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Departments, Programs, and Labs


Education and Training

The School of Health Professions

Offers certificate programs and undergraduate degrees in the following areas of study:

Medical Education

Our comprehensive educational programs provide an outstanding educational opportunities for physicians and other medical professionals and students.

Research Training

Offering the highest standards of intensive research in basic science and clinical environments to eliminate cancer through research-driven cancer care and educational programs.

Nursing Education

Realizing that other health care professionals may benefit from our expertise, we offer education programs to the health care community at large.

Research

Resources for Cancer Professionals

Cancer Patient Referral

Information, procedures and a secure online form

Office of Physician Relations

Facilitated access to clinical faculty, education, clinical trials and patient referral

Complementary/Integrative Medicine Education Resources (CIMER)

Authoritative information about complementary therapies as well as professional education opportunities

Practice Guidelines

Standard care paths for specific cancer types

Community Clinical Oncology Program Research Base (CCOP)

Clinical trials for a national network of cancer providers

Physicians Network

A network of healthcare providers that administers managed cancer care to members

Pathology Second Opinion and Consultation Services

We accept tissue samples from outside physicians to confirm cancer diagnoses

Clinical Calculators

Calculate prognosis for patients with curatively resected cancers

Core Facilities and Services

Listing of all facilities -- departmental and other cores -- and services for researchers at M. D. Anderson, and some that are available to other area institutions

Flow Cytometry and Cellular Imaging Core Facility

Instrumentation, personnel and expertise in cell analysis technology for our the large community of peer-funded investigators

Michale E. Keeling Center for Comparative Medicine and Research

National biomedical research and breeding resource of nonhuman primates, supporting translational, preventative, clinical and pharmaceutical research and testing

Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory

Clinical diagnostic facility specializing in oncologic molecular testing for leukemia, lymphoma and other malignancies for M. D. Anderson and other hospitals and clinics

Genomics Core Facility

Complete microarray services including RNA and DNA sample quality check, target preparation, hybridization, imaging and signal quantification, for researchers at M. D. Anderson and other area institutions

Research Medical Library

Library resource for M. D. Anderson faculty, students, trainees and staff, including online books and journals, databases, classes, audiovisual, print and photocopy services and remote access to the TMC Library

 

Publications

  • Rebuilding What Cancer Has Ravaged: Sunita Patterson

    In the past, during tumor resections, surgeons had few options for repairing large torso wounds that were at high risk of infection. A cosmetically undesirable outcome—or even a permanent open wound requiring ongoing dressing changes—would sometimes be the best that could be offered.

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  • Annual Report 2007-2008

    With a faculty that includes more than 1,400 scientists and clinicians, M. D. Anderson is able to move discoveries from the laboratory to patients where they can be assessed in clinical trials. These advances are aided by our knowledge of the human genome and the mechanisms that regulate gene expression, as well as by advances in technology and a greater understanding of the impact of behavioral and environmental factors.

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  • Organ-Confined Prostate Cancer: Sunni Hosemann

    Moira Podgurski doesn’t remember much about Christmas 1985 because she was “in a fog” from learning the previous day she had chronic myelogenous leukemia. “I didn’t want to spoil the day for my family, so I didn’t say anything, but in the back of my mind, I kept thinking that everyone died from leukemia,” recalls Podgurski, whose three children were then seven, three and 17 months old.

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  • Conquest

    Conquest - Fall 2009

    First Best Hope

    Variously described as a village, a city and an anthill, the 31 gleaming operating rooms in M. D. Anderson’s Main Building showcase the skills of hundreds of surgeons and care team members using the latest techniques and equipment.

    Also:

    • Health Care Executive Deals With Cancer
    • Bank On It: New Research Funding Opportunities Abound
    • A Family Affair: Cohort Puts the Health of Mexican-Americans First
    • Back to Hamburgers and Roping Steers
    • Moving Forward: Richard Garriott
    • Frontline
    • Cancer Briefings

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