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Dr. William Anlyan's career has spanned a period of extraordinary change in the practice of medicine. One of the leading figures in American academic medicine, Anlyan chronicles those transformations - and his role in them - in this forthright memoir. Born in Alexandria, Egypt, and schooled in the British tradition, Anlyan attended Yale University as an undergraduate and medical student before completing an internship and surgical residency at the relatively unknown medical school at Duke University. Anlyan then commenced an extraordinary career of service to Duke, first as a surgeon, then in a series of administrative posts at the medical school and hospital, and finally as Chancellor of Duke University. Anlyan describes a series of metamorphoses in his own life, in the world of medicine, in Durham, and at Duke. At the time of his prep school upbringing in Egypt, medicine was a matter of controlling infectious diseases like tuberculosis and polio. As he became an immigrant medical student and then a young surgeon, he observed vast advances in medical practice and changes in the financing of medical care. During his tenure at Duke, Durham transformed from a sleepy mill and tobacco town to the ""City of Medicine,"" a place where patients routinely travel for open-heart surgery, organ transplantation, and cutting-edge treatments for cancer and other diseases. Anlyan's role in this transformation is manifest: he restructured the medical school and hospital, hired outstanding administrators, reworked the medical curriculum to better prepare students for a lifetime of learning, and worked tirelessly to fund modern new buildings to accommodate a world-class health care system. Anyone interested in health care, medical education, and the history of Duke University will find Anlyan's memoir of interest.

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Bill Anlyan's memoir documents Duke's development as a highly regarded academic medical center in the words of one who helped guide it for five decades. I have often been grateful for his straightforward advice during my years as president; historians, members of the Duke and Durham communities, and anyone who enjoys candid autobiographies by interesting people will now be grateful for this book. --Nannerl O. Keohane, President, Duke University (1993-2004) Bill Anlyan has been one of the most outstanding leaders in academic medicine. Knowing him has been one of the great pleasures of my life and career. This book is not only about his metamorphoses but also the metamorphoses of American medicine and medical education. --David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D., Sixteenth U.S. Surgeon General and Director, National Center for Primary Care Bill Anlyan has been a giant at Duke University and an important leader of twentieth-century academic medicine. This extraordinary book, written in a warm personal style, details the development and accomplishments of a remarkable human being. It is a fascinating read and provides an important perspective on Duke Medical Center's development under his leadership. --Dr. Ralph Snyderman, Chancellor for Health Affairs, Duke University (1989-2004) Anyone interested in how the Duke Medical Center climbed into the top echelon of such institutions during the last thirty years or so of the twentieth century will certainly want to read Bill Anlyan's memoir. While amply recognizing the valuable help that many of his predecessors and colleagues gave, he piloted the ship during the crucial years--and in this book he explains clearly how he did it. --Robert F. Durden, author of Bold Entrepreneur: A Life of James B. Duke

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Dr. William G. Anlyan is Chancellor Emeritus of Duke University and a Trustee of The Duke Endowment. In his half-century of service to Duke, he has been a surgeon and professor of surgery, Dean of the School of Medicine, and Executive Vice President for Health Affairs. Among his many honors are the Abraham Flexner Award, the highest honor given by the Association of American Medical Colleges; the Lifetime Achievement Award given by the Duke University Medical Alumni (an award now renamed in his honor); and the North Carolina Award, the highest accolade the State of North Carolina can bestow. Dr. Anlyan lives in Durham.

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