Pamela “Sat-Siri” Austin Sumler, LMT, BCTMB, CLT, E-RYT, Oral History Interview, September 10, 2018
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Description
Major Topics Covered:
- Massage for oncology patients; working with patients undergoing treatment; developing guidelines for massage
- Massage at MD Anderson; building a service and its evolution; developing acceptance/addressing resistance of patients and clinicians; developing a training program for massage therapists
- Stories of work with patients
- Participation in research studies
- Hope for the future of alternative medicine under Peter Pisters
Interview Chapters
Chapter 08: Patient Acceptance (or Non-Acceptance) of Massage Therapy
Chapter 09: Clinician Acceptance (or Non-Acceptance) of Massage Therapy
Chapter 10: Contributing to Research on the Value of Massage
Chapter 11: A Few Words about Yoga and Views on MD Anderson's New Directions
Chapter 12: Reflections on Contributions and on the Art of Massage, Meditation, and Teaching
Identifier
SumlerPSS_02_20180910
Publication Date
5-1-2018
Publisher
The Making Cancer History® Voices Oral History Collection, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
City
Houston, Texas
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
Topics Covered
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; UT MD Anderson Cancer Center; University of Texas System. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center; M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute at Houston; University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center; M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute
Disciplines
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine | Oncology | Oral History
Recommended Citation
Sumler, Pamela Sat Siri and Rosolowski, Tacey A. PhD, "Pamela “Sat-Siri” Austin Sumler, LMT, BCTMB, CLT, E-RYT, Oral History Interview, September 10, 2018" (2018). Interview Sessions. 28.
https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewsessions/28
Conditions Governing Access
Open
About the Interview
About the Interview Subject
Pamela “Sat Siri” Austin Sumler (b. April 23, 1958, New Haven, Connecticut) came to MD Anderson on a contract basis in 1999 to provide patients with massage through the Integrative Medicine Program. She is a board certified in therapeutic massage and bodywork, a licensed massage therapy instructor, certified lymphedema therapist and an experienced teacher in the field of yoga. Since 2003 she has been a massage therapist offering her services through the Department of Integrative Medicine. She helped developed a massage training curriculum. In 2018 she received an Outstanding Employee Award from the University of Texas Board of Regents; in August 2017 she earned a Heart of MD Anderson Award.