Oral history interview with Nanette Wenger (captioned video, audio, and transcript)
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Title
Oral history interview with Nanette Wenger (captioned video, audio, and transcript)
Subject
Women in medicine
Medical education
Women physicians
Oral histories (literary works)
Transcripts
Cardiology
Heart diseases in women
Congenital heart disease
Jewish physicians
Jewish women physicians
Medical education
Women physicians
Oral histories (literary works)
Transcripts
Cardiology
Heart diseases in women
Congenital heart disease
Jewish physicians
Jewish women physicians
Description
This oral history of Nanette Wenger was conducted by Laura Ettinger in two sessions on 08 December 2025 and 22 December 2025. The total run time of the interviews is 3H59M55S. In the first interview, Wenger discusses her early life in New York; her education at Hunter College, New York and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; her medical training and clinical teachers at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York; her career as a cardiologist at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia; her role in changing the culture of treating Black patients in demeaning ways in a segregated hospital; her clinical research in cardiac rehabilitation, CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation), and how heart attacks present in women.
In the second interview, Wenger discusses heart disease in women and in elderly people and these groups' underrepresentation in cardiology research; Wenger's leadership style and status as the first woman leader in a variety of cardiology organizations; education and awareness campaigns for heart health; implementing cardiac rehabilitation at Grady Memorial Hospital; and her role in community and charitable organizations.
In the second interview, Wenger discusses heart disease in women and in elderly people and these groups' underrepresentation in cardiology research; Wenger's leadership style and status as the first woman leader in a variety of cardiology organizations; education and awareness campaigns for heart health; implementing cardiac rehabilitation at Grady Memorial Hospital; and her role in community and charitable organizations.
Creator
Women in Medicine Legacy Foundation
Date Created
Oral history conducted in two sessions:
2025-12-08
2025-12-22
2025-12-08
2025-12-22
Rights
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Access Rights
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Is Part Of
Women in Medicine Legacy Foundation records, 1998-2024 (inclusive). H MS c420.
Format
audio
video
text
Extent
1 oral history (2 separate recordings totaling 3H59M55S), 1 transcript with a biographical summary and timestamped table of contents (76 pages)
Language
English
Type
moving image
text
moving image
Identifier
Accession #2027-004.
Provenance
Gift of the Women in Medicine Legacy Foundation in 2026.
Oral History Item Type Metadata
Embedded Media
Interviewer
Laura Ettinger
Interviewee
Nanette Wenger
Original Format
Digital
Duration
Two sessions totaling 3H59M55S
Session 1: 1H49M13S
Session 2: 2H10M42S
Session 1: 1H49M13S
Session 2: 2H10M42S
Files
Citation
Women in Medicine Legacy Foundation, “Oral history interview with Nanette Wenger (captioned video, audio, and transcript),” OnView, accessed October 22, 2026, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/index.php/items/show/26834.