Janet M. Bruner, MD, Oral History Interview, June 7, 2012
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Description
Major Topics Covered:
- The Department of Pathology, subspecializing
- The Department of Hematopathology
- Women and leadership at MD Anderson
- Growth at MD Anderson, financial challenges, cultural change
Interview Chapters
Chapter 12: Women at MD Anderson in the Eighties
Chapter 13: Cultivating Leadership at MD Anderson
Chapter 14: The Pathology Department: Becoming Chair and a Controversial Move to Subspecialize
Chapter 15: Expansion and Transformation in the Department of Pathology
Chapter 16: Financial Stress, Satellite Services, and Changes to MD Anderson Culture
Chapter 17: Pathology: A Specialty Still Not Fully Understood
Chapter 18: The Pathology Fellowship Programs
Chapter 19: The Physician-Scientist in Pathology: A Challenging Career
Identifier
BrunerJM_02_20120607
Publication Date
6-7-2012
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
Bruner, Janet M. MD and Rosolowski, Tacey A. PhD, "Janet M. Bruner, MD, Oral History Interview, June 7, 2012" (2012). Interview Sessions. 86.
https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewsessions/86
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About the Interview
About the Interview Subject:
Diagnostic neuropathologist Janet M. Bruner, M.D. (b. 1949, East Liverpool, Ohio) joined the MD Anderson in 1984 as a faculty associate in the Department of Pathology and was promoted to assistant professor in 1985. She is a full professor in that department and since 1994 has also held a joint appointment in the Department of Neuro-oncology. Her clinical interests focus on brain tumor neuropathology, molecular diagnostics, and molecular genetics. Dr. Bruner served as Chair of the Department of Pathology for 12 years –the first woman chair of a clinical department at MD Anderson (appointed in 1998). She has been Deputy Head of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine since 1998.