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On the night of December 1, 1950, a 24-year-old Army veteran named Maltheus Avery died following a car accident, after having been turned away from Duke Hospital because of his race. Physician and TMC alumnus, Jeffrey Baker, will discuss the podcast he co-hosted about the incident, and how he was struck by the prominence of Christian themes that arose in the project. Listeners can access the podcast at unhealed.duke.edu as well as on Apple and Spotify platforms.
Jeffrey Baker, MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics and the Practice of History, Director of the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine, Duke University
Jeffrey P. Baker MD, PhD, directs the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine in Duke University School of Medicine. A Professor of Pediatrics and the Practice of History, he has published numerous historical articles related to pediatrics, vaccination controversies, and autism. Most recently, Dr. Baker’s research interests have centered upon the history of racism in academic health centers and their communities. He has co-led two interdisciplinary Bass Connections team projects: Documenting Durham’s Health History: Understanding the Roots of Health Disparities (2018-19), and Agents of Change: Portraits of Activism in the History of Duke Health (2023-24). In 1945-25, Dr. Baker served as chair of the President’s Advisory Committee on Institutional History, and has spoken to many audiences on the importance of understanding Duke Health in the historical context of Durham and North Carolina.