What’s New at MaineHealth Cancer Care

Dr. Christopher Tretter

MaineHealth Cancer Care would like to extend a warm welcome to medical oncologist Dr. Christopher Tretter. Dr Tretter comes to us from the Lahey Hospital and Medical Center in Burlington, MA, where he was a senior attending medical oncologist in the Department of Hematology and Oncology. There, he was responsible for the outpatient care of genitourinary malignancies, melanoma and sarcoma, and inpatient care of oncology patients. At Lahey, he also coordinated and led the multidisciplinary Genitourinary oncology programs. His research interests include investigating therapies for genitourinary malignancies and melanoma.

Dr. Tretter is board certified in both internal medicine as well as medical oncology. He graduated from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal, QC, and a clinical fellowship in oncology and hematology at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Norris Cotton Cancer Center in Lebanon, NH. He has taught as an assistant professor of medicine for Tufts University School of Medicine, The Lahey Clinic, and Dartmouth Medical School. We’re delighted to have Dr. Tretter bring his impressive expertise to our care team! He is currently accepting new patients at our South Portland office on Western Ave.