In 2008, Dr. Dugan Maddux conducted an oral history interview with Dr. Richard Drake at Dr. Drake’s home in Portland, Oregon, exploring his career as a pioneer in nephrology. As a young physician in the early 1960s, Dr. Drake trained in Seattle, where he gained firsthand experience with the emerging practice of chronic dialysis. In the interview, Dr. Drake shares numerous insights and stories from this formative period, including his introduction to inventor Charlie Willock and their collaboration in developing the Drake-Willock dialysis machine.
