Chapter 06: The New Section of General Internal Medicine in the Late Eighties

Dr. Escalante talks about MD Anderson’s section of General Internal Medicine (GIM), the first to open in the country. She explains the roles that GIM physicians serve in treating oncology patients and the supporters of GIM at MD Anderson, though it was novel for internists to be on staff at a cancer center. Dr. Escalante explains her daily routine and notes the increasing for services. She talks about the role of GIM in Station 19 (the Emergency Service). She traces changes in how internists’ services were tracked and charged for. She notes that her appointment at that time was 100% clinical, with no protected time and no discussion with her superiors of how to move to promotion. (She notes that GIM faculty were considered “help.”)https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewchapters/1761/thumbnail.jp