30 Rocks

Since the arrival of William R. Richardson, M.D. in January, 1957, the OU Department of Surgery has provided surgical care to the pediatric population of Oklahoma, but it wasn't until 1979 - thirty years ago that the pediatric surgery residency program was established. Since then, doctors E. Ide Smith, William P. Tunell and David W. Tuggle have provided leadership as the section chief for pediatric surgery. James "Kit" Carson, M.D. was the first pediatric surgery fellow and since then 16 more have trained at OU with two more, Beth Terry and Nathaniel Kreykes, currently in training. Happy 30th to Pediatric Surgery.