Duke School of Medicine: A History of Excellence and a Future of Promise

After transforming Trinity College into Duke University through the Duke Endowment, James B. Duke's additional bequest established the Schools of Medicine and Nursing and Duke Hospital in 1925, and in 1927.

Noted pediatrician Wilburt Davison of Johns Hopkins University was named Duke medical school’s first dean. Since its founding, the Duke University School of Medicine has been mission-driven in its focus to transform education, research, patient