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Telling Our Leadership Story: Resources
Leadership happens in many ways and at many levels
MD Anderson’s oral history collection captures the perspectives of people who have made their mark as leaders at this institution and in their fields. Their in-depth interviews include many stories about how they developed into thoughtful leaders and pushed initiatives forward to success at many levels of the organization.
This page presents their stories to serve as models and inspiration to today’s leaders.
Explore full interviews on the The Making Cancer History® Voices Oral History Project page.
Check out the HRC's book on MD Anderson leadership titled:
Leading the MD Anderson Way: Stories about Leaders and Leadership.
Leaders with Impact
MD Anderson’s second president works on the first report on cancer and smoking
Leading Self
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Listening and Servant Leadership
Raphael Pollock, MD, PhD
- Self-Management in a Crisis
Carol A. Porter, DPN - Leading by Stepping Back
Gabriel Hortobagyi, MD - Creating a Culture of Transparency
Eduardo Bruera, MD
- Step Out of Your Comfort Zone
Donna Sollenberger - Creating a Leadership Persona
Raphael Pollock, MD, PhD - Taking on Leadership to Have an Impact
Barbara L. Summers, PhD - Learning to Wield Authority
Raphael Pollock, MD, PhD
- Types of Leadership Power
Barbara L. Summers, PhD - Learning to Listen
Barbara L. Summers, PhD - Knowing People is Key for Leaders
Donna Sollenberger
Leading Others and Teams
- We Are a Symphony, Not Soloists
Eduardo Bruera, MD -
Learning How a Chair Responds to Questions
Raphael Pollock, MD, PhD
- Motivating a Team
Walter Baile, MD - Growing a Department Without Up-Front Resources
Eduardo Bruera, MD - Creating a New Residency Program and a New Culture
Thomas Buchholz, MD
- Building a New Clinical Service
Alma Rodriguez, MD - Building Consensus to Implement Change
Eduardo Bruera, MD - Communicationg Why Change is Needed
Alma Rodriguez, MD -
A Research Failure Creates Conflict
Peggy Tinkey, DVM
- Creating the Practice Algorithms and the Art and Science of Medicine
Alma Radriguez, MD
- Leadership Means Being a Non-Expert
Marshall Hicks, MD - Shared Clinical Values in an Innovative Field
Marshall Hicks, MD
Leading Leaders and the Institution
- A Plan for Patient Care and Experience
Thomas A. Buchholz, MD -
Build with Values in Mind
William Daigneau, MBA
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Building Support for a New Administrative Structure: the Division System
Donna K. Sollenberger
- Epic and the Financial Crisis
Thomas Buchholz, MD
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Jose M. Trujillo's Vision for Laboratory Medicine
Benjamin Lichtiger, MD
- Accountability and Institutional Decisions
Donna K. Sollenberger - Saying "No" to a Prevention Program
John Mendelsohn, MD -
Envisioning a Comprehensive Neuro-Service
Raymond Sawaya, MD
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Creating the Cancer Information Service
Steve Stuyck, MPH
- Accountability and Who Owns a Mess
Thomas Bucholz, MD -
Always the Right Decision
Amy Hay, MA
- Avoiding a Pitfall of Leadership
Marshall Hicks, MD - Disciplined Decision Making
Marshall Hicks, MD
The Leadership Experience
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Taking on Executive Leadership
Margaret Kripke, PhD
- Leadership Means Being a Non-Expert
Marshall Hicks, MD -
The First Hundred Days
John Mendelsohn, MD
- Deciding to Focus on Administration
Martin Raber, MD
- The Value of Coaching and Support
Marshall Hicks, MD -
Thinking Outside the Box
Gabriel Hortobagyi, MD
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Listening and Servant Leadership
Raphael Pollock, MD
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Step Out of Your Comfort Zone
Donna Sollenberger
- Stepping Into a Leadership Role: the Personal Impact
Janis Apted Yadiny - Stepping Down From Executive Leadership
Thomas Buchholz, MD
The Human Side
- Supporting Neuro Patients
Raymond Sawaya, MD -
Discovering Who I Am
Wenonah Ecung, RN
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Building Community and Meaning
Raphael Pollock, MD
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A Commitment to Patients and Families
Norman Jaffe, MD
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Keeping Options Open
Gordon Mills, MD, PhD
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Values, Faith, and Shared Purpose
Peggy Tinkey, DVM
Early MD Anderson Leaders: Visionaries and Examples
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The MD Anderson Foundation
Gibson Gayle, MD
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A Brief History of MD Anderson
Charles A. LeMaistre, MD
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R. Lee Clark and MD Anderson's Pink Marble
Michael Ahearn, PhD
- R. Lee Clark's Vision and Talent
Gabriel Hortobagyi, MD
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R. Lee Clark's Legacy of Care
Michael Ahearn, PhD
- MD Anderson Nurses Administer Chemotherapy in the 60s
Renilda Hilkemeyer - Charles LeMaistre Promotes Key Legislation
Charles Balch, MD - Charles LeMaistre's Gift for Human Connection
Steve Stuyck, MPH
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A President's Bold Vision for Growth in the 1990s
John Mendelsohn, MD -
A President's Vision for MD Anderson Research
Ronald DePinho, MD -
The Origions of MD Anderson and the Oral History Project
Stephen Tomasovic, PhD
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Chaplaincy at MD Anderson
Alma Rodriguez, MD