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Emil J Freireich, M.D., Oral History Interview Session 02, October 6, 2011
Emil J. Freireich MD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Building the research culture and training researchers at MD Anderson
- History of cancer medicine, clinical research, translational research and education
- MD Anderson presidents and the history and expansion of MD Anderson
- The Department of Developmental Therapeutics
- Institutional Grand Rounds
- The Core Curriculum
- The Physician’s Assistant Training Program
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Edmund A. Gehan, PhD, Oral History Interview, March 28, 2003
Edmund A. Gehan PhD, Lesley W. Brunet, and James S. Olson PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Educational background and path to becoming a biostatistician
- Early career at the National Institute of Health
- Fellowship at Birkberck in London with Sir David R. Cox
- Early collaborations with Drs. Frei and Freireich at the NIH
- Administrative dynamics at MD Anderson
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Gerald Dodd MD, Oral History Interview, December 13, 2001
Dodd D. Gerald J, MD
Major Topics Covered:
- Medical education and training overview
- Military Service - Korean War
- Insights into the early days of diagnostic radiology
- Joining the MD Anderson Cancer Center
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Gerald D. Dodd, Jr. MD, Oral History Interview, March 7, 2002
Dodd D. Gerald J, MD and Lesley W. Brunet
Major Topics Covered:
- Establishment of the Section Diagnostic Radiology
- Working Dr. Gilbert Fletcher, Head of the Department of Radiology
- Development of Diagnostic Procedures and Tools
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Helmuth Goepfert, MD, Oral History Interview, August 27, 2012
Helmuth Goepfert MD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Personal and educational background
- Head and Neck oncology: evolution of; patient experiences of; special challenges
- History of head and neck surgery; evolution into multi-disciplinary team collaboration
- Section of Head and Neck Surgery
- Research: combining surgery with chemotherapy and radiation therapy to preserve laryngeal function
- Interdisciplinary care for head and neck cancers at MD Anderson
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Helmuth Goepfert, MD, Oral History Interview, August 28, 2012
Helmuth Goepfert MD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Biomedical publishing; ethics
- Biomedical/clinical education, educational publications
- The Physicians Network
- MD Anderson presidents
- MD Anderson culture
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Jordan U. Gutterman, MD, Oral History Interview, December 01, 2004
Jordan U. Gutterman MD, Lesley W. Brunet, and James S. Olson PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Early MD Anderson Pioneers
- Early history of the Departmental Therapeutics department
- Publishing in History of Medicine
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Jordan U. Gutterman, MD, Oral History Interview, March 29, 2006
Jordan U. Gutterman MD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Development of interferon for use in cancer treatment
- How Mary Lasker of the Lasker Foundation designed a successful strategy to obtain the needed funding for the costly research.
- The origins of the Interferon Foundation,
- Research protocols and philosophy
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Jordan U. Gutterman, MD, Oral History Interview, May 18, 2006
Jordan U. Gutterman MD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Interferon Foundation
- American Cancer Society
- National Cancer Institute (U.S.)
- University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center -- History
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Jordan U. Gutterman, MD, Oral History Interview, April 12, 2012
Jordan U. Gutterman MD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Personal and educational background
- Mary Lasker: a personal friend and professional/financial supporter
- Research: Interferon; success with patients; largest clinical trial; hairy-cell leukemia; tests on other cancers
- Research: Avicins and nutrition
- Economics of clinical trials, drug testing; financial support for research
- Ethics
- The Department of Developmental Therapeutics
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Jordan U. Gutterman, MD, Oral History Interview, April 13, 2012
Jordan U. Gutterman MD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Research: Interferon; success with patients; largest clinical trial; hairy-cell leukemia; tests on other cancers
- Research: Avicins and nutrition
- Economics of clinical trials, drug testing; financial support for research
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Jordan U. Gutterman, MD, Oral History Interview, April 19, 2012
Jordan U. Gutterman MD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Research: Avicins and nutrition
- Economics of clinical trials, drug testing; financial support for research
- Ethics
- The Department of Developmental Therapeutics
Major Topics Covered:
Personal and educational background
Mary Lasker: a personal friend and professional/financial supporter
Research: Interferon; success with patients; largest clinical trial; hairy-cell leukemia; tests on other cancers
Research: Avicins and nutrition
Economics of clinical trials, drug testing; financial support for research
Ethics
The Department of Developmental Therapeutics
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JoAnne H. Hale, Oral History Interview, April 19, 2018
JoAnne H. Hale and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Education and personal background
- Overview of administrative duties for R. Lee Clark, Charles LeMaistre, and John Mendelsohn
- Observations about the organization and function of the President’s Office
- Transitions between presidents
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JoAnne H. Hale, Oral History Interview, May 31, 2018
JoAnne H. Hale and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Personal views of Drs. Clark, LeMaistre, and Mendelsohn
- Work culture and working environment for administrative assistants
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Karen K. Harrison, Oral History Interview, May 28, 2012
Karen K. Harrison and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Personal background; faith
- On volunteering at MD Anderson
- Stories of offering care to patients
- The Children’s Art Project; origin and evolution of; managing; promoting; projects; financial benefits to institution; commercialization
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Karen K. Harrison, Oral History Interview, June 7, 2013
Karen K. Harrison and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Memories of Page Lawson and volunteers
- Volunteer Services; history, operations; events
- The “MD Anderson Annex,” Mrs. Harrison’s privately run residence for patients undergoing treatment
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Amy Carpenter Hay, BA, MS, Oral History Interview, February 04, 2015
Amy Carpenter Hay BA, MS and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Personal and educational background
- Evolution of the satellite/regional care system
- The development of the Proton Therapy Center
- The Center for Global Oncology
- The Office of Global Business Development
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Amy Carpenter Hay, BA, MS, Oral History Interview, June 02, 2015
Amy Carpenter Hay BA, MS and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Business partnerships in the United States and abroad
- Financial challenges to MD Anderson and healthcare
- Visualizing business opportunity in healthcare
- Technology and business opportunity
- Women and leadership
- Shifts in MD Anderson research and culture to innovation and technology
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Kay L. Hermes, Oral History Interview, January 22, 2018
Kay L. Hermes and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Personal background and education
- Comments on post WWII culture; life of young women in the 50s, 60s
- The Department of Epidemiology: early years, work processes in the 60s, 70s
- Perspectives on Eleanor MacDonald, PhD: impact on the institution; leadership; gifts as an analyst; acceptance of as a leaders, as an epidemiologist
- The Texas Cancer Registry Project: data collection; use of data; travels in Texas to collect data; training of individuals at hospitals to collect data
- Perspectives on R. Lee Clark, MD, Clifton Mountain, MD
- Work on lung cancer staging studies
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Marshall Hicks, MD, Oral History Interview, April 17, 2018
Marshall Hicks MD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Personal background and education; a child with cancer
- Research in the evolving field of interventional radiology
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Marshall Hicks, MD, Oral History Interview, May 1, 2018
Marshall Hicks MD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Research in the evolving field of interventional radiology
- Interventional radiology: early research; views on an evolving field, ethical dilemmas
- Department of Interventional Radiology (renamed Diagnostic Radiology): evolution of; leadership and development of; developing patient-experience focus
- Evolution of leadership perspective, focus, and skills; views on coaching, governance structure, strategic planning, team work; leadership challenges; views on leadership pipeline; creation of in-house divisional leadership training shifts in identity with shifts in leadership level (section chief, department chair, interim president)
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Marshall Hicks, MD, Oral History Interview, July 3, 2018
Marshall Hicks MD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Interventional radiology: early research; views on an evolving field, ethical dilemmas
- Department of Interventional Radiology (renamed Diagnostic Radiology): evolution of; leadership and development of; developing patient-experience focus
- Evolution of leadership perspective, focus, and skills; views on coaching, governance structure, strategic planning, team work; leadership challenges; views on leadership pipeline; creation of in-house divisional leadership training shifts in identity with shifts in leadership level (section chief, department chair, interim president)
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Marshall Hicks, MD, Oral History Interview, July 24, 2018
Marshall Hicks MD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Institutional changes and transitions (2011 – 2018); under Ronald DePinho; shifts in morale, culture, ethics; managing messaging around change; focus on culture; implementing Epic medical records system, the financial crisis, and recovery; developing the shared governance system, preparing for a new institution president; Hurricane Harvey response and impact
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Marshall Hicks, MD, Oral History Interview, August 29, 2018
Marshall Hicks MD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Institutional changes and transitions (2011 – 2018); under Ronald DePinho; shifts in morale, culture, ethics; managing messaging around change; focus on culture; implementing Epic medical records system, the financial crisis, and recovery; developing the shared governance system, preparing for a new institution president; Hurricane Harvey response and impact
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Marshall Hicks, MD, Oral History Interview, November 20, 2018
Marshall Hicks MD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Institutional changes and transitions (2011 – 2018); under Ronald DePinho; shifts in morale, culture, ethics; managing messaging around change; focus on culture; implementing Epic medical records system, the financial crisis, and recovery; developing the shared governance system, preparing for a new institution president;
