While flying to the NCCN's 19th Annual Conference in March 2014, Denlinger's plane crashed on the runway following takeoff. She bordered another flight six hours later to reach the conference in time. At the conference, Denlinger presented with Terry S. Langbaum on the topic of patients and providers' care and surveillance following cancer. She was originally scheduled to present a poster study but left that on the plane when she was evacuated. A few years later, Denlinger became the first and only NCCN Panel chair who began her relationship with NCCN as a participant in the NCCN Fellows Program. In 2018, her efforts were honored by the NCCN with their Rodger Winn Award.
