DUMC Archives Oral History Program
Overview
The oral history program of the Duke University Medical Center Archives exists to capture the medical center's history in the words of the people who have witnessed or participated in that history. The interviews consist of relevant memories from persons in many different work environments within the medical center as well as selected interviews with those outside the medical center who have stories significant to its past or its present. The interviews are conducted with the considerations set forth in the guidelines of the Oral History Association. Interviews are recorded and then transcribed as closely as possible to the words of the speakers, and each interviewee is given a chance to review the transcript. Both the recordings and the transcripts are housed in the Duke University Medical Center Archives.
Although its oral history program was not officially established until 2003, the Duke University Medical Center Archives has a number of rich oral histories dating from the 1960s to the present, some of which are available for research. If you are interested in an interview that is in process, please contact the oral history program coordinator. The archives oral history program is attempting to open as many of these past interviews as possible, and unrestricted interviews conducted from 2003 will become available for research after they have been carefully processed for accuracy and quality.
Unless otherwise indicated, all interviews have been conducted by Jessica Roseberry
- Oral History Program Coordinator:
- Jessica Roseberry.
- (919) 383-2653.
- roseb003@mc.duke.edu
Interviews, Lectures, and Speeches
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Allen, Nancy Bates. Professor of medicine, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology; vice provost for faculty diversity and faculty development at Duke University. Interview available for research.
Anlyan, William G. Chancellor emeritus. (Multiple interviews. Interviewers: Gifford, James; Roseberry, Jessica). Interview in process.
Arena, Jay. Professor of pediatrics and community health; director of Duke Poison Control Center. Multiple interviews. (Interviewer: Gifford, James). Interviews available for research. View transcript of interview 1. [html] version, [pdf] version.
Barbagelata, Alexandro. Associate professor of medicine, medical director of heart failure and transplant, University of Texas, Medical Branch. (interview about Duke cardiovascular databank). Interview in process.
Berlin, Melvin. (Interviewer: Campbell, Walter). Interview in process.
Bernheim, Frederick and Mary. Original members of the Duke University School of Medicine faculty in the fields of pharmacology and biochemistry, respectively. Interview nn process
Bethea, Charles. Chief Medical Officer at Integris Heart Hospital, Oklahoma. (interview about Duke cardiovascular databank). Interview in process.
Black, Mary Ann. Associate Vice President of Community Relations, Duke University Health System. Interview available for research.
Blazer, Dan. J.B. Gibbons Professor of Psychiatry and professor of community and family medicine. Interview available for research.
Bollinger, Randal. Professor and chief, Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery. (Interviewer: Gifford, James.) Interview in process.
Breslin, Marianne. Associate Professor Emerita, Psychiatry. Interview in process.
Brodie, H. Keith H. President emeritus, James B. Duke Professor in Psychiatry. Interview available for research. View transcript [html] version, [pdf] version.
Brown, Ivan. James B. Duke Professor, Department of Surgery. (Interviewer: Dr. James F. Gifford). In process. Interview is restricted.
Brown, Mary Ann. Collection Librarian, Duke Medical Center Library. In process.
Brundage, Dorothy. Associate professor emeritus of the School of Nursing. Interview in process.
Brundage, Dorothy. Application for associate deanship of Duke University School of Nursing. July 12, 1979. Interview in process.
Buckley, Rebecca. J. Buren Sidbury Professor of Pediatrics and professor of immunology. Interview in process.
Bullitt, Elizabeth. Professor of surgery, adjunct professor of radiology, adjunct professor of computer science at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. First woman to complete residency in the Division of Neurosurgery at Duke, in 1981. Interview available for research.
Busse, Ewald. Chair emeritus in Psychiatry, J.P. Gibbons Professor of Psychiatry, associate provost and dean of medical and allied health education. Interview available for research.
Califf, Robert. Vice chancellor for clinical research, director of Translational Medicine Institute. Interview in process.
Callaway, Catharine. Wife of Dr. J. Lamar Callaway. Interview in process.
Callaway, J. Lamar. James B. Duke Emeritus Professor of Dermatology, chief of Dermatology, Department of Medicine. Multiple interviews. (Interviewer: Gifford, James.) Interview in process.
Cavanaugh, G.T.S. and Susan C. Smith. (Interviewer: Porter, Suzanne). Interview in process.
Clayton, Rebecca. Former secretary to Dr. Grace Kerby. Interview in process.
Culton, Yancy. First Durham Community Hospital medical staff president 1976-1977. Interview in process.
Cummings, Martin. 1944 graduate of Duke University School of Medicine. Former director of National Library of Medicine. Interview available for research.
Dawson, Robert. Scholar in residence in ophthalmology at Duke University. Interview in process.
Donelan, William. Executive vice president and chief operating officer of the Duke University Health System; vice chancellor for health affairs of the Duke University Medical Center. Interview in process.
Dzau, Victor. Chancellor for health affairs, dean of the medical school. Interview in process.
Estes, E. Harvey. Professor emeritus in Community and Family Medicine. Restricted.
Estes, E. Harvey. Dean's Hour. Speech available for research.
Feagin, John. Associate professor emeritus in Surgery. (Interviewer: Lackey, Charlie Spencer). Interview in process.
Gilboa, Eli. Professor of experimental surgery, Director of the Molecular Therapy Program. (Interviewer: Gifford, James.) Interview in process.
Glower, Donald. Professor of thoracic surgery and biomedical engineering. (Interviewer: Gifford, James.) Interview in process.
Graham, Doyle. Professor of pathology; dean of medical education at the Duke University Medical Center. (Interviewer: Gifford, James). Interview available for research.
Gras, Alfred. Graduate of Duke School of Medicine, 1944. Interview available for research.
Greenfield, Joseph. James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Cardiology and former chair of the Department of Medicine and chief of the Division of Cardiology. Multiple interviews. Interview in process.
Halperin, Edward. Formerly Vice Dean, School of Medicine; Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs; and Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke Medicine. Dean of the School of Medicine, University of Louisville in Kentucky. Multiple interviews. Interviews in process.
Hammond, Charles. E C Hamblen Professor and Emeritus Chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Interview available for research.
Harmel, Merel. Professor and chairman emeritus, Department of Anesthesiology. Interview in process.
Harrell, Frank. Professor of Biostatistics and Department Chair, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. (interview about Duke cardiovascular databank). Interview in process.
Harris, Jerome. (Interviewers: Campbell, Walter and Reece, Maurice). Interview in process.
Heyman, Albert. Professor emeritus, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine. (Interviewer: Gifford, James.) Interview in process.
Hlatky, Mark. Professor of Health Research and Policy and Professor of Medicine at Stanford University Medical Center. (interview about Duke cardiovascular databank). Interview in process.
Hill, Robert. James B. Duke Professor, Department of Biochemistry. Interview in process.
Jones, Robert H. Professor of thoracic surgery. (Interviewer: Gifford, James.) Interview in process.
Jones, Robert H.. Professor of thoracic surgery. Interview in process.
Jolik, Wolfgang. James B. Duke Prof Emeritus of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology. Interview in process.
Katz, Samuel. Wilburt C. Davison Professor and Chairman Emeritus of Pediatrics. Interview in process.
Keohane, Nannerl. Professor of political science and president emerita, Duke University. Interview available for research.
Kernodle, Charles. 1942 graduate, Duke University school of Medicine. Cofounder of Kernodle Clinic; Burlington, North Carolina. Interview available for research.
Leach, Betty. Duke Hospital Women's Auxiliary volunteer. Interview in process.
Lee, Kerry. Associate professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, director of Biostatistics at the Duke Clinical Research Institute. Interview in process.
Lefkowitz, Robert. Howard Hughes Medical Investigator and James B. Duke Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry. Interview in process.
London, William. President, medical staff at Watts Hospital; chair of Pediatrics,Watts Hospital 1968-1976; chair of Pediatrics at Durham Regional,1976-1978.
Lyerly, H. Kim. Professor of general and thoracic surgery and professor, Department or Surgery; assistant professor, Department of Immunology; associate professor, Department of Pathology/Immunology. (Interviewer: Gifford, James.) Interview in process.
McCauley, Edward. Director, Watts Hospital; administrative director, Durham County Hospital Corporation, 1976-1978; director, board of trustees of the Durham County Hospital Corporation, 2003-2005. Interview in process.
McCullough, Francis H. Jr. December 1943 graduate of Duke University School of Medicine. Interview available for research.
McIntosh, Henry and Harriet. Cardiologist and float nurse at Duke Hospital, respectively. Interview in process.
McMahon, John Alexander. Executive in residence, Fuqua School of Business. Interview in process.
Muhlestein, Joseph Brent. Director of cardiology research, Latter Day Saints Hospital; Professor of Medicine, University of Utah. (interview about Duke cardiovascular databank). In process.
Muller, William Henry Jr. December 1943 graduate of Duke University School of Medicine. Former vice president for health sciences, University of Virginia. Interview available for research.
Myers, Richard. Former director of Durham Regional Hospital. Interview available for research.
Nashold, Blaine. Professor emeritus of neurosurgery. Interview available for research.
Nevidjon, Brenda. Clinical professor, school of nursing and chief of the Division of Healthcare Leadership, Education, and Management. Interview available for research.
Newborg, Barbara. Associate professor emeritus in the Division of Cardiology. Interview restricted.
Newman, Paul and Cecil Wallace. Executive Director and Administrative Director of the Duke University Health System Private Diagnostic Clinic. Interview in process.
Nichols, Joyce. Former Senior Physician Assistant, Lincoln Community Health Center. First African-American physician assistant. Interview in process.
Osterhout, Shirley. Assistant professor emeritus in Pediatrics. Clinical director of the Duke Poison Control Center, assistant dean of student affairs. Interview in process.
Pappas, Theodore. Executive medical director, PDC; program director of surgery, general, Veterans Administration; chief, surgical SVC, VA Medical Center.
Pearce, Phillip. Partner, Durham Women's Clinic. Interview in process.
Peete, Charles. Professor emeritus in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Interview available for research.
Pugh-Myers, Clydie. Licensed practical nurse. Graduate of first LPN class at Duke Hospital.
Pulley, Elizabeth "Chi." Daughter of Dr. Susan Dees and Dr. John Dees. Interview in process.
Pryor, David. Senior Vice President, Clinical Excellence, senior clinical officer of the Ascension Health System. Interview in process.
Ramo, Barry. Clinical professor of medicine and emergency medicine, University of New Mexico. Consulting professor, Duke University. Medical editor, KOAT-TV 7. (interview about Duke cardiovascular databank). Interview in process.
Rosati, Robert. Associate professor emeritus of cardiology in Medicine. Interview in process. Semans, Mary Duke Biddle Trent. Multiple interviews. Interviews in process.
Roses, Allen. Jefferson Pilot Professor of Neurobiology and Neurology. (Interviewer: Gifford, James). Interview in process.
Sabiston, David. James B. Duke Professor Emeritus, Department of Surgery; Director of International Programs. Multiple interviews. (Interviewer: Gifford, James.) Interviews in process.
Saito, Vicki. Associate vice chancellor of communications, office of the president and CEO of Duke University Health System. (Interviewer: Campbell, Walter.) Interview in process.
Schiebel, H. Max. Surgical resident at Duke University; surgeon at Lincoln Hospital, Watts Hospital, and University of North Carolina Hospital; chief of Surgery at Lincoln and Watts hospitals. Interviews in process.
Semans, James. Professor emeritus in Urology. Interviews in process.
Snyderman, Ralph. Emeritus chancellor for health affairs; president and CEO of Duke University Health System; James B. Duke Professor of Medicine. (Interviewer: Gifford, James). Interviews restricted.
Spach, Madison. Professor emeritus in Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology. Interviews in process.
Spaudling, Jean. Trustee of the Duke Endowment. Intweviews in process.
Stead, Eugene. Professor emeritus in Medicine. Multiple interviews. (Interviewers: Gifford, James and Campbell, Walter). Interviews in process.
Suitt, Larry. Former senior vice president of Durham Regional Hospital, various leadership roles in Durham Regional and Lincoln Hospitals. Interviews in process.
"Tea with Trailblazers" panel discussion. Clydie Pugh-Myers; Joyce Nichols. Graduate of first LPN class, Duke Hospital, 1949; first African-American female physician assistant. February 27, 2006. Available for research.
"Tea with Trailblazers" panel discission. Dr. Evelyn Wicker; Donna A. Harris. Early African-American nursing supervisor in Duke Hospital and head of Duke North nursing service; first African-American graduate of Duke School of Nursing. February 9, 2007. Available for research.
Taber, Robert. Director of the Office of Science and Technology and the vice chancellor of the Duke University Medical Center. Interview in process.
Tyor, Anne. Graduated 1946, Duke dietetics; married to Dr. Malcolm Tyor, Chief of Gastroenterology, 1965-1985. Interview in process.
Walmer, David. Associate clinical professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Interview in process.
Wagner, Galen. Associate professor of medicine in cardiology. Multiple interviews. Interviews in process.
Williams, Sanders. Vice chancellor for health affairs, dean of the school of medicine at Duke University. Interview available for research.
Willett, Hilda Pope. Professor Emerita of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology. Interview in process.
Wilson, Joanne A.P. Professor of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine. Interview in process.
Wilson, John. 1943 graduate of Duke School of Medicine. Founder of Wilson Senior Care: Darlington, South Carolina. Interview in process.
Wilson, Ruby. Assistant to the chancellor; professor and dean emeritus, school of nursing. (Interviewer: Brown, Mary Ann). Interview in process.
Wyngaarden, James. Professor emeritus in Medicine, former chair of Medicine. Multiple interviews. (Interviewers: Gifford, James and Roseberry, Jessica). Interview available for research.
Yaggy, Susan. Associate professor of community and family medicine, assistant clinical professor of nursing; chief of Division of Community Health, Department of Community and Family Medicine. Interview in process.
Interview Sound Bytes
- Jay Arena, clip 1: Dr. Jay Arena talks about the development of the safety closure (14:23, 14MB, mp3). Specifically, he discusses: St. Joseph company's development of flavored aspirin ("candy aspirin") in the 1940s; Mr. Abe Plough; popularity of flavored aspirin; children's deaths due to flavored aspirin; death of some of Dr. Arena's own patients due to flavored aspirin; contacting Mr. Plough; insistence that something be done; idea for safety closures on children's aspirin bottles; meetings about development of safety closure; testing of various kinds of closures; potential risk of development to St. Joseph company; Mr. Plough's decision in the interest of safety; increase in St. Joseph's sales due to safety closure; work with Mr. Plough on dosage; Dr. Arena's satisfaction in the invention of the safety closure.
- Jay Arena, clip 2: Dr. Jay Arena talks about his observations of Dean Wilburt Davison (6:52, 6.5MB, mp3). Specifically, he discusses: Dr. Davison's concern for children; Dr. Davison's dismissal of a house officer who mistreated a child; Dr. Davison's organizational skills; Duke characterized by Johns Hopkins as "Davison's folly"; Dr. Davison's forethought as dean; Dr. Davison's dynamism; Dr. Davison's humility; Dr. Davison's teaching style; The Compleat Pediatrician.
- J. Lamar Callaway: Dr. J. Lamar Callaway talks about his observations of Dr. Eugene Stead. (4:22, 4MB, mp3). Specifically, he discusses: Dr. Stead's dynamism; Dr. Stead's intense clinical schedule; Dr. Stead's early belief that no patient should die and later acceptance of some patients' death; Dr. Stead's long ward rounds; Dr. Stead's support of Dr. Callaway; Dr. Stead's style or driving people; potential of fearing Dr. Stead; Dr. Stead's national impact as a teacher; Dr. Stead's excellence as an internist.
- James Wyngaarden: Dr. James Wyngaarden talks about his observations of Dr. Eugene Stead. (10:42, 9.8MB, mp3). Specifically, he discusses: The impact of being interviewed by Dr. Stead; Dr. Stead's idealism, existentialism, and practical nature; Dr. Stead's insistence on clinical excellence; Dr. Stead's emphasis on the development of people; differences between Dr. Stead's era and his own; Dr. Stead's drive and his desire to push others to excellence; Dr. Stead's imprint on the Department of Medicine; others' inability to duplicate Stead's style at other universities.