Sanford Fargo to host forum on cancer care
Nov. 4, 2025
Contact:
Nathan Aamodt
Sanford Health Media Relations
(701) 200-6080/nathan.aamodt@sanfordhealth.org
FARGO, N.D. – Sanford Health Fargo is hosting a community breakfast on bringing advanced cancer care close to home.
The forum takes place on Wednesday, Nov. 5, from 8 to 9 a.m. in the Town Hall Room at the Bell Bank Tower, 520 Main Ave, Fargo. The event is available to attendees by invitation only. The community breakfast will include a brief presentation, followed by a panel discussion and a question-and-answer session with the audience. A tour of the Sanford Roger Maris Cancer Center is available following the presentation, from 9-10 a.m.
Featured panel discussion members include:
• Dr. Amit Panwalkar, a specialist in hematology and oncology
• Dr. Seth Maliske, a specialist in hematology, oncology and bone marrow transplants
• Dr. Sam Milanovich, a specialist in pediatric hematology and oncology
• Dr. Sommer Rae Wild Nurkic, a specialist in radiation oncology
The Sanford Roger Maris Cancer Center serves about 600 patients daily and provides world-class chemotherapy services in locations across North Dakota and Minnesota. The Roger Maris Cancer Center is active in over 144 clinical trials, with 8,255 patients enrolled, including 42 trials specific to pediatric oncology. Some of its latest advancements in cancer care includes partnering with Perham Health and Sanford Thief River Falls to open chemotherapy infusion centers.
In 2021, Sanford Fargo launched the upper Midwest’s first blood and bone marrow transplant program. In October, the Roger Maris Cancer launched TIL therapy. This is a cutting-edge treatment where doctors take immune cells from a patient’s tumor, grow them in a lab and then return the cells to the body to help fight cancer.
The Sanford Roger Maris Cancer Center was recently named one of the top cancer centers in the United States by Becker’s Hospital Review for a third consecutive year.
About Sanford Health
Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America’s heartland. Headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the organization has 53,000 employees and serves over 2 million patients and nearly 425,000 health plan members across the upper Midwest including South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wyoming, Iowa, Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The integrated nonprofit health system includes a network of 56 hospitals, 288 clinic locations, 147 senior care communities, 4,000 physicians and advanced practice providers and nearly 1,500 active clinical trials and studies. The organization’s transformational virtual care initiative brings patients closer to care with access to 78 specialties. Learn more about Sanford Health’s commitment to shaping the future of rural health care across the lifespan at sanfordhealth.org or Sanford Health News.
