Chapter 06: The Late Eighties: Clinical Services in Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine and Serving as “The Last Resort Guy”
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In this chapter, Dr. Burke describes the clinical situation when he arrived: patients came to the place, rather than to a particular surgeon, and so assigning cases was an issue.
He describes how a clinician develops a practice at MD Anderson and explains that he decided to take cases that no one else wanted, offering “a unique service to patients, families, and to the referring MDs.”
Dr. Burke talks about how experiences in the military prepared him for this kind of situation. He also notes that critical situations in the military were great preparation for critical care in oncology. He gives an example of creative problem solving from an ob/gyn service in Kansas. He uses the example of two- and three-team surgeries to illustrate how MD Anderson provides innovative care to patients.
Dr. Burke notes that multi-team surgery was very limited when he arrived but increased quickly, with patient recovery improved as a result.
Identifier
BurkeTW_01_20140311_C06
Publication Date
3-11-2014
City
Houston, Texas
Interview Session
Topics Covered
The Interview Subject's Story - The Clinical Provider; The Clinician; Understanding the Institution; MD Anderson History; Institutional Processes; This is MD Anderson; MD Anderson Culture; Evolution of Career; Professional Practice; The Professional at Work; Mentoring; This is MD Anderson; Personal Background; Professional Path; Influences from People and Life Experiences; Discovery, Creativity and Innovation; Patients
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
Recommended Citation
Burke, Thomas W. MD and Rosolowski, Tacey A. PhD, "Chapter 06: The Late Eighties: Clinical Services in Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine and Serving as “The Last Resort Guy”" (2014). Interview Chapters. 922.
https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewchapters/922
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Open
