Robert Pickett Scruggs III, MD: a conversation with the editor

R. Pickett Scruggs III, MD, and William C. Roberts

From the Department of Radiation Oncology (Scruggs) and the Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute (Roberts), Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.

Corresponding author: Robert Scruggs, 3535 Worth Street, Dallas, Texas 75246.

Robert (“Pick”) Scruggs was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on January 24, 1944, and he grew up there. He graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1966. He attended medical school at the University of Tennessee, graduating in December 1969. His internship in internal medicine began at Baylor University Medical Center (BUMC) in January 1970. From January 1971 until January 1973, he was a medical officer in the US Navy. His residency in radiation oncology was at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, from February 1973 until February 1976. He then came to BUMC as a radiation oncologist and has been here ever since. He has been medical director of radiation oncology and assistant chief of the Department of Oncology since 1995. He has been chairman of the cancer center medical committee and vice chairman of the cancer center executive committee since 1990. He was president of the medical staff in 2001 and chairman of the medical board of BUMC in 2002. Pick Scruggs has been a leader at BUMC for 25 years. His impact on the medical center has been substantial. Both he and his wife are splendid human beings. (BUMC Proceedings 2002;15:391-402)