Chapter 05: MD Anderson In The mid-Sixties

In this chapter, Dr. Alexanian provides a snapshot of MD Anderson when he arrived in 1964. He explains that Dr. Bergsagel wanted to combine clinical and basic research and the institution president, R. Lee Clark, MD, wanted to shorten the time between laboratory discoveries and delivery of treatment to patients. Dr. Alexanian lists the programs he inherited on arrival. He tells some history of the Department of Developmental Therapeutics and explains why he joined the Department of Leukemia.https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewchapters/1094/thumbnail.jp