The new $94.5 million, 616-bed Duke Hospital opens, bringing the total number of patient beds to more than 1,000.
Duke Medicine Timeline
- Duke North opens
- Highland Hospital sold
Duke University sells Highland Hospital to Psychiatric Institutes of America.
- AZT clinical trials
Duke becomes one of two hospitals to conduct the first human clinical trials of AZT, the first drug to offer a substantial improvement in quality of life for AIDS patients.
- Duke Life Flight begins
Duke Life Flight becomes the first hospital based helicopter service in North Carolina.
- 4th Dean appointed
Dr. Ralph Snyderman appointed Chancellor for Health Affairs and Dean of the School of Medicine on 1 January.
- Comprehensive Cancer Center established
Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center develops the nation's first outpatient bone-marrow transplantation program