Marshall Hicks, MD, Oral History Interview, March 21, 2019
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Description
Major Topics Covered:
- Evolution of leadership perspective, focus, and skills; views on coaching, governance structure, strategic planning, team work; leadership challenges; views on leadership pipeline; creation of in-house divisional leadership training shifts in identity with shifts in leadership level (section chief, department chair, interim president)
- Institutional changes and transitions (2011 – 2018); under Ronald DePinho; shifts in morale, culture, ethics; managing messaging around change; focus on culture; implementing Epic medical records system, the financial crisis, and recovery; developing the shared governance system, preparing for a new institution president; Hurricane Harvey response and impact
- MD Anderson in regional healthcare environment
Interview Chapters
Chapter 29: Transitioning out of the Interim President Role
Chapter 30: On Ongoing Strategic Planning and the Future of MD Anderson (2019)
Identifier
HicksM_08_20190321
Publication Date
3-21-2019
Publisher
The Making Cancer History® Voices Oral History Collection, 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
Disciplines
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine | Oncology | Oral History
Recommended Citation
Hicks, Marshall MD and Rosolowski, Tacey A. PhD, "Marshall Hicks, MD, Oral History Interview, March 21, 2019" (2019). Interview Sessions. 36.
https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewsessions/36
Conditions Governing Access
Open
About the Interview
Interview Subject Snapshot:
Name: Marshall E. Hicks, MD
Interviewed: 2018/2019
Primary appt: Department of Diagnostic Radiology
Research: Interventional radiology
About the Interview Subject
Dr. Marshall E. Hicks (b. 26 June 1957, Louisville, Kentucky) came to MD Anderson in 1998 to join the faculty in the Department of Diagnostic Radiology in the Division of Diagnostic Imaging and serve as Section Chief of Interventional Radiology. Since then he has served as Chair of the Department of Diagnostic Radiology (2007-2012), Head of the Division of Diagnostic Imaging, and interim president of the institution (2016 – 2017). Dr. Hicks also has a joint appointment as Professor in the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging of the University of Texas Medical School at Houston.
Admin: Section Chief, Interventional Radiology; ad interim Chair, Dept Diagnostic Radiology (2007-2012); Head, Division of Diagnostic Imaging (2010-present); interim president (2016 – 2017)