Aman Ullah Buzdar, MD, Oral History Interview, February 10, 2017
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Description
Major Topics Covered:
- Personal background and education
- Research: adjuvant treatments for breast cancer
- Department of Breast Medical Oncology
- MD Anderson research culture, evolution of
- Office of Clinical Research: IRBs and regulatory oversight
- Clinical Effectiveness Committee: MD Anderson algorithms of care
Interview Chapters
Chapter 01: A Family Tradition in Medicine; Attracted to the Medical Mentality
Chapter 02: The Advantages of Moving to Texas and to MD Anderson
Chapter 03: Undertaking Breast Cancer Research When the Field was Young
Chapter 04: A Philosophy of Clinical Research (and Its Early Controversies)
Chapter 05: IRBs and a Few Words about the Growth of Multi-disciplinary Care
Chapter 06: Research on Hormone-Dependent Breast Cancers
Chapter 07: VP of Clinical Research
Chapter 08: The Clinical Effectiveness Committee and the MD Anderson Algorithms of Care
Identifier
BuzdarAU_01_20170210
Publication Date
2-10-2017
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
Buzdar, Aman U. MD and Rosolowski, Tacey A. PhD, "Aman Ullah Buzdar, MD, Oral History Interview, February 10, 2017" (2017). Interview Sessions. 93.
https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewsessions/93
Conditions Governing Access
Open
About the Interview
About the Interview Subject:
Dr. Buzdar (b. 1 January 1945, Nishtar, Pakistan) came to MD Anderson in 1974 as second-year Fellow in Medicine (Oncology). He joined the faculty as a Faculty Associate in Medicine (Medical Breast Service), Department of Medicine the following year. At the time of the interview, Dr. Buzdar is Professor of Medicine and Internist in the Department of Breast Medical Oncology in the Division of Cancer Medicine. Since 2016 he has held the Edward Rotan Distinguished Professorship in Cancer Research. Since 2010 he has served as Vice President, Clinical Research.