Interview Sessions

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  Patrick Mulvey, Oral History Interview, May 19, 2015

  Patrick Mulvey and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD

  Major Topics Covered:

  • Coming to MD Anderson
  • The Office of Development under presidents Charles A. LeMaistre, John Mendelsohn, and Ronald DePinho
  • Working with MD Anderson presidents
  • The evolution of fundraising as a practice
  • Changes in MD Anderson’s donor base
  • MD Anderson’s capital campaigns
  • Mechanisms for making appeals for donations
  • The Moon Shots Program and fundraising
  • The MD Anderson mission and culture

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  Walter Pagel, ELS, Oral History Interview, August 1, 2012

  Walter Pagel ELS and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD

  Major Topics Covered:

  • Personal and educational background
  • The craft of the scientific editor
  • A reader-centered philosophy of editing
  • Department of Scientific Publications: history, role of, services for faculty and institution
  • MD Anderson publications (e.g. The Heart Bulletin, The Year Book of Cancer, Cancer Bulletin, Breast Diseases, Neuro-oncology, The First Twenty Years, the Cancer Care Series)
  • Electronic publishing
  • Work with national biomedical editing organizations

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  Walter Pagel, ELS, Oral History Interview, August 10, 2012

  Walter Pagel ELS and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD

  Major Topics Covered:

  • Personal and educational background
  • The craft of the scientific editor
  • A reader-centered philosophy of editing
  • Department of Scientific Publications: history, role of, services for faculty and institution
  • MD Anderson publications (e.g. The Heart Bulletin, The Year Book of Cancer, Cancer Bulletin, Breast Diseases, Neuro-oncology, The First Twenty Years, the Cancer Care Series)
  • Electronic publishing
  • Work with national biomedical editing organizations

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  James Jarell “Jake” Pickle and Clifford Drummond Oral History Interview, March 15, 2005

  James "Jake" Jarrell Pickle, Clifford Drummond, Lesley W. Brunet, and Earl Walborg

  Major Topics Covered:

  • Sources of land for MD Anderson Research Park in Smithville and Bastrop, Texas
  • Legislators and others instrumental in advocating in the Legislature
  • R. Lee Clark’s vision for a research facility; personal motives for locating the facility outside of Houston
  • Local and governmental considerations in approving land for a laboratory

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  William Plunkett, PhD, Oral History Interview, March 25, 2013

  William Plunkett PhD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD

  Major Topics Covered

  • Personal and educational background
  • View of history of biomedical sciences; evolution of team science
  • Research: nucleoside analogues; gemcitabine, fludarabine; mechanisms of cell death, DNA repair
  • Research collaborations: with Pharma; importance of collegiality; inter-disciplinary discussions
  • The CLL Moon Shot Program

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  William Plunkett, PhD, Oral History Interview, April 10, 2013

  William Plunkett PhD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD

  Major Topics Covered

  • The Department of Developmental Therapeutics
  • Memories of Emil J Freireich, MD
  • The CLL Moon Shot Program

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  William Plunkett, PhD, Oral History Interview, May 08, 2013

  William Plunkett PhD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD

  Major Topics Covered:

  • The Department of Experimental Thereutics: origin of; strategic plan for; training initiatives; department culture
  • MD Anderson’s Conflict Resolution Process
  • Research Integrity Officer: roles; cases, research issues; ethics
  • MD Anderson executive leadership: views on

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  Donald A. Podoloff, MD, Oral History Interview, April 02, 2015

  Donald A. Podoloff PhD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD

  Major Topics Covered:

  • Personal and educational background
  • Comparison of private practice and work in MD Anderson’s academic context
  • Views on radiology: evolution of the field and shift from imagine of forms to function; integrating radiologists into multi-disciplinary care teams
  • Views on medical education and its impact on research innovation

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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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  Raphael E. Pollock, MD, PhD, Oral History Interview, October 8, 2012

  Raphael E. Pollock and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD

  Major Topics Covered:

  • Personal and educational background
  • Surgical Oncology: the field, evolution, accreditation, future of
  • Research: surgical techniques, surgical stress, natural killer cells, molecular approaches to soft tissue sarcoma; angiogenesis, chemoresistance, novel therapeutics

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  Raphael E. Pollock, MD, PhD, Oral History Interview, October 10, 2012

  Raphael E. Pollock and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD

  Major Topics Covered:

  • Servant leadership: philosophy and examples
  • MD Anderson Tissue Bank
  • The Department of Surgical Oncology: history, evolution, accomplishments
  • The Division of Surgery

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  Raphael E. Pollock, MD, PhD, Oral History Interview, November 19, 2012

  Raphael E. Pollock and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD

  Major Topics Covered:

  • MD Anderson presidents; the change in administration, J. Mendelsohn to R. DePinho
  • Surgery and technology
  • Minority patients at MD Anderson

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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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  Raymond Sawaya, MD, Oral History Interview, June 4, 2013

  Raymond Sawaya MD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD

  Major Topics Covered:

  • Personal and educational background
  • The Neurosurgery Database
  • The Department of Neurosurgery and neuro-services at MD Anderson: history of; developing a multi-disciplinary approach; recruitments
  • The Tissue Bank

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  Raymond Sawaya, MD, Oral History Interview, June 25, 2013

  Raymond Sawaya MD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD

  Major Topics Covered:

  • The special challenges of brain surgery and working with brain cancer patients
  • Research: fibrinogen; surgical techniques
  • Neurosurgery training programs
  • Technology and neurosurgery