Cynthia Sweetnan Kretschmar

Background

Kretschmar, Cynthia Sweetnan was born on March 7, 1946 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of J. Leslie and Margaret (Casey) Sweetnan.

Education

Bachelor, Wellesley College, 1967; Master of Science, Tufts U., 1969; Doctor of Medicine, Yale University, 1978.

Career

Research in pediatrics, Yale New Haven (Connecticut) Hospital, 1978-1981; research fellow, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1981-1983; clinical associate, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, 1984-1987; assistant in medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, 1984-1987; assistant pediatrician, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1985-1994; assistant professor, Harvard Medical School, since 1990; assistant professor, Tufts New England Medical Center, since 1990. Representative in pediatrics Cancer Affairs Committee Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1987-1990, American Cancer Society, Boston, since 1988. Site visit member National Cancer Institute, Philadelphia, 1988.

Achievements

• Cynthia Sweetnan Kretschmar has been listed as a noteworthy Pediatric and neuro oncologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Parents Council Military Academy, Milton, Massachusetts, 1987-1988. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Massachusetts Medical Society, New York Academy Science, American Society Clinical Oncology, Pediatric Oncology Group, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Robert S. Kretschmar, June 15, 1968 (divorced February, 1983). Children: Holy, Liane. Married John D. Chamblis, October 10, 1987.

1 child, Amy V.

Father:

J. Leslie Sweetnan

Mother:

Margaret (Casey) Sweetnan

Spouse:

Robert S. Kretschmar

Spouse:

John D. Chamblis

child:

Holy Kretschmar

child:

Amy V. Kretschmar

child:

Liane Kretschmar