Sara J. Dent
Sara J. Dent was the first chief of Anesthesiology and the first female division chief in the Department of Surgery at Duke University.[1] She assumed this role in 1968 and served as chair until 1971, when Dr. Merel H. Harmel became chair.[2] She conducted the earliest high-impact clinical research in anesthesiology at Duke that focused on postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV).[3]
Dr. Dent was born in South Carolina and also founded the Orange County Rescue Squad located in Hillsborough, NC. She also served as County Coroner before her death in 1999.
References
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- ^ "Find Your Colleagues - Department of Anesthesiology ::". Archived from the original on 2010-06-12. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
- ^ "Basic Sciences | Duke Anesthesiology". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2016-03-29.