education; father's interest in Duke; coming to Duke University Medical School; Mrs. Elizabeth Swett; the approximate size of the medical school student body; recollections of professors at Duke Medical School: Dr. Duncan Hetherington, Dr. Talmage Peele, Dr. D.T. Smith, Dr. William Alexander Perlzwieg, Dr, Ivan Brown, Dr. George Eadie; medical student Alfred Gras becoming ill and being treated with penicillin; obtaining penicillin; registration forms from Duke convincing a roadblock officer that he was not a German officer; friends from medical school; substituting in surgery as junior and senior student; courses; rounding; Dr. Deryl Hart and others in Department of Surgery; Duke's relationship with Johns Hopkins; seeing President William Preston Few carried through the hospital after death; Dr. Wilburt Davison; Dr. William Anlyan; Dr. Ewald Busse; Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans and Dr. Joseph Trent; the syphilis clinic at Duke; anatomy class; pathology class; a memorable patient at Duke; the death of Robert Randolph Jones by shooting; the effect of war on the medical school; social aspects of student life; other professors at Duke University Medical School; returning to Duke in various capacities; changes in Duke campus over time since his medical school days; Dr. Douglas Knight and Dr. Terry Sanford; his proposal to the board of trustees to accept the Nixon Library at Duke University; his own service on the board of trustees at Duke; meeting Elizabeth Dole and other celebrities through service on the board of trustees; Dr. David Sabiston; influence of his education at Duke on his later life; the increase in the number of females in medical schools; classmate Raymond Rammage; the large amount of surgical patients as a medical student at Duke; his internship at Johns Hopkins; the length of the residency program at Duke and at Hopkins; physical aspects of Durham at the time; and the relationship with town doctors. Includes 2 master and 2 use audiocassette tapes.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. on June 29, 1994 by Dr. James Gifford.
Duration: 00:32:00
In the interview, Bolognesi discusses his educational background; working with Dr. Joseph Beard at Duke; and his research, particularly the work of the laboratory he directed. Charles Rott is also present during the interview.

Dr. McCarty speaks about how she came to know Dr. Grace Kerby; Dr. Kerby as her mentor and colleague; Dr. Kerby as a stalwart of Duke's Department of Medicine; others' impressions of Dr. Kerby gathered from Dr. McCarty's own oral research about Kerby; Dr. Kerby's educational background; Dr. Kerby doing clinical trials in the 1950s; Dr. Kerby as director of house staff scheduling in Duke's Department of Medicine; Dr. Kerby's importance to the Department of Medicine; Dr. Kerby's publications; Dr. Kerby's thoroughness; Dr. Kerby's hearing loss in one ear; misunderstandings about Dr. Kerby due to her hearing loss; others' memories of Dr. Kerby (Dr. William Stead, son of Dr. Eugene Stead, and Dr. Ralph Snyderman); Dr. Kerby as wearing a short white intern's coat as opposed to a long physician's coat; Dr. Kerby sharing equipment; Dr. Kerby's background in athletics; misunderstandings about Dr. Kerby due to her reticent nature; misunderstandings about Dr. Kerby due to other causes; Dr. Kerby's enjoyment of life; Dr. Kerby's hobbies; Dr. Kerby having cancer at the end of her life; Dr. Kerby's research; and Dr. Kerby's legacy.

Her 30 years working for the Duke University Medical Center Library.

Dr. Kernodle's medical school experience and residency at Duke beginning in 1938.

History of the Duke University Medical Center Library.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Diana B. McNeill on March 1, 2021 by Joseph O'Connell as part of the Department of Medicine's Oral History Project.

Duration: 00:53:46

During the interview, McNeill discusses the treatment of diabetes and the idea of "Type 3" support people surrounding people with diabetes, McNeill's experiences related to work-life balance for physicians, her leadership of the Internal Medicine Residency Program, and the work of Duke AHEAD to support faculty during the COVID-19 pandemic. The themes of this interview includes diabetes and diabetes in pregnancy, maternity leave policies in medicine, mentorship, and faculty development. Digital files include interview metadata and transcript (PDF), interview with stereo (WAV), interview with mono (MP3), images (PNG), consent form (PDF), and TXT files.

Frederick and Mary (Molly) Bernheim.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. J. Leonard Goldner on March 15, 1995 by Dr. James Gifford. It is included in the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project.

Duration: 01:37:00 [Tape 1: 01:30:00; Tape 2: 00:07:00]

During the interview, Goldner discusses his professional background; how he came to enter the profession of medicine and surgery; specific influences and/or experiences that led him to orthopedics; how he came to Duke; details about the Department of Surgery such as how it was organized, who the key personalities were, and how they interacted to accomplish departmental business; memories and experiences with Dr. Deryl Hart, Dr. Clarence Gardner, and Dr. David Sabiston; the Private Diagnostic Clinic; the evolution of his research career; and funding through the National Institutes of Health. Includes 2 master audiocassette tapes and 1 transcript.

This oral history interview was conducted with Rebecca Clayton on March 15, 2007 by Rebecca Clayton.
Duration: 01:02:26
Clayton discusses beginning work as the secretary for Dr. Grace Kerby, in 1960; being pregnant and delivering her first child; there being no maternity leave policy; her care for Dr. Kerby after Kerby's retirement; Dr. Kerby's attention to detail; Dr. Kerby's very private nature; other elements of Dr. Kerby's character; Dr. Kerby's dedication to her work; Dr. Kerby's work on house staff schedules and Clayton's assistance to Kerby in this work; Dr. Kerby's assistance to then-Department of Medicine chair, Dr. Eugene Stead; Bess Cebe, Dr. Stead's assistant; Clayton's close relationship with Dr. Kerby; the interactions of secretaries in the department; Dr. Kerby's materials that Clayton has; Dr. Kerby upon retirement; Clayton's workload under Dr. Kerby; equipment Clayton used at the time; the proportion of work dedicated to house staff schedules; Dr. Kerby's privacy about her own schedule; and Clayton's previous work. Includes a master CD, a use CD, and a transcript.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Kevin L. Thomas on March 18, 2021 by Joseph O'Connell as part of the Department of Medicine's Oral History Project.

Duration: 00:48:27

During the interview, Thomas discusses his path to academic medicine, his experiences as a Resident and later Chief Resident at Duke, the intersections of his clinical and research portfolio, and how he approaches leadership and issues of bias and equity in medicine. The themes of these interviews include cardiology, medical training, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. Digital files include interview metadata and transcript (PDF), interview with stereo (WAV), interview with mono (MP3), images (JPEG), consent form (PDF), and TXT files.

This oral history interview with conducted with Dr. Joseph (Jerry) G. Reves on March 21, 1995 by Dr. James Gifford.

Duration: 00:40:00

In the interview, Reves discusses his educational background; how he became in interested in the field of medicine; his medical school experience at the Medical College of South Carolina (now the Medical University of South Carolina); what drew him to anesthesiology; how surgery and anesthesiology work in concert together; the history of anesthesiology; why he came to Duke and his experiences while at Duke with Sabiston and his philosophy of excellence in patient care, excellence in teaching, and the genesis of new knowledge created by scientific inquiry and clinical investigation, as well as starting the Heart Center, the cardiac database, the anesthesiology residency program, and the structure of the Duke University School of Medicine. Includes 1 audiocassette tape.

Division of Cardiology; Duke Cardiovascular Databank.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Nelson Jen An Chao on March 25, 2021 by Joseph O'Connell as part of the Department of Medicine's Oral History Project.

Duration: 00:44:48

During the interview, Chao discusses his upbringing in Brazil, his reflections on his medical training, his observations on transplant as a complex medical issue, and a description of his work leading the Duke Global Cancer Program. The themes of these interviews include leadership, equity in medicine, cancer treatment, and stem cell transplantation. Digital files include interview metadata and transcript (PDF), interview with stereo (WAV), interview with mono (MP3), image (PNG), consent form (PDF), and TXT files.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Alejandro Barbagelata on March 26, 2007 by Jessica Roseberry.
Duration: 00:27:08
Barbagelata discusses the Duke Cardiovascular Databank and subsequent variations at Favalaro Clinic in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Includes a master and use CD. A digital version of transcript is available.

Dr. Bethea discusses the Duke Cardiovascular Databank and subsequent variations at Integris Hospital in Oklahoma City.

Duke Cardiovascular Databank and subsequent variations at hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah.

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Carla W. Brady on March 30, 2021 by Joseph O'Connell as part of the Department of Medicine's Oral History Project.

Duration: 01:09:16

During the interview, Brady discusses her work with liver transplantation, her development of a hepatology clinic which is focused on the needs of pregnant women, her reflections on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on her work, and her leadership work as a member of Duke's Academic Council's Executive Committee (ECAC). The themes of this interview includes transplant hepatologist, gastroenterology, women in medicine and as patients, and clinical care. 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. Daniel (Dan) G. Blazer on March 31, 1995 by Dr. James Gifford. It is included in the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project.

Duration: 00:39:00

During the interview, Blazer discusses his background and when he decided he wanted to become a physician; his education; how he came to Duke; the Department of Psychiatry; his experiences as the Dean of Medical Education, his position at the time of this interview; support and insight he received from Dr. David Sabiston; importance of research in medical education; the evolution of the Duke Health System and the Duke Medical Center, and the Department of Surgery. Includes 1 master audiocassette tape and 1 transcript.