Chapter 12: Medical Director of the Gynecologic Oncology Center: Developing Processes and Faculty Talent
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Dr. Burke begins by describing how he resolved inefficiencies in the Gynecologic Oncology Center when he took over. He describes a quality control program he set in place and sketches increases in the Clinic’s patient traffic and faculty numbers.
Dr. Burke next comments on positions that can serve as training ground for mid-career physicians who will rise in the administration. He explains how his leadership skills grew and talks about his roles on the Credentials Committee and the Medical Staff Committee. Dr. Burke notes how important it is that a hospital’s leadership has this broad perspective: he looks for young faculty who will be open to these opportunities and to future leadership. Dr. Burke talks about how he looks for faculty with potential and gives them chances to develop themselves.
Identifier
BurkeTW_02_20140318_C12
Publication Date
3-18-2014
City
Houston, Texas
Interview Session
Topics Covered
The Interview Subject's Story - The Administrator; The Administrator; Character, Values, Beliefs, Talents; MD Anderson History; Building/Transforming the Institution; Multi-disciplinary Approaches; Growth and/or Change; Institutional Processes; Understanding the Institution; The Institution and Finances; Leadership; On Leadership; Mentoring
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 12: Medical Director of the Gynecologic Oncology Center: Developing Processes and Faculty Talent" (2014). Interview Chapters. 928.
https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewchapters/928
Conditions Governing Access
Open
