Sara J. Dent

Deceased Person

– 1999

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Who was 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. She assumed this role in 1968 and served as chair until 1971, when Dr. Merel H. Harmel became chair.

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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  • Sara Dent
Died
1999

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on July 23, 2013

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