1966
Department of Community Health Sciences Established
E. Harvey Estes, Jr., MD, named chair
1972
Duke-Watts Family Medicine Residency Program Begins
Division of Family Medicine established. Lyndon Jordan, MD, serves as first program director
1976
Duke-Watts Family Medicine Moves
Residency and clinic move to new, state-of-the-art building on grounds of Durham County General Hospital. Faculty were not granted privileges at Duke University of Hospital.
1979
Department Renamed Community & Family Medicine
Family medicine becomes required medical school clinical rotation
1985
Duke Announces Phase Out of Family Medicine Clinical Operations and Residency
Other department programs/divisions to be moved; Estes resigns in protest; George R. Parkerson, Jr., MD, named chair
April
1985
National, local, state protests against Duke’s decision to phase out Family Medicine
April - July
1985
Duke reverses decision to phase out Family Medicine
August
1991
Family Medicine moves to Duke’s campus
Program cut ties with Durham Regional Hospital and joins with Duke University Hospital. Renamed Duke Family Medicine Residency, and Duke Family Medicine Center.
1995
J. Lloyd Michener, MD, named chair
George R Parkerson, Jr., MD, resigned in 1994
2000
Department shuts down inpatient services at Duke University Hospital
Protests over giving up the privileges that others had fought so hard for.
Early 2000s
2003
Family Medicine receives first top 10 ranking
From U.S. News & World Report
2006
Family Medicine Residency suspects match to undergo program redesign
The reasons behind the decision included issues with the applicant pool, resident attrition, and frustration of the faculty with training residents in a model of family medicine they themselves no longer practiced
2007
Family Medicine Residency begins new curriculum focused on population health
2017
