John R. Campbell, M.D., discusses his career as a pediatric surgeon - the first pediatric surgeon in Oregon when he arrived in 1967. He describes the changes he has seen in pediatric surgery, health care, and medical education from the 1960s to the present. He talks about his experiences at Doernbecher Memorial Hospital for Children, changes that took place when the separate schools consolidated into University of Oregon Health Sciences Center, and the development and construction of the new Doernbecher Children's Hospital during the late 1990s.
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