<< BackDr. Loren Tschetter '64 Receives National Cancer Institute Award
10.23.12 - Dr. Loren Tschetter, class of 1964, has received the National Cancer Institute’s 2012
Harry Hynes Award. This prestigious honor recognizes excellence in
research within the Community Clinical Oncology Program (CCOP) Network, a
network for testing and validating medical interventions against cancer
and for delivering the benefits of scientific discovery to the public
and community physicians. As a founder of the Sioux Community Cancer
Consortium in 1983, Dr. Tschetter is responsible for bringing two
National Cancer Institute programs to Sanford Health: the Community
Clinical Oncology Program, concentrating upon clinical trials and the
National Cancer Institute’s Community Cancer Centers Program, focusing
on developing advanced cancer care programs in community cancer centers.
Throughout his 30 years as Principal Investigator Dr. Tschetter served
on many national research-based committees, with the ultimate goal of
providing patients access to state-of-the-art cancer care at the local
level. Today, Dr. Tschetter serves as a Sanford IRB chairperson and
continues to be an auditor for many of the research groups he has been
involved with. Read more.