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Donald A. Podoloff, MD, Oral History Interview, April 23, 2015
Donald A. Podoloff PhD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Views on training radiologists at MD Anderson
- Research: imaging of living systems
- Evolution of radiology at MD Anderson
- The Center for Advanced Biomedical Imaging –history of, economics of, potential impact on MD Anderson
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Donald A. Podoloff, MD, Oral History Interview, June 04, 2015
Donald A. Podoloff PhD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Research culture at MD Anderson
- Growth at MD Anderson
- Ethics in medicine and research
- Faith
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Carol Porter, DNP, RN, FAAN, Oral History Interview, January 4, 2018
Carol Porter DNP, RN, FAAN and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Personal background and education
- Emergency management: training and experience prior to MD Anderson, 9/11; importance of emergency management training to a nursing career; leadership in emergency management
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Carol Porter, DNP, RN, FAAN, Oral History Interview, January 25, 2018
Carol Porter DNP, RN, FAAN and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Vision for evolution in the Division of Nursing
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Carol Porter, DNP, RN, FAAN, Oral History Interview, July 6, 2018
Carol Porter DNP, RN, FAAN and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Leadership issues in nursing
- Emergency management: training and experience prior to MD Anderson, 9/11; importance of emergency management training to a nursing career; leadership in emergency management
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Alma Rodriguez, MD, Oral History Interview, February 20, 2015
Alma Rodriguez MD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Discussed:
- Personal and educational background
- Research on lymphoma treatments
- Shift in career focus from research to administration
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Alma Rodriguez, MD, Oral History Interview, March 06, 2015
Alma Rodriguez MD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Discussed:
- Developing an administrative leader; Women and leadership
- Unique qualities and impact of physician leaders
- The Office of Medical Affairs: Evolution, Scope, Impact
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Alma Rodriguez, MD, Oral History Interview, May 01, 2015
Alma Rodriguez MD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Discussed:
- Developing an administrative leader; Women and leadership
- Unique qualities and impact of physician leaders
- The Office of Medical Affairs: Evolution, Scope, Impact
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Alma Rodriguez, MD, Oral History Interview, June 05, 2015
Alma Rodriguez MD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Discussed:
- Quality indicators and patient centered care
- The Survivorship Program
- MD Anderson growth and changes in culture; evaluation of Ronald DePinho’s agenda
- Economics of healthcare and impact on MD Anderson
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Alma Rodriguez, MD, Video Oral History Interview, April 17, 2017
Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD and Alma Rodriguez MD
Major Topics Covered:
- The history of multidisciplinary care at MD Anderson
- MD Anderson algorithms of care
- MD Anderson culture
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William C. Satterfield, DVM, Oral History Interview, July 24, 2012
William C. Satterfield DVM and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Personal and educational background
- The role of veterinarians in collaborative research
- Use of animals in research: practicalities and controversy; care and protections for animals
- MD Anderson’s chimpanzee colony
- Research collaborations: HIV, hepatitis C, ovarian cancer, tissue engineering
- The Michale Keeling Center and MD Anderson: laboratory practice, care of animals
- Cattlemen for Cancer Research: philanthropic support of MD Anderson
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William C. Satterfield, DVM, Oral History Interview, July 25, 2012
William C. Satterfield DVM and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Personal and educational background
- The role of veterinarians in collaborative research]
- Use of animals in research: practicalities and controversy; care and protections for animals\
- MD Anderson’s chimpanzee colony\
- Research collaborations: HIV, hepatitis C, ovarian cancer, tissue engineering
- The Michale Keeling Center and MD Anderson: laboratory practice, care of animals
- Cattlemen for Cancer Research: philanthropic support of MD Anderson
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Margaret Spitz, MD, Oral History Interview, October 13, 2016
Margaret R. Spitz MD and Tacey A. Rosolowksi PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Personal background, education, emigration from South Africa
- History of the Division of Cancer Prevention
- History of the Department of Epidemiology
- History of the field of Epidemiology
- Epidemiology research: predictive models, lung cancer
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Margaret Spitz, MD, Oral History Interview, November 01, 2016
Margaret R. Spitz MD and Tacey A. Rosolowksi PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Conceptualizing “integrative epidemiology”
- Women at MD Anderson
- Training and education for a new generation of epidemiologists
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George M. Stancel, PhD, Oral History Interview, January 24, 2012
George M. Stancel PhD and Tacey A. Rosolowksi PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Personal and educational background
- Research: estrogen and uterine cancer
- Transformation of laboratory science and laboratory technologies
- Early years of the University of Texas Medical School; Building the Department of Pharmacology
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George M. Stancel, PhD, Oral History Interview, February 29, 2012
George M. Stancel PhD and Tacey A. Rosolowksi PhD
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Marilyn Stovall, PhD, Oral History Interview, May 10, 2012
Marilyn Stovall PhD and Tacey A. Rosolowksi PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Personal background and education
- Memories of the early years of MD Anderson
- Contributions to radiation therapy
- Effects of radiation on long-term cancer survivors
- A portrait of Dr. Robert Shalek, former Director of the Radiation Physics Center
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John Stroehlein, MD, Oral History Interview, December 5, 2012
John Stroehlein MD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Personal and educational background; military experience; retirement
- Working at Methodist Hospital; MD Anderson in comparison to other institutions
- Gastroenterology and oncology: history and evolution; development of team approaches
- Research overview
- Department of Gastroenterology: history of
- Department of Patient Affairs: functions, organization
- Data management initiatives
- Quality assurance initiatives
- MD Anderson growth; cultural change; changing relationship to Texas/Houston
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John Stroehlein, MD, Oral History Interview, December 12, 2012
John Stroehlein MD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Personal and educational background; military experience; retirement
- Working at Methodist Hospital; MD Anderson in comparison to other institutions
- Gastroenterology and oncology: history and evolution; development of team approaches
- Research overview
- Department of Gastroenterology: history of
- Department of Patient Affairs: functions, organization
- Data management initiatives
- Quality assurance initiatives
- MD Anderson growth; cultural change; changing relationship to Texas/Houston
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Louise Connally Strong, MD, Oral History Interview, August 8, 2012
Louise Connally Strong MD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Personal and educational background
- Overview and history of oncology genetics in the sixties and seventies
- Working with Alfred Knudson
- Research: longitudinal studies of inherited genetics patterns of neuroblastoma, aniridia, and Wilm’s tumor; discovery of the p53 tumor suppressor genes and link to Li-Fraumeni syndrome, survivorship
- Women at MD Anderson
- MD Anderson’s cancer screening program
- Ethics and genetic testing
- MD Anderson growth and cultural change
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Louise Connally Strong, MD, Oral History Interview, August 10, 2012
Louise Connally Strong MD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Personal and educational background
- Overview and history of oncology genetics in the sixties and seventies
- Working with Alfred Knudson
- Research: longitudinal studies of inherited genetics patterns of neuroblastoma, aniridia, and Wilm’s tumor; discovery of the p53 tumor suppressor genes and link to Li-Fraumeni syndrome, survivorship
- Women at MD Anderson
- MD Anderson’s cancer screening program
- Ethics and genetic testing
- MD Anderson growth and cultural change
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Steve C. Stuyck MPH, Oral History Interview June 11, 2013
Steve C. Stuyck MPH and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Personal and educational background
- The Department/Office of Public Affairs: history and evolution of; services developed and encompassed; innovative activities to serve faculty, administration, patients
- Public Affairs and support of cancer prevention, education, philanthropy/development
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Steve C. Stuyck MPH, Oral History Interview July 13, 2013
Steve C. Stuyck MPH and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- The Department/Office of Public Affairs: history and evolution of; services developed and encompassed; innovative activities to serve faculty, administration, patients
- Public Affairs and support of cancer prevention, education, philanthropy/development
- Working relationships with MD Anderson presidents
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Pamela “Sat-Siri” Austin Sumler, LMT, BCTMB, CLT, E-RYT, Oral History Interview, May 01, 2018
Pamela Sat Siri Sumler and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Education and personal background; experience of cancer and disease; spirituality and meaning
- Meditation and yoga as a life practice and spiritual orientation; massage, meditation, and teaching as spiritual practices
- Massage for oncology patients; working with patients undergoing treatment; developing guidelines for massage
- Massage at MD Anderson; building a service and its evolution; developing acceptance/addressing resistance of patients and clinicians; developing a training program for massage therapists
- Stories of work with patients
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Pamela “Sat Siri” Austin Sumler, LMT, BCTMB, CLT, E-RYT, Oral History Interview, May 1, 2018
Pamela Sat Siri Sumler LMT, BCTMB, CLT, E-RYT and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD
Major Topics Covered:
- Education and personal background; experience of cancer and disease; spirituality and meaning
- Meditation and yoga as a life practice and spiritual orientation; massage, meditation, and teaching as spiritual practices
- Massage for oncology patients; working with patients undergoing treatment; developing guidelines for massage;
- Massage at MD Anderson; building a service and its evolution; developing acceptance/addressing resistance of patients and clinicians; developing a training program for massage therapists
- Stories of work with patients
- Participation in research studies
- Hope for the future of alternative medicine under Peter Pisters
