Robert Gary Mennel, MD: a conversation with the editor
Robert G. Mennel, MD, and William C. Roberts, MD
Bob Mennel was born in Trenton, New Jersey, on July 27, 1944, and grew up there. After attending parochial schools he went to St. Joseph's College in Philadelphia, graduating in 1966, and then to the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, graduating in 1970. His internship and residency in internal medicine were at the University of Rochester, Strong Memorial Hospital, in Rochester, New York; he finished in 1974. From there he went to the US Naval Hospital in Portsmouth, Virginia, where he served as a staff physician for 2 years. In 1976 Dr. Mennel went to Baltimore, Maryland, as a fellow at the Johns Hopkins Oncology Center. After finishing his 2-year training, he stayed on the faculty at the Johns Hopkins Hospital for an additional year before coming to Dallas in 1979 as a member of the oncology division of the Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor University Medical Center (BUMC), and he has been here ever since.
Presently, Bob Mennel is associate director of medical oncology at the Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center. During his nearly 27 years at BUMC, Dr. Mennel has provided care to numerous cancer patients and has been extremely active in the teaching of internal medicine residents and fellows. He has written 20 peer-reviewed articles in medical journals. He and his lovely wife, Kathie, are the proud parents of 3 offspring. Bob Mennel is a very decent guy who has been a major player at BUMC for nearly 3 decades.
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