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. ^[1] She assumed this role in 1968 and served as chair until 1971, when Dr. Merel H. Harmel became chair.^[2]

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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Name	Dent, Sara J.
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Date of death	1999
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