Abstract of Recording

In this interview with Arthur H. Aufses, Jr. MD, Dr. Ezra Greenspan discusses his career and the early years of cancer chemotherapy in the United States, the formation of the Chemotherapy Foundation, and his vision of the future of chemotherapy. He mentions: George Baehr, MD, Isidore Snapper, MD, Babe Ruth’s treatment, Sidney Farber, MD, Walter Reed Hospital, the National Cancer Institute, and Alexander Gutman, MD.

Transcript of Ezra Greenspan interview (INT 0088)

Sound Recording of Ezra Greenspan interview (INT 0088)

Biographical Sketch

Ezra M. Greenspan, MD (1919-2004) was on the staff of the Department of Medicine at The Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai School of Medicine from 1952 until his death in 2004. A pioneer in the development of cancer chemotherapy, he was best known for publishing the first studies of combination chemotherapy for ovarian cancer in 1962 and for metastatic breast cancer in 1963. In 1968 Dr. Greenspan established the Cancer Chemotherapy Foundation to support cancer research. There is an annual conference detailing treatment and research advances.