Sidney Wallace, MD, Oral History Interview, November 29, 2011
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Description
Major Topics Covered:
- Personal and educational background
- Overview of interventional radiology and history of emerging field
- Research: devices and techniques, collaborations
- Angiographic Interventional Laboratory: Setting it up, its operation
- Interventional radiology at MD Anderson; Impact on care
- Working with Dr. Cesare Gianturco and Dr. Gerald Dodd
- The Dunn Chemistry Research Laboratory
Identifier
WallaceS_01_20111129
Publication Date
11-29-2011
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
Wallace, Sidney MD and Rosolowski, Tacey A. PhD, "Sidney Wallace, MD, Oral History Interview, November 29, 2011" (2011). Interview Sessions. 218.
https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewsessions/218
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About the Interview
About the Interview Subject:
Dr. Wallace joined MD Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute in 1966 as an Associate Professor and Head of the Section of Diagnostic Radiology. At the time of these interview sessions, Dr. Wallace was a Professor Emeritus in the Division of Diagnostic Imaging. He was serving as Deputy Division Head of Research when he retired in 1996. Over the course of his career he established laboratories and institutes that have spurred the evolution of Interventional Radiology. He has overseen work on devices and procedures such as embolization, chemoembolization, infusion for treatment of tumors, and methods for biopsies.
Background:
Dr. Wallace joined MD Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute in 1966 as an Associate Professor and Head of the Section of Diagnostic Radiology. Over the course of his career he has established (and helped establish) laboratories and institutes that have spurred the evolution of Interventional Radiology and its role in patient care. In 1968 he established Angiographic/Interventional Laboratory (w/ Drs. Gerald Dodd and Cesare Gianturco); in 1980 he worked to establish the John S. Dunn Research Foundation Center for Radiologic Sciences in Diagnostic Imaging; in 1992 he received funding from the Texas Outreach Program and Levit Family and established (with Dr. John Batsakis) the Levit Radiologic-Pathologic Institute). In these laboratories, Dr. Wallace has overseen work on devices and procedures such as embolization, chemoembolization, infusion for treatment of tumors, and methods for biopsies. Dr. Wallace has received numerous awards, including the Leaders in Innovation Award by the Society of Interventional Radiology (2009), the First International Gold Medal Award, XXXIV Brazilian Congress of Radiology (2005), the American College of Radiology Gold Medal Award (1998) and the Antoine Beclere Award for work in interventional management of cancer patients (1983).
Dr. Wallace attended Temple University in Philadelphia and received his BS in 1949 and his M.D. in 1954. From 1955 -’56 he was a Surgical Resident at Philadelphia General Hospital. After two years as a general surgeon in the army, he shifted specialties. From 1959-’62 he undertook a Radiology residency Radiology training at Jefferson Medical College Hospital in Philadelphia then deepened his training from 1963-‘64 with a Fellowship in Vascular Radiology, Dr. Sidney Wallace, M.D., Interview Profile, page 5 at the University of Lund, Sweden. He was also teaching in the Department of Radiology during this time, first and as an instructor, then as an Assistant Professor, until 1966, when he was hired by MD Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute as Associate Professor and Head of Section of Diagnostic Radiology. Dr. Wallace passed away on 25 May 2013.
In this transcript, Dr. Wallace gives an in-depth look at the practice of interventional radiology through vivid descriptions of the devices and chemical procedures used to enhance patient care. Dr. Wallace also gives a dynamic view of MD Anderson’s Department of Interventional Radiology as it expanded into new areas of research and describes key figures such as Dr. Cesare Gianturco and Dr. Gerald Dodd. In addition to his research and efforts to build the institutional foundation for his specialty, Dr. Wallace also speaks about his interest in art and his own artwork.