Oklahoma Cancer and Blood Specialists
Meet Our Team / Andrea L. Putthoff, DNP, APRN-CNP, FNP

Biography

Andrea L. Putthoff, DNP, APRN-CNP, FNP, is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner with a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree and 18 years of clinical experience across oncology, primary care, surgery, and emergency settings. She joined Oklahoma Cancer and Blood Specialists to provide comprehensive, compassionate care to patients living with cancer and blood disorders.

Andrea supports patients across the full continuum of cancer care, including those undergoing chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and transfusion support. She brings particular expertise in managing benign hematologic disorders, coordinating long-term follow-up and survivorship care, supporting symptom and side-effect management, and providing thoughtful patient and family education at every stage of treatment.

Most recently, Andrea served for five years in the Hematology/Oncology Department at the Oklahoma City Veterans Affairs Medical Center, where she helped lead day-to-day operations of the infusion clinic and collaborated with attending oncologists on complex inpatient and outpatient cases. She previously practiced at Stephenson Cancer Center Chemotherapy & Infusion, the OU Physicians Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery Center, and St. John Clinics Family Practice/Obstetrics in Bartlesville, where she helped champion CPC+ quality improvement initiatives.

Andrea earned her Doctor of Nursing Practice from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in May 2025, graduating Magna Cum Laude with Special Distinction. She holds a Master of Science in Nursing from the University of Cincinnati, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, and an Associate of Science in Nursing from Northern Oklahoma College. She is credentialed by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and the American Nurses Credentialing Center, and holds full DEA and OBNDD registration.

Training & Credentials

Education

  • DNP: University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (Magna Cum Laude, Special Distinction)
  • MSN-FNP: University of Cincinnati
  • BSN: University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (with Distinction)
  • ASN: Northern Oklahoma College

Board Certification

AANP and ANCC, Family Nurse Practitioner

Areas of Medical Interest

  • Medical oncology and chemotherapy management
  • Benign and malignant hematology
  • Infusion therapy and supportive care
  • Cancer survivorship
  • Patient and family education
  • Symptom and side-effect management