Cancer Research
OCTOBER 2013
NATIONAL BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
MAY 2014
Cancer Research Month
Dr. Oscar Streeter, Medical Director
DR. OSCAR E. STREETER JR. has been named medical director of The Cancer Center at San Joaquin Community Hospital. Dr. Streeter received a Bachelor’s of Science degree in biology from the University of Southern California (USC) in 1978, where he played varsity water polo and was co-captain of the team in 1976. He received his Doctor of Medicine degree from Howard University College of Medicine in 1982 and completed a residency in radiation oncology at Howard University Hospital from1983 to 1986.
In July 1986, Dr. Streeter started his own practice with Southern California Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Los Angeles. By 1990, he joined the faculty of USC in 1990 as the Chief of Service and Residency Program Director over the next 18 years, before joining the staff at Howard in July 2008.
Dr. Streeter is also a former chair of the National Black Leadership on Cancer for the Greater Los Angeles area; Board Chair of the Stennis Foundation to prevent and treat colorectal cancer; and principal investigator for the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) studies at USC and now at Howard.
His most recent research is in high-dose rate brachytherapy to local regional sites and situations including breast, prostate, recurrent colorectal, esophagus, lung carcinomas and sarcomas. Dr. Streeter also has a major interest of his is the role of socioeconomic factors and how they affect access to quality care. Dr. Streeter has shown throughout his career - and in his writings - that participation by patients in clinical trials not only leads to future advances, but it provides a framework for value-based clinical care that benefits current patients.
San Joaquin Community Hospital 2615 Chester Avenue
Bakersfield CA 93301
Phone: 661-395-3000
Fax: 661-869-6959
Radiation Oncology
DR. OSCAR E. STREETER JR. has been named medical director of The Cancer Center at San Joaquin Community Hospital. Dr. Streeter received a Bachelor’s of Science degree in biology from the University of Southern California (USC) in 1978, where he played varsity water polo and was co-captain of the team in 1976. He received his Doctor of Medicine degree from Howard University College of Medicine in 1982 and completed a residency in radiation oncology at Howard University Hospital from1983 to 1986.
In July 1986, Dr. Streeter started his own practice with Southern California Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Los Angeles. By 1990, he joined the faculty of USC in 1990 as the Chief of Service and Residency Program Director over the next 18 years, before joining the staff at Howard in July 2008.
Dr. Streeter is also a former chair of the National Black Leadership on Cancer for the Greater Los Angeles area; Board Chair of the Stennis Foundation to prevent and treat colorectal cancer; and principal investigator for the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) studies at USC and now at Howard.
His most recent research is in high-dose rate brachytherapy to local regional sites and situations including breast, prostate, recurrent colorectal, esophagus, lung carcinomas and sarcomas. Dr. Streeter also has a major interest of his is the role of socioeconomic factors and how they affect access to quality care. Dr. Streeter has shown throughout his career - and in his writings - that participation by patients in clinical trials not only leads to future advances, but it provides a framework for value-based clinical care that benefits current patients.
San Joaquin Community Hospital 2615 Chester Avenue
Bakersfield CA 93301
Phone: 661-395-3000
Fax: 661-869-6959
Radiation Oncology
