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In this chapter, Dr. Freireich talks further about attending medical school at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, interning at Cook County Hospital, and why he got fired from Cook County Hospital. ; https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewchapters/1149/thumbnail.jpg

In this chapter, Dr. Freireich talks about being drafted into the Army, why he thinks that World War II was won by the defeat of malaria, going to work at the National Institutes of Health, and dedicating himself to curing leukemia. "You could either go to Bethesda and take care of leukemia patients," he was told, "or you could serve in the military and go get blown up in Korea. So what the heck? Cure leukemia—that's what I'll do." ; https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewchapters/1151/thumbnail.jpg

In this chapter, Dr. Freireich says that "We're now in '64, and things are going along famously. I had the biggest and best pediatric leukemia service in the world. We were internationally famous. Everybody was following our lead. People came to learn how to do platelets, how to do white cells, how to do antibiotics, and how to do combination chemotherapy. We were really rolling." He then talks about why he left the National Institutes of Health and joined MD Anderson Cancer Center, his relationship with Dr. R. Lee Clark, and why his family's transition to Houston was "painful." ; https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewchapters/1158/thumbnail.jpg

In this chapter, Dr. Freireich talks about the Department of Developmental Therapeutics at MD Anderson, the prominent physicians he worked with at MD Anderson in the mid-1960s, more about Dr. R. Lee Clark, and the use of radiotherapy for treating cancer. ; https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewchapters/1159/thumbnail.jpg

In this chapter, Dr. Freireich talks about developing and writing a "Flexner Report" for cancer and touring medical centers nationwide. ; https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewchapters/1167/thumbnail.jpg

In this chapter, Dr. Freireich talks about Dr. LeMaistre; how, in his view, Dr. LeMaistre abused his power as president; and why he thinks MD Anderson was hated by other state institutions. ; https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewchapters/1168/thumbnail.jpg

In this chapter, Dr. Freireich talks about being audited by the NCI and suffering a heart attack. ; https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewchapters/1169/thumbnail.jpg

In this chapter, Dr. Freireich talks about some of Dr. Charles LeMaistre's administrative successes. ; https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewchapters/1170/thumbnail.jpg

Major Topics Covered: Research: the continuous flow-blood separator; innovations in chemotherapy and combination therapy ; Collaborations with Dr. Emil Frei, III; The Department of Developmental Therapeutics; Building the culture of clinical research; training clinical researchers and physician-scientists ; History of cancer medicine, clinical research, translational research and education; Institutional politics as they influenced: Developmental Therapeutics, individual investigators, the standing of clinical research, the education of physician scientists; ; https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewsessions/1023/thumbnail.jpg

Major Topics Covered: The Department of Developmental Therapeutics; Building the culture of clinical research; training clinical researchers and physician-scientists ; MD Anderson presidents and the history and expansion of MD Anderson ; Institutional politics as they influenced: Developmental Therapeutics, individual investigators, the standing of clinical research, the education of physician scientists; The ethics of clinical research ; https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewsessions/1024/thumbnail.jpg

Major Topics Covered: The Department of Developmental Therapeutics; Building the culture of clinical research; training clinical researchers and physician-scientists ; MD Anderson presidents and the history and expansion of MD Anderson Institutional politics as they influenced: Developmental Therapeutics, individual investigators, the standing of clinical research, the education of physician scientists; The ethics of clinical research ; https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewsessions/1025/thumbnail.jpg

In this chapter, Dr. Freireich talks about the difficulties of treating children, getting fired as head of Pediatrics, and being put in charge of Leukemia. ; https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewchapters/1160/thumbnail.jpg

In this chapter, Dr. Freireich talk about the Department of Developmental Therapeutics amid opposition to systemic treatment of cancer, the development of the immunotherapy program, and animosity among different departments and personalities at MD Anderson. ; https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewchapters/1161/thumbnail.jpg

In this chapter, Dr. Freireich continues talking about the Department of Developmental Therapeutics at MD Anderson, the Division of Medicine, the medical school in Houston, and Dr. R. Lee Cark's final years. ; https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewchapters/1162/thumbnail.jpg

In this chapter, Dr. Freireich talks about the new president of MD Anderson, Dr. Charles LeMaistre; reorganization initiatives of the new president; and how Dr. LeMasitre's changes affected the Department of Developmental Therapeutics. ; https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewchapters/1163/thumbnail.jpg