Justin Barr
Biographic Data
| ID | 5531877 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Justin Barr |
| GIVEN NAMES | Justin |
| FAMILY NAME | Barr |
| SIGNATURE | BARR J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Duke University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0143-0603 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The integral partnership between history and medical education, in three parts
Who Wins? Professional Identity and the American Association for the History of Medicine's Early Career Scholar Awards
The American Association for the History of Medicine endeavors to represent the entire field and all those interested in the subject. Over time, its core membership has shifted from mostly amateur clinician historians to professionals with a PhD, resulting in a corresponding change in content and culture. In an effort to foster interest among both younger clinicians and historians, the organization sponsors multiple essay contests. Tracking the n…
History of Medicine in the Clerkships
The history of medicine has only unevenly been integrated into medical education. Previous attempts to incorporate the subject have focused either on the first year, with its already over-subscribed curriculum, or the fourth year in the form of electives that reach a small minority of students. Duke University provides an alternative model for other universities to consider. At our institution we have overcome many of the curricular limitations b…
Remaking the Case for History in Medical Education
Medicine and History
Historians and physicians have struggled to incorporate history into American medical education for over a century. Most efforts focus on local initiatives targeting a narrow audience. We describe a novel method involving the American College of Surgeons, a national organization with tens of thousands of members. Capitalizing on its infrastructure and influence over the field, we have implemented a variety of ventures that include panel sessions …
Craig A. Miller, A Time for All Things
Throughout the latter half of the twentieth century, Michael DeBakey towered over the international surgery community. Due to his contributions to vascular and cardiac surgery, he became – and remains - one of the few surgeons with household name recognition. Despite the breadth and enormity of his achievements, no book-length biography of the physician existed, a deficit the author, Craig Miller, noted when researching Robert Zollinger, another …
Obituary
In 1954, Robert Joy attended his first meeting of the American Association of the History of Medicine (AAHM) to accept the Osler Award for an essay on the Sweet Family of Bonesetters; in 2012, he attended his last AAHM conference to accept the organization’s Lifetime Achievement Award. In the intervening six decades, Bob became a living legend in the community, established the academic legitimacy of military medical history, and touched the heart…
The Education of American Surgeons and the Rise of Surgical Residencies, 1930–1960
In the first half of the twentieth century, the training of American surgeons changed from an idiosyncratic, often isolated venture to a standardized, regulated, and mandated regimen in the form of the surgical residency. Over the three critical decades between 1930 and 1960, these residencies developed from an extraordinary, unique opportunity for a few leading practitioners to a widespread, uniform requirement. This article explores the transfo…
W. Bruce Fye. Caring for the Heart
Announcing his “goal was to write a book that explained how and why the care of patients with heart disease changes so dramatically during the twentieth century” (xvii), W. Bruce Fye accomplishes that and more in this book. Fye approaches the task from the perspective of both a cardiologist who practiced through many of the changes he described, as well as an accomplished historian of medicine with a previous book detailing the rise of cardiology…
Lynda Payne. The Best Surgeon in England
In associating testicular cancer with the soot encountered by young chimney sweeps, Percival Pott established his modern reputation as a father of oncology, public health, and especially occupational medicine. Yet in her engaging new biography, Lynda Payne convincingly demonstrates the presentism of this idolatry, noting that while Pott did indeed establish the connection, he did so in a minor, one-off publication that apparently had minimal soci…
A Short History of Dapsone, or an Alternative Model of Drug Development
From 1936 until 1996, the drug dapsone treated a diverse array of diseases, including tuberculosis, leprosy, malaria, and AIDS-related pneumonia. This article explores how dapsone transformed from a cure for one disease into a treatment for a totally different malady. This process of reinvention in the clinic represents an alternative model of drug development that the historical literature, focused on success in the laboratory, has largely ignor…
A Short History of Dapsone, or an Alternative Model of Drug Development
From 1936 until 1996, the drug dapsone treated a diverse array of diseases, including tuberculosis, leprosy, malaria, and AIDS-related pneumonia. This article explores how dapsone transformed from a cure for one disease into a treatment for a totally different malady. This process of reinvention in the clinic represents an alternative model of drug development that the historical literature, focused on success in the laboratory, has largely ignor…
A Short History of Dapsone, or an Alternative Model of Drug Development
From 1936 until 1996, the drug dapsone treated a diverse array of diseases, including tuberculosis, leprosy, malaria, and AIDS-related pneumonia. This article explores how dapsone transformed from a cure for one disease into a treatment for a totally different malady. This process of reinvention in the clinic represents an alternative model of drug development that the historical literature, focused on success in the laboratory, has largely ignor…
The Education of American Surgeons and the Rise of Surgical Residencies, 1930–1960
In the first half of the twentieth century, the training of American surgeons changed from an idiosyncratic, often isolated venture to a standardized, regulated, and mandated regimen in the form of the surgical residency. Over the three critical decades between 1930 and 1960, these residencies developed from an extraordinary, unique opportunity for a few leading practitioners to a widespread, uniform requirement. This article explores the transfo…
W. Bruce Fye. Caring for the Heart
Announcing his “goal was to write a book that explained how and why the care of patients with heart disease changes so dramatically during the twentieth century” (xvii), W. Bruce Fye accomplishes that and more in this book. Fye approaches the task from the perspective of both a cardiologist who practiced through many of the changes he described, as well as an accomplished historian of medicine with a previous book detailing the rise of cardiology…
Lynda Payne. The Best Surgeon in England
In associating testicular cancer with the soot encountered by young chimney sweeps, Percival Pott established his modern reputation as a father of oncology, public health, and especially occupational medicine. Yet in her engaging new biography, Lynda Payne convincingly demonstrates the presentism of this idolatry, noting that while Pott did indeed establish the connection, he did so in a minor, one-off publication that apparently had minimal soci…
Obituary
In 1954, Robert Joy attended his first meeting of the American Association of the History of Medicine (AAHM) to accept the Osler Award for an essay on the Sweet Family of Bonesetters; in 2012, he attended his last AAHM conference to accept the organization’s Lifetime Achievement Award. In the intervening six decades, Bob became a living legend in the community, established the academic legitimacy of military medical history, and touched the heart…
Craig A. Miller, A Time for All Things
Throughout the latter half of the twentieth century, Michael DeBakey towered over the international surgery community. Due to his contributions to vascular and cardiac surgery, he became – and remains - one of the few surgeons with household name recognition. Despite the breadth and enormity of his achievements, no book-length biography of the physician existed, a deficit the author, Craig Miller, noted when researching Robert Zollinger, another …
History of Medicine in the Clerkships
The history of medicine has only unevenly been integrated into medical education. Previous attempts to incorporate the subject have focused either on the first year, with its already over-subscribed curriculum, or the fourth year in the form of electives that reach a small minority of students. Duke University provides an alternative model for other universities to consider. At our institution we have overcome many of the curricular limitations b…
Remaking the Case for History in Medical Education
Medicine and History
Historians and physicians have struggled to incorporate history into American medical education for over a century. Most efforts focus on local initiatives targeting a narrow audience. We describe a novel method involving the American College of Surgeons, a national organization with tens of thousands of members. Capitalizing on its infrastructure and influence over the field, we have implemented a variety of ventures that include panel sessions …
Who Wins? Professional Identity and the American Association for the History of Medicine's Early Career Scholar Awards
The American Association for the History of Medicine endeavors to represent the entire field and all those interested in the subject. Over time, its core membership has shifted from mostly amateur clinician historians to professionals with a PhD, resulting in a corresponding change in content and culture. In an effort to foster interest among both younger clinicians and historians, the organization sponsors multiple essay contests. Tracking the n…
The integral partnership between history and medical education, in three parts
Medicine (9 works) · History (8 works) · Medical History and Innovations (5 works) · Empathy and Medical Education (4 works) · History of Medical Practice (4 works) · History of medicine (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Art history (3 works) · Classics (3 works) · Family medicine (3 works)