TY  - GEN
N2  - Kenneth R. Stevens Jr. gives this interview in his 48th year as a doctor and as Chair Emeritus of Radiation Oncology. Born in Tahiti in 1939 to medical missionaries, he was raised in Utah. Took his pre-med degree at Utah State in biology and his M.D. at University of Utah in 1966. He studied neurology and had an internal medicine internship, but switched to radiology for his residency at UOMS in 1967. He specialized in radiation therapy. He speaks of the difficulties of using the massive two-story high Van de Graaf generator and notes the advances in technology over time. After military service he returned in 1972 to find himself interim department head. He tells of collaboration with other departments, of international conferences, and training programs for radiation technologists. He also mentions how they kept track of their patients over the years.
DO  - 10.6083/M43X85M7
DO  - DOI
AB  - Kenneth R. Stevens Jr. gives this interview in his 48th year as a doctor and as Chair Emeritus of Radiation Oncology. Born in Tahiti in 1939 to medical missionaries, he was raised in Utah. Took his pre-med degree at Utah State in biology and his M.D. at University of Utah in 1966. He studied neurology and had an internal medicine internship, but switched to radiology for his residency at UOMS in 1967. He specialized in radiation therapy. He speaks of the difficulties of using the massive two-story high Van de Graaf generator and notes the advances in technology over time. After military service he returned in 1972 to find himself interim department head. He tells of collaboration with other departments, of international conferences, and training programs for radiation technologists. He also mentions how they kept track of their patients over the years.
T1  - Interview with Kenneth R. Stevens, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.R.
ED  - Holland, John M.
ED  - Stevens, Kenneth R., Jr.
ED  - Storrs, Frances J. (Fran)
ED  - Interviewer
ED  - Interviewee
ED  - Interviewer
DA  - 2014-01-08
DA  - 2014 January 8
L1  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/3268/files/oralhist_99.pdf
PB  - Oregon Health & Science University
LA  - eng
PY  - 2014-01-08
PY  - 2014 January 8
ID  - 3268
L4  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/3268/files/oralhist_99.pdf
KW  - Neurology
KW  - Radiology
KW  - Radiation Oncology
KW  - Schools, Medical
KW  - School Management and Organization
KW  - Internal Medicine
TI  - Interview with Kenneth R. Stevens, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.R.
Y1  - 2014-01-08
L2  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/3268/files/oralhist_99.pdf
LK  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/3268/files/oralhist_99.pdf
UR  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/3268/files/oralhist_99.pdf
ER  -