Chapter 12: From Marshall Hicks, MD as Interim President to Peter Pisters, MD

Authors

• David J. Tweardy MD, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
• Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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Description

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Dr. Tweardy explains that the research community has been waiting to see evidence of Dr. Pister’s commitment to the research agenda, and his appointment of Guilio Draetta as Chief Scientific Officer has begun to address this challenge

Next, Dr. Tweardy comments on Dr. Pister’s slow and deliberate decision making style. He then comments on the tradition of long-tenured presidents at the institution.

Identifier

TweardyDJ_03_20190418_C12

Publication Date

4-18-2019

Publisher

The Historical Resources Center, Research Medical Library, The University of Texas Cancer Center

City

Houston, Texas

Interview Session

David J. Tweardy, MD, Oral History Interview, April 18, 2019

Topic Covered

The Interview Subject's Story - Overview; Leadership; On Leadership; Working Environment; Building/Transforming the Institution; Growth and/or Change; Obstacles, Challenges; Institutional Politics; Controversy; MD Anderson Culture; Portraits; The Business of MD Anderson; The Institution and Finances

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

Disciplines

History of Science, Technology, and Medicine | Oncology | Oral History

Transcript

Tacey. A. Rosolowski, PhD:

Recommended Citation

Tweardy, David J. MD and Rosolowski, Tacey A. PhD, "Chapter 12: From Marshall Hicks, MD as Interim President to Peter Pisters, MD" (2019). Interview Chapters. 1394.
https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewchapters/1394

Conditions Governing Access

Open