Patrick Loehrer, MD

Dr. Loehrer is currently Director of the Division of Hematology/Oncology and the Kenneth Wiseman professor of Medicine at the lndiana University School of Medicine. In addition, he serves as Interim Director of the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center, and Medical Director, Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Hospital. He received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University in 1975 and, subsequently his M.D. from Rush Medical College in 1978. He completed his internship and residency at Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center and a fellowship in Medical Oncology at Indiana University. In 1983, he joined the faculty of the IU School of Medicine where he rose to the rank of Professor.

In 1984 he co-founded the Hoosier Oncology Group and served as chairman for two decades. Dr. Loehrer is recognized as a prolific clinical researcher in a variety of malignancies, including genitourinary, gastrointestinal, thymic tumors and extensive clinical research with the anti-neoplastic agent, ifosfamide, which lead to FDA approval. He has served as Chairman of the Genitourinary Committee for the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG), and is the Director of the Gastrointestinal Research Program at the IU Cancer Center.

Dr. Loehrer has received numerous awards including the Flick Family Fund Award, American Cancer Society Fellowship and the American Cancer Society Junior Faculty Award, the Glenn Irwin Experience Excellence Award, the LCOG Young Investigator Award, the Danielson Award, the Collaborator of the Year Award from the Walther Cancer Institute and the Exceptional Service Award of the Foundation for Thymic Research. He received the W. George Pinell Award in2003.

Dr. Loehrer has served on the boards of the ECOG Foundation, the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Board of Internal Medicine. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Yearbook of Oncology and co-Editor of the yearbook f Medicine and has served on the Editorial Board of numerous journals.