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Returning to Houston for a town hall meeting at MD Anderson on Sept. 27, Peter Pisters, the institution's freshly-appointed president, hit every note a guy in his position needed to hit: baseball, football, shared values, shared governance, book clubs, reminiscences on growing up nerdy in Canada, the story of how he met his wife, anecdotes from taking care of MD Anderson patients during Hurricane Rita.
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