Frederick Ames, MD, Oral History Interview, The First 50 Years of Surgery at MD Anderson (1945 – 1995), February 27, 2019
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Major Topics Covered:
- Medical training, military service
- Surgery at MD Anderson in the mid-late seventies to early nineties: practice of general surgery; conservatism and innovation; from general surgery to surgical oncology
- The division system: impact on surgery
- Key figures in surgery: R. Lee Clark, MD; Edgar White, MD; Richard Martin, MD; Edward Copeland, MD
Interview Chapters
Chapter 01: Medical Training, the Military, and a Fellowship at MD Anderson
Chapter 02: On Faculty in General Surgery at MD Anderson and Thoughts about R. Lee Clark
Chapter 03: Dr. Edward White: Impact on the Department and Breast Cancer Treatment
Chapter 04: The Impact of R. Lee Clark, MD and Richard Martin, MD
Chapter 05: Key Figures in Surgery in the Seventies through Early Nineties
Identifier
AmesF_01_20190227
Publication Date
2-27-2019
Publisher
Historical Resources Center, The Research Medical Library, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
City
Houston, Texas
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
Disciplines
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine | Oncology | Oral History | Surgery
Recommended Citation
Ames, Frederick MD; Balch, Charles M. MD; and Rosolowski, Tacey A. PhD, "Frederick Ames, MD, Oral History Interview, The First 50 Years of Surgery at MD Anderson (1945 – 1995), February 27, 2019" (2019). History of Surgery - Interview Sessions. 2.
https://openworks.mdanderson.org/surgeryhist_interviewsessions/2
Conditions Governing Access
Open
About the Interview
Portions of this interview have been redacted. Please see archivist for details.
Interview Subject Snapshot
Name: Frederick Ames, MD
Interviewed: 2019
Primary appt: Surgical Oncology
Research: Combination treatments; combination treatments for breast cancer; radical mastectomy versus conservation treatments; breast cancer surgery; breast cancer pain management;
Admin: Deputy Department Chair (1994-2007); Medical Director, MD Anderson Physicians Network (2013 – present) Other: Clinical Fellow, Oncologic Surgery (’74-’75)
About the Interview Subject:
Frederick Ames, MD came to MD Anderson as a clinical fellow in Oncologic Surgery (’74-’75), then joined the faculty in 1977 as an Assistant Professor in Surgical Oncology. He served as Deputy Department Chair from 1994-2007 and since 2013 has served as medical director of the MD Anderson Physicians Network.