Cynthia Cantril

Cynthia (Cindi) Cantril, MPH, RN, OCN, CBCN, is the Director of Cancer Support Services and Patient Navigation at Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation in Santa Rosa, California. She oversees patient navigation, support groups, a peer volunteer program and implementation of best practices for patient navigation of the over 13,000 new cancers diagnosed each year in the Sutter system. As a breast health nurse navigator for over ten years, Cantril has focused on studying the informational needs of...See more

Cynthia (Cindi) Cantril, MPH, RN, OCN, CBCN, is the Director of Cancer Support Services and Patient Navigation at Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation in Santa Rosa, California. She oversees patient navigation, support groups, a peer volunteer program and implementation of best practices for patient navigation of the over 13,000 new cancers diagnosed each year in the Sutter system. As a breast health nurse navigator for over ten years, Cantril has focused on studying the informational needs of women and men with breast cancer. She is one of four founders of the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) in 1975. She has served on the Board of the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship and her work in breast navigation and cancer survivorship is recognized nationally and internationally. She has numerous publications on patient navigation and is co-editor of the ONS book on Oncology Nurse Navigation. She has received the Oncology Nursing Society's Distinguished Service award, CURE magazine's Extraordinary Healer Award, the Oncology Nursing Society Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Biden Cancer Fierce Award for patient navigation. See less