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Getting to Know Suanne Gersdorf and the Oklahoma Cancer Specialists and Research Institute

Aired on Monday, October 24th.

Recently, Tulsa's St. John Health System and the Tulsa Cancer Institute joined forces to become the Oklahoma Cancer Specialists and Research Institute (or OCSRI). Our guest on StudioTulsa Medical Monday is Suanne Gersdorf, who became the chief executive officer of OCSRI about a year and a half ago. She arrived at this position with more than 20 years of oncology leadership experience; previously, Gersdorf served at Valley Health Services in Winchester, Virginia, where she was executive director of oncology and surgery and then, after a promotion, served as vice president of corporate service lines. As Gersdorf tells us today, OCSRI is a physician-owned group practice with more than 20 blood and cancer specialty physicians and some 200 nurses and associates. It's also affiliated with Stephenson Cancer Center at the University of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City, and it's the Sooner State's only certified member of the Houston-based MD Anderson Cancer Network.

Rich Fisher is celebrating his 40th year of service to Public Radio Tulsa. Since 2000, he has been the general manager of Public Radio Tulsa, and previously served as the host of the public affairs program, StudioTulsa, which ran from 1992-2021. Prior to that, he served as music director, a program host and operations director for the station.
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