Trauma Surgeon and Professor of Medicine. James "Red" Duke was born in Ennis, Texas. He received his first college degree in 1950 from Texas A & M. From there he served for two years in the U. S. Army. Upon completion of service he received another degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1955. However his lifelong desire was to become a medical doctor. He begin attending the University Of Texas Southwest Medical School in Dallas and received his M.D. In 1960. He was working his internship at Parkland Hospital in 1963 at the time President John Kennedy was shot. Dr. Duke was the first surgeon to receive the President at the ER. He also attended the wounds of Texas Governor John Connally. His teaching career begin in 1966. Dr. Duke spent most of his career at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston. He started working there in 1972. He was a founding member of the American Trauma Society. He hosted a nationally syndicated television show called "Texas Health Reports". Duke was also featured on such programs as PM Magazine, NBC Nightly News, The Today Show and the Buck James television series. He was known for his distinctive Texan accent and bushy red moustache. Dr. Duke ended most of his television shows with the line “From the University of Texas Health Science Center. I’m Dr. Red Duke.”
Trauma Surgeon and Professor of Medicine. James "Red" Duke was born in Ennis, Texas. He received his first college degree in 1950 from Texas A & M. From there he served for two years in the U. S. Army. Upon completion of service he received another degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1955. However his lifelong desire was to become a medical doctor. He begin attending the University Of Texas Southwest Medical School in Dallas and received his M.D. In 1960. He was working his internship at Parkland Hospital in 1963 at the time President John Kennedy was shot. Dr. Duke was the first surgeon to receive the President at the ER. He also attended the wounds of Texas Governor John Connally. His teaching career begin in 1966. Dr. Duke spent most of his career at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston. He started working there in 1972. He was a founding member of the American Trauma Society. He hosted a nationally syndicated television show called "Texas Health Reports". Duke was also featured on such programs as PM Magazine, NBC Nightly News, The Today Show and the Buck James television series. He was known for his distinctive Texan accent and bushy red moustache. Dr. Duke ended most of his television shows with the line “From the University of Texas Health Science Center. I’m Dr. Red Duke.”
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