Background
Aarestad, Norman O. was born on November 19, 1933 in Minot, North Dakota, United States. Son of Gerhard and Gustava (Lee) Aarestad.
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Norman O. Aarestad
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Bachelor, Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota, 1955; Bachelor of Science in Medicine, U. North Dakota, 1957; Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, Boston, 1959; Master of Science in Radiologic Biology, U. Rochester, 1966.
Career
Intern, U. Oregon Medical School Hospital and Clinics, Portland, 1959-1960;
resident, U. Oregon Medical School Hospital and Clinics, Portland, 1960-1963;
assistant chief radiation oncology, Walter Reed Medical Center, Washington, 1968-1969;
chief radiation oncology, Letterman General Hospital, San Francisco, 1969-1971;
chief radiation oncology, St. Luke's Hospital, Denver, 1971-1989;
medical director, Mont Rose Hart Regional Radiation Center, Boulder, Colorado, 1988-1993;
medical director radiation oncology, Swedish Medical Center, Englewood, Colorado, since 1992;
medical director radiation oncology, Columbia (Colorado division), Denver, since 1994;
chairman oncology advisory board, Columbia (Colorado division), Denver, 1995-1998. Chairman cancer committee Swedish Medical Center, since 1993. Medical advisor radiation oncology therapy training program Cmty.
College Denver, 1985-1997.
Achievements
Membership
Member of Executive Committee, president Colorado division American Cancer Society, Denver, 1973-1998;board directors Marie Droste Superior vena cava syndrome, Denver, since 1992, Ebenezer Lutheran Health, Brush, Colorado, 1990-1998, also vice president. Board division church and society Evangelical Lutheran Church American, since 1997. President Augustana Foundation, Denver, 1992-1998.
Lieutenant colonel United States Army, 1963-1971. Fellow American College Radiology. Member American Medical Association, American Society Therapeutic Radiation Oncology, American College Radiation Oncology, International Society Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Arapahoe Medical Society, Colorado Medical Society (delegate 1994-1996).
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Married Margaret Anne Helling, August 21, 1966. Children: David, Tor.
