Albert E. Gunn Oral History Interview
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Description
Major Topics Covered:
- Early life and education background in New York City
- Pre-medical career as the Judge Advocate General for the United States Air Force
- Recruitment to MD Anderson by R. Lee Clark
- Establishing and developing the Rehabilitation Center
- Appointments at other institutions at the Texas Medical Center - UT Houston School of Public Health & University of Texas Medical School at Houston
- Recollections of working with MD Anderson faculty and staff
Interview Chapters
Chapter 01: An Officer, an Attorney, and a Physician
Chapter 02: Developing a Rehabilitation Clinic and a Rehabilitation Specialist
Chapter 03: Work in the Cancer Patient
Chapter 04: An Interest in Journal Selection and Evaluation for the National Library of Medicine
Chapter 05: Service, Stewardship and Safety Through Committee Work
Publication Date
7-27-2024
Publisher
Making Cancer History Voices Oral History Collection, Historical Resources Center, The University of Texas MD Anderson 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
Subject Headings
Schools, Medical; Rehabilitation Centers; Health Facility Administration; Libraries, Medical; Patient Safety; Ethics Committees, Research;
Disciplines
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine | Oncology | Oral History
Recommended Citation
Gunn, Albert E. MD and Sáenz, Allison PhD, "Albert E. Gunn Oral History Interview" (2024). Interview Sessions. 282.
https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewsessions/282
Conditions Governing Access
Open
About the Interview
About the Interview Subject:
Albert E. Gunn, J.D., M.D., joined MD Anderson in 1975 as an assistant professor in Rehabilitation Services. He was born and raised in Port Washington, New York. Before pursuing a career in medicine, Dr. Gunn attended Fordham College and Fordham Law School, where he earned his Juris Doctor. He subsequently served in the United States Air Force as a member of the Judge Advocate General’s Corps.
Dr. Gunn later decided to pursue a career in medicine and enrolled at the National University of Ireland, Galway. After completing medical school, he returned to New York State, where he completed his internship at Montefiore Hospital and his residency in internal medicine at Roosevelt Hospital.
Through mutual connections, Dr. Gunn met MD Anderson’s first president, R. Lee Clark, who recruited him to help establish the institution’s Rehabilitation Center. Over the course of his career, Dr. Gunn held appointments as a Professor of Medicine at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, as well as positions with the UTHealth Houston School of Public Health and the National Library of Medicine.
Following administrative changes to the Rehabilitation Center, Dr. Gunn continued his work at MD Anderson in the Section of Geriatrics and the Department of Internal Medicine.
He is the author of the book Cancer Rehabilitation.