Sara J. Dent

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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.

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