University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
MD Anderson was created by an act of the Texas Legislature in 1941, making it a part of The University of Texas System and was established by the National Cancer Act of 1971. Today it is one of 49 Comprehensive Cancer Centers designated by the National Cancer Institute. The cancer center provided care for more than 137,000 patients in Fiscal Year 2017 and employs more than 20,000 people.
Charles LeMaistre
He left Emory in 1959 for the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School as a professor of internal medicine. He later was named associate dean and then became vice chancellor for health affairs. He was elected as chancellor of the University of Texas System in 1971. As chancellor, he directed a huge expansion of the UT System that included new medical schools in Houston and San Antonio and new universities in Dallas, Odessa and San Antonio. In 1978 he was named president of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. During his 18-year tenure, M. D. Anderson has become a world leader in outpatient care for cancer patients and has the nation's largest ambulatory treatment and ambulatory surgery programs in cancers. He has served as national president of the American Cancer Society and as president of the Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Cancer Fund.