TY  - GEN
AB  - Nelson R. Niles has been a faculty member at OHSU for over forty years. In this interview, he talks of his medical training, his military service, and his tenure at the university. Dr. Niles got specialized Army training while a medical student at Cornell University Medical College. He took his specialty in pathology and came to UOMS in 1951 as resident. He speaks of colleagues, the department and its autopsy work, and town and gown tensions. Dr. Niles touches briefly on his work as a member of the Faculty Senate before commenting on the changes he has seen. He mentions changes in curriculum, laments the loss of laboratory time for students, and about research. He notes that the lack of an organized research program in no way discouraged individual research. Finally, he speaks of the rise of technology in medical education, and the challenges facing women and minorities in medicine.
DA  - 1998-09-29
DA  - 1998 September 29
DO  - 10.6083/M4708058
DO  - DOI
ED  - Niles, Nelson R.
ED  - Weimer, Linda
ED  - Interviewee
ED  - Interviewer
ID  - 3240
KW  - Physicians
KW  - Women In Medicine
KW  - Minority Groups
KW  - Technology
KW  - Community-Institutional Relations
KW  - Pathology
KW  - Military Service, Voluntary
L1  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/3240/files/oralhist_71.pdf
L2  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/3240/files/oralhist_71.pdf
L4  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/3240/files/oralhist_71.pdf
LA  - eng
LK  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/3240/files/oralhist_71.pdf
N2  - Nelson R. Niles has been a faculty member at OHSU for over forty years. In this interview, he talks of his medical training, his military service, and his tenure at the university. Dr. Niles got specialized Army training while a medical student at Cornell University Medical College. He took his specialty in pathology and came to UOMS in 1951 as resident. He speaks of colleagues, the department and its autopsy work, and town and gown tensions. Dr. Niles touches briefly on his work as a member of the Faculty Senate before commenting on the changes he has seen. He mentions changes in curriculum, laments the loss of laboratory time for students, and about research. He notes that the lack of an organized research program in no way discouraged individual research. Finally, he speaks of the rise of technology in medical education, and the challenges facing women and minorities in medicine.
PB  - Oregon Health & Science University
PY  - 1998-09-29
PY  - 1998 September 29
T1  - Interview with Nelson R. Niles, M.D.
TI  - Interview with Nelson R. Niles, M.D.
UR  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/3240/files/oralhist_71.pdf
Y1  - 1998-09-29
ER  -