Interview Sessions

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  Frederick F. Becker, MD, Oral History Interview, May 17, 2012

  Frederick F. Becker MD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD

  Major Topics Covered:

  • Building MD Anderson’s Department of Pathology
  • Building MD Anderson’s research culture: multi-disciplinary research, excellence, fundraising
  • South Campus
  • Working with MD Anderson presidents
  • The institutional and financial stress
  • Texas and Texans

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  Robert S. Benjamin, MD, Oral History Interview, December 12, 2014

  Robert S. Benjamin MD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD

  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]

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  Robert S. Benjamin, MD, Oral History Interview, January 16, 2015

  Robert S. Benjamin MD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD

  Major Topics Covered:

  • 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]
  • Research collaborations with surgeons; building a multi-disciplinary service
  • History of the Departments of Melanoma and Sarcoma

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  Robert S. Benjamin, MD, Oral History Interview, March 6, 2015

  Robert S. Benjamin MD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD

  Major Topics Covered:

  • History of the Departments of Melanoma and Sarcoma
  • The Melanoma/Sarcoma Center
  • A clinician’s critical perspective on institutional changes under Dr. Ronald DePinho

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  Gerald Bodey Interview, 2003

  Gerald P. Bodey MD and Lesley W. Brunet

  Major Topics Covered:

  • Collaborating with Emil J Freireich on the laminar air flow rooms
  • Influences to study oncology

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  Gerald P. Bodey, MD Oral History Interview, June 19, 2013

  Gerald P. Bodey MD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD

  Major Topics Covered:

  • Personal and educational background; faith
  • Research: bacterial and fungal infectious diseases and leukemia; chemotherapy and anti-bacterial/anti-fungal agents; laminar air-flow and infection control
  • Collaborations with Emil J Freireich, MD
  • Relationships between researchers and pharmaceutical companies
  • The Department of Developmental Therapeutics
  • The Laminar Air-Flow Units

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  Gerald P. Bodey MD, Oral History Interview, June 26, 2013

  Gerald P. Bodey MD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD

  Major Topics Covered:

  • Research: bacterial and fungal infectious diseases and leukemia; chemotherapy and anti-bacterial/anti-fungal agents; laminar air-flow and infection control
  • Changes in patient care
  • The Office of Research Protocol: history, directing
  • The Department of Medical Specialties

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  Gerald P. Bodey MD, Oral History Interview, July 23, 2013

  Gerald P. Bodey MD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD

  Major Topics Covered:

  • Research: bacterial and fungal infectious diseases and leukemia; chemotherapy and anti-bacterial/anti-fungal agents; laminar air-flow and infection control
  • Changes in patient care
  • The Department of Medical Specialties

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  Oliver Bogler, PhD, Oral History Interview, 10 November 2014

  Oliver Bogler PhD and Tacey A. Rosolowksi PhD

  Major Topics Covered:

  • Personal and educational background leading to an international perspective
  • Research on the molecular and genetic processes that influence cancer in brain cells
  • Switch from research to administration
  • [Re-]organization and function of Global Academic Programs [GAP]

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  Oliver Bogler, PhD, Oral History Interview, 17 November 2014

  Oliver Bogler PhD and Tacey A. Rosolowksi PhD

  Major Topics Covered:

  • How GAP serves MD Anderson’s mission and financial wellbeing
  • Experiences as a survivor of male breast cancer; roles as an advocate for male breast cancer patients.

  
  

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  James M. Bowen, PhD, Oral History Interview, March 27, 2000

  James M. Bowen PhD and Louis J. Marchiafava PhD

  Major Topics Covered:

  • Education and personal background; inspiration/commitment to oncology research
  • Research: virology, immunology
  • Brief history of the Departments of Biochemistry, Biology, and Physics
  • Portraits of R. Lee Clark and Charles LeMaistre
  • MD Anderson culture: basic sciences and scientists in a clinical setting
  • Building the basic sciences
  • Division of Prevention: creation of
  • Administrative reorganizations in the 70s and 80s
  • Leadership
  • MD Anderson and the Texas Medical Center
  • The MD Anderson mission

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  Cecil C. Brewer, RN, BSN, MS, Oral History Interview, 2006 June 14

  Cecil C. Brewer RN, BSN, MS and Lesley W. Brunet

  Major Topics Covered:

  • Personal and educational background
  • Contributions to care of in-patient care of head and neck patients.
  • Views of nursing at MD Anderson in the 1970s

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  Cecil C. Brewer, RN, BSN, MS, Oral History Interview, 2019 May 16

  Cecil C. Brewer RN, BSN, MS and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD

  Major Topics Covered:

  • Personal and educational background; a childhood in rural Texas and Dallas under segregation
  • Views of male nurses in the 1960s/1970s Historical perspective on nursing at MD Anderson in the 1970s

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  Cecil C. Brewer, RN, BSN, MS, Oral History Interview, 2019 June 06

  Cecil C. Brewer RN, BSN, MS and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD

  Major Topics Covered:

  • Nursing leadership and development of nursing: Renilda Hilkemeyer [oral history interview], Joyce Alt [oral history interview], John Crosley, Donna Sollenberger [oral history interview]; development of the Center Administrative Directors; career ladder for nursing development; advances in patient care practices, in-patient and out-patient

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  Cecil C. Brewer, RN, BSN, MS, Oral History Interview, 2019 June 20

  Cecil C. Brewer RN, BSN, MS and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD

  Major Topics Covered:

  • Nursing leadership and development of nursing: Renilda Hilkemeyer [oral history interview], Joyce Alt [oral history interview], John Crosley, Donna Sollenberger [oral history interview]; development of the Center Administrative Directors; career ladder for nursing development; advances in patient care practices, in-patient and out-patient
  • Contributions to care of in-patient care of head and neck patients.

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  William A. Brock, PhD, Oral History Interview, December 4, 2018

  William A. Brock PhD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD

  Major Topics Covered:

  • Personal background, education, retirement activities
  • Research: radiation side effects; effect on fibroblasts, normal tissue
  • Ombuds Office: creation; expansion; programs offered; operations and philosophy

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  William A. Brock, PhD, Oral History Interview, January 22, 2019

  William A. Brock PhD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD

  Major Topics Covered:

  • Ombuds Office: creation; expansion; programs offered; operations and philosophy
  • Culture of MD Anderson

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  Eduardo Bruera, MD, FAAHPM, Oral History Interview, August 13, 2018

  Eduardo Bruera MD, FAAHPM and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD

  Major Topics Covered:

  • History of palliative care and its recognition by mainstream medicine; palliative care as a “fringe discipline”; strategies for promoting acceptance of the field; the importance of institutional structures and support; communicating with mainstream disciplines; developing a clinical service supported by research; relationship of palliative care to other care disciplines; the future of palliative care
  • Disease-centered patient care versus patient-centered care; MD Anderson’s commitment to these approaches
  • Leadership practices: building a department; building teams; fostering collaborative leadership
  • Burnout in palliative care; strategies to address it

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  Eduardo Bruera, MD, FAAHPM, Oral History Interview, August 8, 2018

  Eduardo Bruera MD, FAAHPM and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD

  Major Topics Covered:

  • Personal background and education
  • Research: pain management; assessment of patient needs;
  • History of palliative care and its recognition by mainstream medicine; palliative care as a “fringe discipline”; strategies for promoting acceptance of the field; the importance of institutional structures and support; communicating with mainstream disciplines; developing a clinical service supported by research; relationship of palliative care to other care disciplines; the future of palliative care

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  Eduardo Bruera, MD, FAAHPM, Oral History Interview, November 5, 2018

  Eduardo Bruera MD, FAAHPM and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD

  Major Topics Covered:

  • History of palliative care and its recognition by mainstream medicine; palliative care as a “fringe discipline”; strategies for promoting acceptance of the field; the importance of institutional structures and support; communicating with mainstream disciplines; developing a clinical service supported by research; relationship of palliative care to other care disciplines; the future of palliative care
  • Disease-centered patient care versus patient-centered care; MD Anderson’s commitment to these approaches
  • Leadership practices: building a department; building teams; fostering collaborative leadership
  • Burnout in palliative care; strategies to address it
  • Service to the World Health Organization and to the International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care
  • Spiritual dimensions of leadership and palliative care

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  Janet M. Bruner, MD, Oral History Interview, June 4, 2012

  Janet M. Bruner MD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD

  Major Topics Covered:

  • Personal and educational background
  • Overviews of pathology and neuropathology, approach and practice in team settings
  • Research: molecular genetics
  • MD Anderson Neuropathology Laboratory: operations
  • Developing the MD Anderson Tissue Bank
  • The Department of Pathology, subspecializing
  • The Department of Hematopathology
  • Women and leadership at MD Anderson

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  Janet M. Bruner, MD, Oral History Interview, June 7, 2012

  Janet M. Bruner MD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD

  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

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  Thomas A. Buchholz, MD, Oral History Interview, January 10, 2018

  Thomas A. Buchholz MD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD

  Major Topics Covered:

  • Personal background and education
  • Radiation oncology as an evolving field
  • Multi-disciplinary research at MD Anderson
  • Leadership at Department, Division, and Executive Committee levels

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  Thomas A. Buchholz, MD, Oral History Interview, January 31, 2018

  Thomas A. Buchholz MD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD

  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

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  Thomas A. Buchholz, MD, Oral History Interview, March 8, 2018

  Thomas A. Buchholz MD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD

  Major Topics Covered:

  • Leadership: examples of effective decision-making, critique of “stumbles” MD Anderson in transition under Ronald DePinho and after his resignation
  • UT System’s relationship to MD Anderson leadership
  • Epic: transition to, value of, impact on MD Anderson culture