On a cold December night 75 years ago, an ambulance arrived at the Duke Hospital emergency room bearing a 24-year-old Army veteran named Maltheus Avery, who had suffered severe brain injuries in a

Duke has a long and influential institutional history of providing electroconvulsive therapy clinical services, training clinicians to thoughtfully and effectively administer ECT, and advancing the science of ECT through cutting-edge research.

Samuel Katz, MD, who chaired the Department of Pediatrics for 22 years, was a role model for integrating science and clinical care.

The Duke University Medical Center Library began in 1927 with a bold vision from founding dean Wilburt Davison, MD, who prioritized a library even before hiring faculty. Today, it’s a dynamic hub supporting students and faculty with cutting-edge resources and partnerships, from systematic literature reviews to advancing health equity.

The North Carolina Area Health Education Centers (NC AHEC) program was established in 1974 to address concerns with the supply, distribution, and retention of health care professionals. Duke AHEC, one of nine regional AHEC programs throughout the state, has been led by Duke Psychiatry's Marvin Swartz, MD, since 1996 and delivers programs and services primarily in the Fayetteville area.

Dr. Akinyemiju's research looks at the biological and social factors driving cancer outcomes in the United States and across the globe, trying to understand why some groups of people fare worse than others, and what can be done to close the gap.

Charles Johnson, MD, faced challenges from the moment he was hired as the first Black faculty member in the School of Medicine in 1970.

Robert Califf, MD, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, is a Duke alumnus, renowned cardiologist, and founding director of the Duke Clinical Research Institute. In this Duke Centennial interview, he discusses his life, his mentors, and the emergence of data-driven research.

Before there was CSI, there was Wiley Forbus, MD. He changed the way pathologists communicated their findings about the dead, moving from text and drawings to scientific photography.

Joyce Nichols, who was the first woman in the country to become a physician assistant when she graduated from Duke's PA program in 1970, is among the people, events, and institutions highlighted in a Museum of Durham History exhibit marking Duke University's Centennial.