Norman Jaffe, MD, Oral History Interview, August 31, 2012
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Description
Major Topics Covered:
- Personal and educational background
- Working with Dr. Sidney Farber at the Sidney Farber Cancer Institute in Boston
- Cancer in pediatric patients; “total care” of pediatric patients; special challenges
- Research: solid tumors, osteosarcoma, eradicating metastasis with methotrexate
- The Department of Pediatric Oncology: history and evolution
- Pediatrics and survivorship
- Long-Term Surveillance Clinic
- Ski Rehabilitation Program
- International collaborations
Identifier
JaffeN_03_20120831
Publication Date
8-31-2012
Publisher
The Historical Resources Center, Research Medical Library, The University of Texas 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
Jaffe, Norman MD and Rosolowski, Tacey A. PhD, "Norman Jaffe, MD, Oral History Interview, August 31, 2012" (2012). Interview Sessions. 164.
https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewsessions/164
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About the Interview
About the Interview Subject:
Dr. Norman Jaffe (b. 25 September 1933, Johannesburg, South Africa) came to MD Anderson in 1978 to become Chief of the Section of Solid Tumors in the Department of Pediatrics. His research has focused on clinical treatments for solid tumors, the long-term effects of chemotherapy and radiation therapy on developing bodies, and the psychosocial challenges of long-term survivors. From 1992-’94 he served as Chief of the Pediatric Outpatient Clinic and from 1996-2000 he was Chief of the Long Term Surveillance Clinic for Pediatric Patients Cured of Cancer. Dr. Jaffe retired in 2006 and holds the title of Professor Emeritus of Children’s Cancer Hospital at MD Anderson Cancer Center.