Raymond Sawaya, MD, Oral History Interview, June 25, 2013
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Description
Major Topics Covered:
- The special challenges of brain surgery and working with brain cancer patients
- Research: fibrinogen; surgical techniques
- Neurosurgery training programs
- Technology and neurosurgery
Identifier
SawayaR_02_20130625
Publication Date
6-25-2013
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
Sawaya, Raymond MD and Rosolowksi, Tacey A. PhD, "Raymond Sawaya, MD, Oral History Interview, June 25, 2013" (2013). Interview Sessions. 261.
https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewsessions/261
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About the Interview
About the Interview Subject:
Raymond Sawaya (b. 5 May 1949, Latakia, Syria) came to MD Anderson in 1990 to assume the chairmanship of the Department of Neurosurgery and create a comprehensive, multidisciplinary, brain and spinal cord tumor program, with clinical, educational, and research activities. Dr. Sawaya is known for his research into the role that fibrinogen plays in allowing cancer to invade the brain; he has also conducted work on primary and metastatic brain tumors, third ventricle, brain stem and pineal region tumors. He has made strides in enhancing the accessibility and safety of brain tumor surgery.
Dr. Sawaya still holds the position of Chair of Neurosurgery. In 2001 he formed and headed the Brain Tumor Institute; in 2005 he helped create and became head of a joint program in neurosurgery established with the Baylor College of Medicine.