With the retirement of Wilburt C. Davison, Dr. Barnes Woodhall is appointed Dean of the Medical Center on 1 July.
Duke Medicine Timeline
- 2nd Dean appointed
- Expansion
Gerontology Building and the Diagnostic and Treatment Center opened (Busse Building).
- New building opens
Clinical Research Building opened (Stead Building).
- Hyperbaric chamber
Hyperbaric Chamber opened.
- Minority students admitted
First African-American student admitted to Duke University School of Medicine.
- 3rd Dean appointed
With the retirement of Barnes Woodhall, Dr. William G. Anlyan becomes Dean of Duke University Medical Center and School of Medicine on 1 July.
- Physician Assistant program
Duke establishes the nation's first Physician Assistant Program.
- Building expansion
New Hospital Entrance, the Woodhall Building, opened.
- New curriculum
The New Medical School Curriculum gives students greater freedom to choose their course materials.
- MSTP established
The Duke Medical Scientist Training Program, a joint degree program leading to both the MD and the PhD degrees, is founded. It is one of the first three in the nation.
- Project MED-AID begins
Duke becomes the first medical center in the world to offer a radio consultative program to isolated doctors in other countries. The radio program, Project MED-AID (shortened for Medical Assistance for Isolated Doctors), met critical needs of physicians in developing countries.
- Research building opens
The Nanaline Duke Research Building opened.
- Enzyme discovered
Dr. Irwin Fridovich and graduate student Joe McCord discover the enzyme which protects all living things against the toxicity of oxygen.
- 1,000-foot dive
In its hyperbaric chamber, Duke conducts the first recorded studies of humans' ability to function and work at pressures equal to a 1,000-foot deep-sea dive.