Chapter 10 : Transforming the Division of Surgery, Part of the Institution's Strategic Plan
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In this chapter, Dr. Balch explains that Dr. Charles LeMaistre allowed the Division heads to drive the institution's strategic plan and touches on the range of institutional goals that were to be addressed by transforming the Division of Surgery. (Dr. Balch was a member of the Executive Committee for the Strategic Plan from 1988 to 1996). He explains that Dr. LeMaistre's vision built on decisions made by R. Lee Clark to eliminate economic competition among specialties and reduce economic silos. He notes that the Division heads prioritized doing prospective clinical trials.
Next, Dr. Balch explains why he wanted to build subspecialization in the Division of Surgery as a support for both patient care and research. He discusses how developing new training programs in surgery for fellows supported these goals.
Identifier
BalchC_02_20181113_C10
Publication Date
11-18-2018
Publisher
The Making Cancer History® Voices Oral History Collection, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
City
Houston, Texas
Interview Session
Charles Balch, MD, Oral History Interview, November 18, 2018
Topics Covered
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center - Building the Institution; Leadership; Building/Transforming the Institution; Multi-disciplinary Approaches; Research; Growth and/or Change; MD Anderson Culture; Professional Practice; Understanding the Institution; Education at MD Anderson; Education; The Business of MD Anderson; MD Anderson History
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
Balch, Charles M. MD and Rosolowski, Tacey A. PhD, "Chapter 10 : Transforming the Division of Surgery, Part of the Institution's Strategic Plan" (2018). Interview Chapters. 472.
https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewchapters/472
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Open
