I’ve been working at MD Anderson for 16 years, and our patients’ experience here is very important to me. So, when I was asked to help coordinate our COVID-19 vaccine clinics for MD Anderson’s cancer patients, I jumped at the opportunity.

By the time we offered the first patient vaccination clinic on Jan. 23, 2021, a lot of our patients had been feeling afraid for nearly a year. Cancer treatments had left many immunocompromised...