Robert S. Benjamin, MD, Oral History Interview, December 12, 2014
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Description
Major Topics Covered:
- Personal and educational background
- History of research into the pharmacology of cancer drugs
- Research: landmark work on the cardiac toxicity of Adriamycin; intra-arterial delivery of Cisplatin to treat osteosarcoma
- Culture of Department of Developmental Therapeutics; Emil J Freireich, MD [Oral History Interview]
Interview Chapters
Chapter 01: An Educated Family and an Early Interest in Science
Chapter 02: Experiences at Williams College
Chapter 03: An Interest in People
Chapter 04: A Rounded Education During Medical School
Chapter 05: A Mentor in Medical School Teaches Important Research Lessons
Chapter 06: Clinical Experiences and Learning to be a Doctor
Chapter 07: Plans to be a Cardiologist and a Key Fellowship with the NIH
Chapter 08: Stories about Work with Cancer Patients and a Switch to Oncology
Chapter 09: NIH Fellowship: Researching Drugs with Amazing Effects on Patients
Chapter 10: A Lesson on Sharing Credit with Colleagues
Chapter 11: The Path to Developmental Therapeutics at MD Anderson
Identifier
BenjaminRS_01_20141212
Publication Date
12-12-2014
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
Benjamin, Robert S. MD and Rosolowski, Tacey A. PhD, "Robert S. Benjamin, MD, Oral History Interview, December 12, 2014" (2014). Interview Sessions. 90.
https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewsessions/90
Conditions Governing Access
Open
About the Interview
About the Interview Subject:
Robert S. Benjamin, MD (b. 20 April 1943, Brooklyn, New York came to MD Anderson in 1974 as a fellow in the Department of Developmental Therapeutics. He is now a Professor in the Department of Sarcoma Medical Oncology. He first focused his research in the entirely new area of the pharmacology of cancer drugs. After a few years at MD Anderson, however, Dr. Benjamin shifted his focus to sarcoma medical oncology, and conducted landmark studies establishing chemotherapy treatments for the disease, leading to limb salvage and multi-modality treatment approaches. Dr. Benjamin served as Chair of the Department of Melanoma/Sarcoma and then the Department of Sarcoma—from 1993 to 2012. He has been known within MD Anderson culture as “King Pin” because of many pins patients have given him to wear on his lab coat.