Robert Byers, MD, Oral History Interview, The First 50 Years of Surgery at MD Anderson (1945 – 1995), October 14, 2019
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Description
Major Topics Covered:
- Recruitment to MD Anderson
- Evolution of the Head & Neck Surgery Department
- Portraits of key figures in surgery at MD Anderson
Interview Chapters
Chapter 2: Recruitment to MD Anderson and Dr. R. Lee Clark, the “Visionary”
Chapter 3: Dr. Byers’ Training and Decision to Join MD Anderson
Chapter 5: Discussion of Dr. Richard H. Jesse, Department Chief of Head & Neck Surgery, MD Anderson
Chapter 7: Dr. R. Lee Clark, Surgeon & Chief, MD Anderson Cancer Hospital
Chapter 8: The Head & Neck Department, its Leadership and Politics
Identifier
ByersR_01_20191014
Publication Date
10-14-2019
Publisher
The 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.
Topics Covered
MD Anderson History; MD Anderson Snapshot; Research
Disciplines
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine | Oncology | Oral History | Surgery
Recommended Citation
Byers, Robert MD; Balch, Charles M. MD; and Rosolowski, Tacey A. PhD, "Robert Byers, MD, Oral History Interview, The First 50 Years of Surgery at MD Anderson (1945 – 1995), October 14, 2019" (2019). History of Surgery - Interview Sessions. 5.
https://openworks.mdanderson.org/surgeryhist_interviewsessions/5
Conditions Governing Access
Open
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