Mark, James B. D.
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- James B. D. Mark discusses his childhood and early influences in choosing his medical profession. He discusses how he was recruited to the Stanford Medical School and the departments in which he served. He was Acting Chairman of the Department of Surgery in 1974 and in 1988 became the Chief of Staff of Stanford University Hospital. He talks about the move of the hospital form San Francisco to the Palo Alto campus, and the relationship between the hospital administration and the medical faculty. He discusses the changes in the field of surgery and the medical student population. He also shares his thoughts on academic medicine and on the current state of primary care in the United States.
Description
Type of resource | mixed material |
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Date created | September 14, 2015 |
Creators/Contributors
Author | Mark, James B. D. | |
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Contributing author | Genovese, Jacqueline | |
Publisher | Stanford Historical Society |
Subjects
Subject | James Mark |
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Subject | Stanford Historical Society |
Subject | oral histories |
Subject | interviews |
Subject | Cardiothoracic Surgery |
Subject | primary care |
Bibliographic information
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Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/yb404mx0262 |
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- Use and reproduction
- The materials are open for research use and may be used freely for non-commercial purposes with an attribution. For commercial permission requests, please contact the Stanford University Archives (universityarchives@stanford.edu).
- Copyright
- Copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved.
Preferred citation
- Preferred Citation
James B. D. Mark (2015).
Oral history. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at:
http://purl.stanford.edu/yb404mx0262
Collection
Stanford Historical Society Oral History Program interviews, 1999-2022
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