Thomas A. Buchholz, MD, Oral History Interview, January 31, 2018
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Description
Major Topics Covered:
- Leadership at Department, Division, and Executive Committee levels
- Leadership: examples of effective decision-making, critique of “stumbles” MD Anderson in transition under Ronald DePinho and after his resignation
Interview Chapters
Chapter 08: A Changed Perspective as a Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology
Chapter 09: A Decision-making Process Includes Lessons about Leadership
Chapter 10: Looking Back on Years as Department Chair
Chapter 11: On Changes Under Ronald DePinho, MD
Chapter 12: An Offer to Serve as Provost and Executive Vice President
Chapter 13: From Provost to Physician in Chief
Chapter 14: A Physician in Chief's View on Strategic Planning: Successes and ""Stumbles""
Identifier
BuchholzTA_02_20180131
Publication Date
1-31-2018
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
Buchholz, Thomas A. MD and Rosolowski, Tacey A. PhD, "Thomas A. Buchholz, MD, Oral History Interview, January 31, 2018" (2018). Interview Sessions. 88.
https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewsessions/88
Conditions Governing Access
Open
About the Interview
About the Interview Subject:
Thomas A. Buchholz, MD (b. Louisville, Kentucky) came to MD Anderson in 1997 and joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor (tenure-track) in the Department of Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology. Since then Dr. Buchholz has served as Chair of the Dept. of Radiation Oncology and as Division Head (8/2011-1/2014). And from 2014-7/2017 he served as Executive Vice President & Physician in Chief.
Dr. Buchholz tells his story through the lens of leadership, offering perspective on the institution from many levels of leadership service. He left MD Anderson on 2/28/2019 to take up a position as Medical Director of Scripps MD Anderson Cancer Center.