Duke University School of Medicine - Aesculapian Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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A ' lv' mf- .3 ' S , y .,,A A Deryl Hart, M. D. To be named President-pro-tem of Duke Uni- versity is a great honor and, indeed. it takes great- ness to achieve it. None of us will ever forget the magnitude of Dr. Hart's greatness. When he took office recently as administrative head of the Uni- versity. each of us was proud to have been associated in some way with this man. The impact of his ultra- violet lights on surgery will in years to come surely be considered a hallmark of modern medicine. When the Duke Hospital opened in 1930 there was unlimited facilities but a very limited senior staflz Drs. Alyea tllrologyj, Shands 1Orthopedicsl. Eagle 1Oto1aryngofogyJ, and Anderson 1Ophtamolo- gyl. Dr. Hart. himself. was in charge of General. Thoracic. Plastic and Neurosurgery. The present chairman of the department of Surgery. Dr. Gardner. was Dr. Hart's chief resident. Dr. Hart has seen his department grow into one of the finest in the world. The resident staff has grown rapidly and there are in surgery and the surgical specialties 12 residents. 46 assistant residents and 18 interns. There are cm 26 over 50 full-time employees in the operating rooms, 28 secretaries, 18 technicians, 11 student research assistants and over 30 employees in the Surgical Private Diagnostic Clinic. The objectives of Dr. Hart have been threefo'd: 111 to establish a teach- ing program where learning is by doing C21 to provide the best patient care possible and 131 to encourage research. Deryl Hart was born in Buena Vista. Georgia in 1894. He received his A.B. from Furman Universi- ty in 1916, his M.A. in 1917 and his M.D. from Johns Hopkins in 1921. His training consisted of residencies in surgery and pathology under the great men who dominated The Hopkins at that time. ln 1932 he married Mary Elizabeth Johnson and they have six children. He is a member of A.1VI.A., American Association of Thoracic Surgery, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha and many, many other organizations. He has contributed numerous articles to journals, especially on the effects of ultraviolet radiation upon bacteria in the operating room.

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Wiley D. Forbus, M. D. In 1930, bringing with him the spirit of Ludwig in Leipzig, Cohnheim in Breslow and Welch of the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Wiley Forbus came to the then very young, perhaps somewhat impatient Duke Hospital. William H. Welch had been his teacher. almost his very most inner spirit and Dr. Forbus Wanted to bring this spirit to Duke Hospital. There's no question in anyone's mind-he succeeded. He and his department became the core of the hospital. No diagnosis was final until Dr. Forbus, looking at times like a tyrant and at times like the humble man of knowledge that he was. looked at the slides of the surgical specimen. His C.P.C.'s became a teaching instrument for student and house staff alike. Dr. Forbus was born in Zeigleville, Mississippi in 1894. He received his A.B. from Washington and Lee in 1916. His M.D. from Johns Hopkins in 1923. He married Elizabeth Knox Burger in 1926 and they have five children. As assistant pathologist at Johns Hopkins he worked very closely with Dr. Welch and his zeal was rewarded with a full pro- fessorship at Duke University School of Medicine by Dr. Davison because of his dynamic personality. forceful character and compelling leadership. While at Duke he published his two volume text- book which has been a guide as well as an inspira- tion to Duke Medical Students. He has seen his department not only carry a heavy teaching and training program but to provide Duke Hospital and several other institutions with pathologic service and consultations. His department has carried out re- search studies on: blastomycosis. brucellosis. cancer. coccidiomycosis, Hodgkins disease. hypertension. kidney necrosis. nocardiosis and viral disease. The training of Dr, Forbus has been carried on to other medical schools by many of his staff who have be- come full professors and heads of departments. Recently retired from Chairmanship of the depart- ment, Dr. Forbus will spend the remaining years prior to his retirement as full professor helping to institute medical schools in the Far East. PAGE 75

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