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Michael J. Ahearn, Ph.D., Oral History Interview, August 02, 2011
Michael J. Ahearn PhD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Personal and educational background; faith;
- Research: cytogenetic markers, leukemia;
- The Ultrastructure Diagnostic Laboratory;
- Developing the School of Allied Health Professions;
- Medical education; technology in education; shortages of health professionals;
- Extramural education programs:;
- Technology and education;
- Educational outreach programs;
- Memories of early years at MD Anderson
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Michael J. Ahearn, Ph.D., Oral History Interview, August 03, 2011
Michael J. Ahearn PhD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Medical education; technology in education - shortages of health professionals;
- Extramural education programs;
- Technology and education;
- Educational outreach programs;
- Memories of three MD Anderson presidents
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Michael J. Ahearn, Ph.D., Oral History Interview, November 21, 2011
Michael J. Ahearn PhD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Personal and educational background - faith
- Developing the School of Allied Health Professions;
- Technology and education;
- Educational outreach programs
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Raymond Alexanian, MD, Oral History Interview, May 15, 2014
Raymond Alexanian MD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Personal and educational background;
- Evolution of research on erythropoietin;
- Evolution of research and contributions to treatment of myeloma;
- History of medical education;
- History of myeloma treatment;
- Committees at MD Anderson: Research Committee, Surveillance Committee, Transfusion Task Force, Faculty Classification Committee;
- The research and cultural environment of MD Anderson under Dr. R. Lee Clark
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Raymond Alexanian, MD, Oral History Interview, June 5, 2014
Raymond Alexanian MD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Committees at MD Anderson: Research Committee, Surveillance Committee, Transfusion Task Force, Faculty Classification Committee;
- The research and cultural environment of MD Anderson under Dr. R. Lee Clark;
- Changes with growth of MD Anderson;
- The impact of regulation on research and innovation
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Peter Almond, PhD, Oral History Interivew, June 04, 2004
Peter Almond PhD, Lesley W. Brunet, and James S. Olson PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- The history of radiation therapy; how radiation therapy works; instruments for delivery of therapy; how therapy has an impact on tumors and patients
- The evolution of radiation therapy at MD Anderson
- View of Gilbert Fletcher; Fletcher’s attitudes to aggressive treatment; his impact on standards of care nationally
- Debates between MD Anderson surgeons and radiation therapists regarding treatment
- Long term consequences of radiation therapy on patients
- Cost effectiveness of radiation treatment
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Joyce Alt, RN, MS, Oral History Interview, May 29, 2018
Joyce Alt RN, MS and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Personal background and education
- Professional experience in the Texas Medical Center prior to MD Anderson roles
- Commentary: Renilda Hilkemeyer’s leadership of nursing
- Oncology nursing at MD Anderson in the 70s-90s; practices, development of nursing care; strengthening nursing
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Joyce Alt, RN, MS, Oral History Interview, June 19, 2018
Joyce Alt RN, MS and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Oncology nursing at MD Anderson in the 70s-90s; practices, development of nursing care; strengthening nursing
- Support for nursing from executive leadership
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Roger W. Anderson, PhD, Oral History Interview, May 18, 2004
Roger W. Anderson PhD and Lesley W. Brunet
Major Topics Covered:
- Career at MD Anderson
- The history of the Pharmacy Division
- Integrating pharmacists within departments at MD Anderson including Nursing and Developmental Therapeutics
- Pharmacist's role in improving chemotherapy drugs and safety monitoring
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Thomas Anderson Oral History Interview
Thomas Dunaway Anderson and Louis J. Marchiafava PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Anderson family involvement with MD Anderson and the Texas medical Center
- Personal recollections of R. Lee Clark, Ernst Bertner, Charles LeMaistre, John Mendelsohn and other MD Anderson figures
- The origins of MD Anderson and other Texas Medical Center institutions
- The formation of the Board of Visitors
- Physician referrals to MD Anderson, controversy and challenges
- Growth of MD Anderson and the Texas Medical Center
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Ralph B. Arlinghaus, PhD, Oral History Interview, March 21, 2014
Ralph B. Arlinghaus PhD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major topics covered:
- Personal background and education.
- Research areas, detailed discussions of progressive experimentation
- Research creativity, innovation, collaborations
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Ralph B. Arlinghaus, PhD, Oral History Interview, April 02, 2014
Ralph B. Arlinghaus PhD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major topics covered:
- Research areas, detailed discussions of progressive experimentation
- Research creativity, innovation, collaborations
- View of MD Anderson presidents and other leaders
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Walter Franklin Baile, MD, Oral History Interview, August 23, 2016
Walter F. Baile MD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Personal background; educational experience; professional path
- History of psychiatry; the value of psychiatry to medicine
- Overview of communications in medicine; communications issues for oncology patients
- Sociodrama and psychodrama as teaching techniques in medical communications
- Psychiatry at MD Anderson
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Walter Franklin Baile, MD, Oral History Interview, September 01, 2016
Walter F. Baile MD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Psychiatry at MD Anderson
- Developing communications teaching at MD Anderson
- The iCare communications program: services, institutional support for
- Institutional change with shift in administration, 2011 and Ronald DePinho
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Walter Franklin Baile, MD, Oral History Interview, October 25, 2016
Walter F. Baile MD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Psychiatry at MD Anderson
- Developing communications teaching at MD Anderson
- The iCare communications program: services, institutional support for
- Institutional change with shift in administration, 2011 and Ronald DePinho
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Charles M. Balch MD, PhD Oral History Interview, October 22, 2018
Charles M. Balch MD, PhD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Personal background and education
- Research: tumor immunology, melanoma, breast surgery, T-lymphocyte differentiation
- Surgery at MD Anderson: history of; key figures in early years; shifting focus to subspecialization, surgical oncology perspective, and evidence-based practice; recruitments; training programs; and evolving strength of Division
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Charles M. Balch MD, PhD, Oral History Interview, November 12, 2018
Charles M. Balch MD, PhD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Surgery at MD Anderson: history of; key figures in early years; shifting focus to subspecialization, surgical oncology perspective, and evidence-based practice; recruitments; training programs; and evolving strength of Division
- Division of Surgery, creation and evolution Department of Surgical Oncology: evolution of, development of research mission within Disease-site reorganization
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Charles M. Balch MD, PhD, Oral History Interview, December 17, 2018
Charles M. Balch MD, PhD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Surgery at MD Anderson: history of; key figures in early years; shifting focus to subspecialization, surgical oncology perspective, and evidence-based practice; recruitments; training programs; and evolving strength of Division
- Division of Surgery, creation and evolution Department of Surgical Oncology: evolution of, development of research mission within Disease-site reorganization
- Prevention: creation of Division Charles LeMaistre: vision for MD Anderson; strategic plan; working with Texas Legislature; legacy
- Leadership: traditions of at MD Anderson; personal experience of; executive roles beyond the institution
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Charles M. Balch MD, PhD, Oral History Interview, March 26, 2019
Charles M. Balch MD, PhD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Fiscal crises: managed care, changing healthcare environment; role of Texas laws and regulations; institutional responses to
- Leadership: traditions of at MD Anderson; personal experience of; executive roles beyond the institution
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Ornell H. Balzer, R.N., Oral History Interview, September 4, 2003
Ornell H. Balzer RN and Lesley W. Brunet
Major Topics Covered:
- Early nursing at MD Anderson
- Working at the The Baker Estate
- Nursing work at MD Anderson
- Interactions with employees and patients
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Robert C. Bast, Jr., MD, Oral History Interview, July 7, 2014
Robert C. Bast Jr., MD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Personal and educational background
- Career prior to MD Anderson recruitment
- Research: the early detection and prevention of ovarian cancer; studies of cell growth regulation (ovarian and breast carcinomas); research into imprinted tumor suppressor genes; the manipulation of cancer autophagy and tumor dormancy; and research into the modulation of taxane sensitivity.
- Translational Research: thought processes and working strategies
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Robert C. Bast, Jr. MD, Oral History Interview, July 24, 2014
Robert C. Bast Jr., MD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Translational Research: thought processes and working strategies
- Strengthening MD Anderson’s research programs, especially translational research
- The Office of Translational Research and its impact on science at MD Anderson.
- The Moon Shots Program
- Training requirements for physician-scientists
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Robert C. Bast, Jr. MD, Oral History Interview, December 18, 2014
Robert C. Bast Jr., MD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Translational Research: thought processes and working strategies
- Strengthening MD Anderson’s research programs, especially translational research
- The Office of Translational Research and its impact on science at MD Anderson.
- The Moon Shots Program
- Training requirements for physician-scientists
- Challenges of financing multi-disciplinary research
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Frederick F. Becker, MD, Oral History Interview, June 19, 2008
Frederick F. Becker MD and Lesley W. Brunet
Major Topics Covered:
- Personal and educational background; personal stories about MD Anderson figures, recruitment to MD Anderson, promotion to VP of Research, the working environment and culture
- The Department of Pathology: vision for in 1976, evolution of
- Views of R. Lee Clark, Charles LeMaistre, and other early MD Anderson figures MD Anderson as a Texas institution
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Frederick F. Becker MD, Oral History Interview, December 13, 2011
Frederick F. Becker MD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Personal and educational background
- The evolution of pathology; the pathologist’s eye’
- Research: TX-262 (pancreatic cancer), dielectrophoresis
- Building MD Anderson’s Department of Pathology
- Building MD Anderson’s research culture: multi-disciplinary research, excellence, fundraising
