Chapter 13: Serving as MD Anderson’s Chief Medical Officer and Physician in Chief A: The Administrator;

Authors

• Thomas W. Burke MD, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterFollow
• Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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Description

Dr. Burke first explains how he came to serve 50% of his time as Chief Medical Officer in 1998. He notes the scope of this role and how it affected his clinical practice. He next notes that when John Mendelsohn became president, he was asked to come full time into administration. He explains his decision to shift into administrative work.

Next, he explains the scope of his responsibilities as Physician in Chief and stresses that clinical operations should be led by a physician. He talks about the complexity of MD Anderson search processes.

Identifier

BurkeTW_02_20140318_C13

Publication Date

3-18-2014

Publisher

The Making Cancer History® Voices Oral History Collection, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

City

Houston, Texas

Interview Session

Thomas Burke, MD, Oral History Interview, March 18, 2014

Topic Covered

The Interview Subject's Story - The Administrator; Growth and/or Change; MD Anderson History; MD Anderson Snapshot; Professional Practice; The Professional at Work; Understanding the Institution; Leadership; The Administrator; Growth and/or Change; MD Anderson History; MD Anderson Snapshot; Professional Practice; The Professional at Work; Understanding the Institution; Leadership

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 13: Serving as MD Anderson’s Chief Medical Officer and Physician in Chief A: The Administrator;" (2014). Interview Chapters. 929.
https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewchapters/929

Conditions Governing Access

Open