Ritsuko U. Komaki, MD, FACR, FASTRO, Oral History Interview, February 21, 2019

Ritsuko U. Komaki, MD, FACR, FASTRO, Oral History Interview, February 21, 2019

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Major Topics Covered:

  • Views of MD Anderson culture, institutional change; experiences of administrative shifts within the Division of Radiation Oncology; critique of division culture

Identifier

KomakiR_05_02212019

Publication Date

2-21-2019

Publisher

The Historical Resources Center, Research Medical Library, The University of Texas Cancer Center

City

Houston, Texas

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Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 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

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.

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Ritsuko U. Komaki, MD, FACR, FASTRO, Oral History Interview, February 21, 2019

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