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Chapter 07: MD Anderson Presidents
No full textIn this chapter, Dr. Kripke talks about Dr. Charles LeMaistre and Dr. John Mendelsohn. She notes that Dr. LeMaistre\u27s greatest contribution may be the creation of the Department of Cancer Prevention, then goes on to discuss the leadership style of Dr. Mendelsohn, with whom she worked closely. She describes him as a consensus builder, and notes his success in fostering translational research (he is a physician-scientist) at MD Anderson, to the degree that there are more physician-scientists who want to come to the institution than they can afford to hire. She then speaks about her optimism that Dr. Ronald DePinho will be able to guide MD Anderson through another quantum leap. She credits the Board of Regents for selecting the presidents that MD Anderson needs as a particular moment, even if the choice at first seem surprising.https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewchapters/1086/thumbnail.jp
[Laboratory Request by Louie L. Anderson]
No full textLaboratory Request form by Louie L. Anderson to determine the presence of nitrates from a discharged firearm in casts taken from Lee Harvey Oswald
Chapter 4: Furthering a Research Career at MD Anderson
No full textDr. Travis begins this Chapter by explaining that she was aware of MD Anderson throughout her career. After her post-doctoral fellowship at the Gray Laboratory, she was recruited to serve as Cancer Expert at the National Institutes of Health (National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, 1979−1982) and she was recruited by Lester Peters for MD Anderson in 1982. Next Dr. Travis explains how her work on radiation damage to normal lung tissue in mice had implications for patient care. She describes some experiments conducted to explore radio-protectors, radio-sensitization, and strategies for changing the fractionation of beams to do less tissue damage. She undertook this work at MD Anderson and mentions individuals she worked with and the seminal data produced showing that it was better to use a lot of radiation on a small area of tissue to do the least damage to normal disuse.
Dr. Travis notes that she came to MD Anderson as an Associate Professor and she was the only woman in the Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology. She describes the department as very vibrant, one of the best in the field, and she brought her focus on normal tissue, which no one else was researching at the time. She also observes that the Department “took a chance” on her, as she had no grant funding at the time. However her first R01 grant proposal was funded; she also had a program project grant.
Dr. Travis describes how writing grant proposals helped her develop as a researcher during her first years at MD Anderson. She explains how a grant proposal creates a road map for an experiment and forces the researcher to articulate hypotheses and think about a research question in a holistic way. “You see it from 35,000 feet,” she says.
Dr. Travis compares her experience at MD Anderson with the environment at the NCI.https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewchapters/2019/thumbnail.jp
Chapter 09: Reflections on Dr. Clifton Mountain and Data Collection Roles at MD Anderson
No full textMrs. Hermes begins this chapter with memories of how much she enjoyed working for Dr. Mountain over the course of 25 years. He taught her how to think about data, she explains, and she was listed as an author on a number of publications on lung cancer [see examples below]. She explains that Dr. Mountain left MD Anderson in 1993, but she continued to work freelance for him. She recalls that he set up the first conference on mathematics at MD Anderson, early in his career sometime in the sixties.
Next she comments on how the unique openness of Houston culture fit well with the bold visions that both R. Lee Clark and Eleanor MacDonald held for oncology. She says that her most important work was on Dr. Mountain’s staging system for lung cancer and she explains why staging the disease presented challenges.
She confirms that she was always interested in the implications of basic research for clinical findings. She credits Eleanor MacDonald for helping her to develop her curiosity and questioning style.https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewchapters/2036/thumbnail.jp
Chapter 10: Discovering the Severity of Burnout at MD Anderson
No full textDr. Holleman notes that he started at MD Anderson in January 2010, then discusses the severity of the burnout he discovered among the physicians and researchers (also a national problem). He details the sources of burnout among physicians that stem from turbulence in the healthcare environment and at MD Anderson: increased time spent on paperwork, sense of losing autonomy in the clinic, the need for child care, loss of a sense of meaning in the workplace. He notes that no formal studies have been done of faculty scientists, but summarizes findings from an informal survey: increased grant paperwork, shrinking grant funding, drop in morale, conflict with institutional leadership.https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewchapters/2081/thumbnail.jp
Chapter 02:A Bold Step and Coming to Work at MD Anderson
No full textIn this chapter, Mrs. Hermes explains how she came to work at MD Anderson. She begins by telling the story of how, after not being accepted into medical school, she and a friend, Rosemary Sweeney, decided to take the bus to Galveston, Texas to look for jobs. The opportunity to work at MD Anderson came because a relative of Dr. R. Lee Clark’s assistant, Marion Wall, was a friend of Mrs. Hermes’ mother.
Mrs. Hermes shares memories of starting work when MD Anderson was located in the old Baker Estate on Baldwin Street. She notes that she worked in the converted army barracks and that she was supposed to work with Dr. Trunelle on a project involving chick embryos, but ended up working for Eleanor MacDonald, PhD [oral history interview and video interviews].
Mrs. Hermes talks about Dr. MacDonald’s recruitment to MD Anderson. She also explains that Marion Wall became R. Lee Clark’s assistant because she was his medical secretary during WWII when he served as an army surgeon. She talks about her memories of R. Lee Clark, Dr. White, who was in charge of surgery, and Jorge Awapara, PhD, who conducted discovered important amino acids.https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewchapters/2029/thumbnail.jp
Oral Interview of Roy L. Anderson
No full textRoy L. Anderson reflects on his years at the Fergus Falls State Hospital, including such topics as changing attitudes towards mental health therapy and psychiatric help, and the expansion of the mental health program in Minnesota. He speaks of his early years as a groundbreaker in Minnesota in modern psychiatric therapy. He also mentions his plans for retirement in December of 1983.https://red.mnstate.edu/oral_interviews/1051/thumbnail.jp
Margaret L. Kripke, Ph.D., Oral History Interview, March 28, 2012
No full textMajor Topics Covered: Personal and educational background Research: photo-immunology and skin cancer; creating a new field of study; establishing new laboratory at MD Anderson Physician-scientists at MD Anderson Career shift into administration; leadership Building research at MD Anderson; supporting facultyhttps://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewsessions/1014/thumbnail.jp
Chapter 04: Strengthening Medical Oncology at MD Anderson with the Aid of NCI Researchers in the Department of Biostatistics
No full textDr. Gehan recollects Dr. R. Lee Clark’s approach to funding, recruitment, and management and the attraction of MD Anderson/Houston to Dr. “Tom” Frei III, his wife Elizabeth “Liz” (nee Smith), as well as himself. Dr. Olson mentions from Kenneth Endicott (NCI Director) to Dr. R. Lee Clark (President, MD Anderson) lamenting the move of Dr’s Frei III and Freireich to MD Anderson. When Dr. Gehan started at MD Anderson in 1967, Dr. Lee D. Cady Jr. was the Head of the Department of Biomathematics. Dr. Gehan talks about the impact of the arrival of Dr’s Frei III and Freireich on MD Anderson Research. Dr. Gehan cites the cooperative group collaboration model of NCI/NIH Clinical Chairman Dr. C. Gordon Zubrod and biostatistician Marvin A. Schneiderman on the first randomized trials in acute leukemia and solid tumors. He recalls the members of the administration and the research team at MD Anderson before the arrival of Dr’s Frei III and Freireich: Dr. H. Grant Taylor, Chairman of the Southwest Oncology Group (Southwest Oncology Group), epidemiologist Eleanor Josephine McDonald (known for creating the National Cancer Registry) statistician Kenneth M. Griffith, Dr. Roy C. Heflebower, Joe E. Boyd and Dr. Stuart O. Zimmerman, Chairman of the Biomathematics Department. He also mentions other MD Anderson administrators and researchers: Terry L. Smith, Dr. Peter F. Thall, Dr. J. Jack Lee, President Dr. Charles A. LeMaistre, Dr. Frederick F. Becker and President Dr. John Mendelsohn. Finally, he talks about the Department of Biostatistics, how it differs from Biomathematics, and the effort to strengthen medical oncology at MD Anderson.https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewchapters/1313/thumbnail.jp
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