Making Cancer History® Voices Oral History Collection: New Initiatives, New Directions

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An Early Interest in Health Care
Chapter 01 / Educational Path

A New Role at MD Anderson Reflects Changes in Health Care
Chapter 02 / Institutional Change

Learning the Complexities of Institutions; Balancing the Goals of Administrators and Physician-Leaders at MD Anderson
Chapter 03 / Overview

Planning the Proton Therapy Center
Chapter 04 / Building the Institution 

Establishing the First Satellite Center: “A Great Business and Clinical Story”
Chapter 05 / Building the Institution

A New Role as CEO of the Proton Therapy Center; Lessons in Effective Leadership
Chapter 06 / Professional Path

Global Institutional Partnerships
Chapter 07 / Beyond the Institution 

Adapting a Consulting Business to MD Anderson Needs
Chapter 08 / Building the Institution 

The Office of Global Business Development: A First Partnership in Banner, Arizona
Chapter 09 / Building the Institution 

Strategic Expansion and Partnerships 
Chapter 10 / Building the Institution

The Center for Global Oncology: Background and Operations

Chapter 11 / Building the Institution

The Center for Global Oncology Becomes the MD Anderson Cancer Network, Part I
Chapter 12 / Building the Institution

Dr. Ronald DePinho and Institutional Change
Chapter 13 / Institutional Change 

Planning for the Next Growth Areas
Chapter 14 / Building the Institution

The Center for Global Oncology Becomes the MD Anderson Cancer Network, Part II
Chapter 15 / Building the Institution 

As VP of Business Development: Today’s Initiatives and What the Future Holds for MD Anderson
Chapter 16 / Building the Institution 

Personal Sacrifice, Women, and Leadership at MD Anderson
Chapter 17 / Diversity Issues

Resilience in Leadership and a Presidency Defined by Innovation 
Chapter 18 / Institutional Change

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Defining ‘Innovation’ and the Role of an Innovation Officer
Chapter 01 / Overview

Early Experience with Healthcare Leadership
Chapter 02 / Personal Background

A View of Innovation Rooted in Personal Experience
Chapter 03 / Overview

Multiple Majors Train a Problem-Solver
Chapter 04 / Educational Path

International Study and Work after Graduation
Chapter 05 / Professional Path

Directing Strategic Business Initiatives at UPMC
Chapter 06 / Professional Path

Developing an Innovation Center at UPMC
Chapter 07 / Professional Path

A Commitment to Working in Healthcare –and Addressing Cancer
Chapter 08 / Joining MD Anderson/Coming to Texas

A New Role in the Department of Strategy and Innovation
Chapter 09 / Building the Institution

Projects and Next Steps in Building a Culture of Innovation
Chapter 10 / Building the Institution

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The First Person to Go to College
Chapter 01 / Personal Background

Chemistry and an Early Mentor Lead to a Focus on Medicine
Chapter 02 / Educational Path

A Switch from Internal Medicine to Diagnostic Imaging (Never Losing the Internist’s Perspective)
Chapter 03 / Professional Path

Private Practice and an Opportunity to Develop a Radiology Department
Chapter 04 / Professional Path

Discovering How to Image a Beating Heart; Reflections on Radiology’s Shift in Focus from Form to Function
Chapter 05 / The Researcher

An Opportunity for Intellectual Challenge at MD Anderson
Chapter 06 / Joining MD Anderson/Coming to Texas

Building a Clinical Nuclear Medicine Program
Chapter 07 / Building the Institution

Contributions to the Institution: Leadership and Diversity; A New Research Project
Chapter 08 / View on Career and Accomplishments

Technological Advances that Have Transformed Diagnostic Imaging
Chapter 09 / Overview

Advances in Radiology Continue to Raise Questions about Ethics and Consent
Chapter 10 / Institutional Change

A Brief History of PET Scans at MD Anderson
Chapter 11 / Overview

A View of New Collegial Leadership
Chapter 12 / Institutional Change

Training Radiology Residents and MD Anderson as an Educational Institution
Chapter 13 / The Educator

The Center for Advanced Biomedical Imaging: an Opportunity to Realize a Vision of Imaging for MD Anderson
Chapter 14 / Building the Institution

Developing and Opening the Center for Advanced Biomedical Imaging: Challenges and Complexities
Chapter 15 / Building the Institution

The Center for Advanced Biomedical Imaging: More on the Story of Establishing CABI
Chapter 16 / Building the Institution

The Center for Advanced Biomedical Imaging: Part of the Changing Institutional Vision of Cancer Care
Chapter 17 / Building the Institution

The Center for Advanced Biomedical Imaging: A View at the Five Year Anniversary and Role as Medical Director
Chapter 18 / Building the Institution

Overview of Administrative Roles; The Moon Shots; Translational Research and the Future of Targeted Therapy
Chapter 19 / Overview

Administrative Roles, Views on the Multi-disciplinary Environment of Centers and Institutes, and A Radiologist’s Contribution to a Care Team
Chapter 20 / The Administrator

Next Steps --for the Division of Radiology and the Field
Chapter 21 / Building the Institution

Medical Education, Radiology Researchers, and The Future of Radiology Research (in the Healthcare Economy)
Chapter 22 / Overview

MD Anderson Growth as an Impact on Institutional Culture and on Radiology
Chapter 23 / Institutional Change

Legacy Left at MD Anderson; A Love of French Cooking; Life and Work Fed by Spirituality
Chapter 24 / View on Career and Accomplishments