Ritsuko U. Komaki, MD, FACR, FASTRO, Oral History Interview, November 6, 2018
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Description
Major Topics Covered:
- Personal background: experiences in Hiroshima, Japan, in aftermath of the atomic bomb
- Japanese versus American attitudes about radiation: impact on evolution of radiation therapy, radiation oncology
Identifier
KomakiR_01_11062018
Publication Date
11-6-2018
Publisher
The Historical Resources Center, Research Medical Library, The University of Texas Cancer Center
City
Houston, Texas
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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
Komaki, Ritsuko MD and Rosolowski, Tacey A. PhD, "Ritsuko U. Komaki, MD, FACR, FASTRO, Oral History Interview, November 6, 2018" (2018). Interview Sessions. 245.
https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewsessions/245
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About the Interview
About the Interview Subject
Radiation oncologist Dr. Ritsuko Ueno Komaki (b. 24 September 1943; Amagazaki, Japan) came to MD Anderson as Fellow in 1979-80. She was then was recruited from Radiation Oncology at Columbia Presbyterian to the faculty at MD Anderson in 1988 to serve as chief of the Thoracic Section in the Department of Radiation Oncology in the Division of Radiation Oncology. She served in this role until her retirement from full time clinical work in 2017. Ritsuko Komaki, MD; Navigation Materials, p. 2 Retired completely in August of this year. Dr. Komaki held the Gloria Lupton Tennison Distinguished Professorship in Lung Cancer from 1998 to her retirement. She worked with her husband, James A. Cox, MD [oral history interview] to establish a proton therapy center at MD Anderson, and she is known for her research the uses of radiation therapy for lung and breast cancer and for studies comparing proton and conventional radiation to demonstrate effects on survival, secondary effects, and sparing of normal tissue. She received the Madame Curie Award from the American Association of Women in Radiology in 2005 and was given award by the Japanese Association of Radiation Oncology for her work supporting Japanese radiologist in developing a radiation oncology perspective.