Roger W. Anderson, PhD, Oral History Interview, May 18, 2004
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Description
Major Topics Covered:
- Career at MD Anderson
- The history of the Pharmacy Division
- Integrating pharmacists within departments at MD Anderson including Nursing and Developmental Therapeutics
- Pharmacist's role in improving chemotherapy drugs and safety monitoring
Interview Chapters
Chapter 01: Attracted to the Challenges of Pharmacy at MD Anderson
Chapter 02: Expanding Pharmacy Services, Part I: Creating Connections
Chapter 03: Expanding Pharmacy Services, Part II: Complex Needs and Advancement in Treatment
Chapter 04: Managing Drug Purchases and Inventory
Chapter 05: Working With Research Protocols and Drugs for Research
Chapter 06: Building Pharmacy Administration, Recruitment and a Supportive Care Mindset
Chapter 08: Preparing to Leave Anderson and A View of What’s Been Accomplished
Chapter 09: A Degree in Public Health
Chapter 10: A Great Hire for Pharmacy and Support for Patients
Identifier
AndersonRW_01_20040518
Publication Date
6-4-2004
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
Subject Headings
Anderson, Roger W. ; Clark, Randolph Lee, 1906- ; Freireich, Emil J., 1927- ; University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center -- history ; University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Division of Pharmacy; Antineoplastic Agents ; Antineoplastic Agents -- economics ; Drugs, Investigational ; Research; Clinical Trials as Topic ; Neoplasms -- drug therapy; Hospitals, Special; Laboratories, Hospital ; Pharmacists; Pharmacy Service, Hospital ; Pharmacy Service, Hospital -- economics ; Houston (Tex.) ; Oral History ; Interviews;
Disciplines
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine | Oncology | Oral History
Recommended Citation
Anderson, Roger W. PhD and Brunet, Lesley W., "Roger W. Anderson, PhD, Oral History Interview, May 18, 2004" (2004). Interview Sessions. 62.
https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewsessions/62
Conditions Governing Access
Open
About the Interview
Biographical Note
Dr. Roger W. Anderson received his undergraduate pharmacy degree from Ferris State University in Big Rapid, Michigan in 1964. Following that, he got a Master’s Degree in Hospital Pharmacy from The Ohio State University in Columbus Ohio in where he also completed his Hospital Residency in 1968. Dr. Anderson came to the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in 1978 when he was appointed Director of Pharmacy and was appointed Vice President of Pharmacy.
While working at for one of the largest hospital pharmacy systems in the country, Dr. Anderson worked to improve pharmacy automation, use of anti-cancer medications, and reduce environmental hazards of handling hazardous anti-cancer agents. In 1992, the American Society of Hospital Pharmacists awarded him the Harvey A.K. Whitney Award, which is the society’s highest honor.
He also received a Doctorate in Public Health from the University of Texas School of Public Health in 1997 and was an Professor of Clinical Pharmacy Practice at the University of Houston. After leaving MD Anderson in 2004, he was a senior vice president and chief pharmacist for Medco Health Solutions and Chief Pharmacy Officer for US Oncology, Inc.