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Chapter 26: Defining Operational Priorities and Preparing for Dr. Pisters to Step into the Presidency

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In this chapter, Dr. Hicks discusses the identification of the operational priorities [ROPR] during October and November of 2018 to manage the institution’s change process before Dr. Peter Pisters arrived to become institution president.||[The recorder is paused]||Dr. Hicks lists the Operational Priorities: patient experience; enhanced information systems; geographic expansion; discovery; education; recruitment and development; financial sustainability. He explains how this type of planning was different from what occurred prior to Dr. Ronald DePinho’s arrival and how it was managed to provide structure and also flexibility once Dr. Peter Pisters arrived.||Dr. Hicks provides a summary of what Peter Pisters brings to the institution (having worked at MD Anderson before) as well as his lack of immediate familiarity with the recent turbulence.||He comments on the selection of Dr. Pisters and how it reflected concerns that the new president have adequate familiarity with MD Anderson culture.

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Marshall Hicks; Tacey A. Rosolowski

The Making Cancer History® Voices Oral History Collection, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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