Donna K. Sollenberger, Oral History Interview, The First 50 Years of Surgery at MD Anderson (1945 – 1995), July 9, 2019
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Description
Major Topics Covered:
- Division system: traditional structure in medical institutions; Charles A. LeMaistre’s revision of the system; value of; controversies over
- Division of Surgery: major projects to advance collaboration (eg. IT; operating rooms; recruiting)
- MD Anderson culture: culture in early nineties; changing to patient-centered focus
- Multi-disciplinary care centers
- Working relationship with Charles Balch, MD [Head of Division of Surgery]; collaborative relationship between leaders
Interview Chapters
Chapter 01: Considering a Job Amid Controversy Over the Division System
Chapter 02: First Steps as Division Administrator
Chapter 03: Building Collaborative Culture: The Division and Multi-Disciplinary Care Centers
Chapter 04: The Challenges of Changing Institution Culture
Chapter 05: A New Role as VP of Hospitals and Clinics; Comments on a Long Collaboration
Identifier
SollenbergerD_01_20190709
Publication Date
7-9-2019
Publisher
Historical Resources 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
Sollenberger, Donna K.; Balch, Charles M. MD; and Rosolowski, Tacey A. PhD, "Donna K. Sollenberger, Oral History Interview, The First 50 Years of Surgery at MD Anderson (1945 – 1995), July 9, 2019" (2019). History of Surgery - Interview Sessions. 3.
https://openworks.mdanderson.org/surgeryhist_interviewsessions/3
Conditions Governing Access
Open
About the Interview
Donna K. Sollenberger came to MD Anderson in 1991 to serve as Division Administrator for the Division of Surgery. In 1993, she took on the role of VP of Hospitals and Clinics, serving until her departure from MD Anderson in 1997. Since 2009, Ms. Sollenberger has served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of the UTMB Health System, University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. She will retire in August of 2019.