MESOTHELIOMA SPECIALISTS AND TREATMENT CENTERS

SPECIALISTS

Due to mesothelioma's relative rarity among the general population, it is highly recommended that patients seek experienced mesothelioma specialists for development of their treatment plans. These specialists will be aware of the latest research and clinical trials involving each of the treatment options.  The specialists will be able to develop a more informed treatment plan than would a physician who does not specialize in the disease.
In many cases, the mesothelioma specialist will develop the protocol and will supervise its implementation, while the patient continues treatment with his or her personal doctor.

Manjit S. Bains, M.D., F.A.C.S., Thoracic Surgery at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.
http://www.mskcc.org/prg/prg/bios/48.cfm

Linda Garland, M.D., Director, Arizona Cancer Center Clinical Lung Program
Phone: (520) 626-3434
http://www.azcc.arizona.edu/fap/garland.asp

David H. Harpole, Jr., M.D., Vice Chair, Faculty Affairs, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
(919) 668-8413
http://www.dukehealth.org/physicians/B8134966804F269585256DFD006A938B

David Jablons, M.D., Chief of General Thoracic Surgery at the University of California in San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center.
(415) 353-4145
http://www.ucsfhealth.org/adult/cgi-bin/prd.cgi?action=DISPLAYDOCTOR&doctorid=584

Mary Louise L. Keohan, M.D., Medical Oncology at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.
Phone: (212) 305-4076
http://www.mskcc.org/prg/prg/bios/861.cfm

Roman Perez-Soler, M.D., Associate Director of Clinical Oncology/New York University Kaplan Cancer Center, New York, NY
Phone: (212) 263-7300
http://www.med.nyu.edu/people/R.PerezSoler.html

Larry Robinson, M.D., Director, Div of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute in Tampa, Florida.
http://www.moffitt.org/Site.aspx?spid=3265A3B99C534A77A67B0561A5EBD3A4&SearchType=Physician

Valerie Rusch, M.D., F.A.C.S., Alfred P. Sloan Chair at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.
http://www.mskcc.org/prg/prg/bios/51.cfm

Dong M. Shin, M.D., Director of the Clinical and Translational Cancer Prevention Program, and Deputy Director of the Translational Aerodigestive Track Malignancies Program, Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Phone: (404) 778-3033
http://www.wcigtccne.org/investigatorsdetail.php?id=6

Paul Sugarbaker, M.D., Director, Peritoneal Surface Malignancy Program, Washington Cancer Institute, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C.
Phone: (202)877-3908
http://www.surgicaloncology.com/

Eric Vallieres, M.D., Thoracic Surgery/Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA
Phone: (206) 215-6800
http://www.swedishphysicians.org/body.cfm?id=6&action=detail&ref=1535&HC1=%2D%20blank%20%2D&HC2=%2D%20blank%20%2D&HC3=Vallieres

 

MESOTHELIOMA TREATMENT CENTERS

ALABAMA
University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center, Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
Francisco Robert, MD 
205-934-5077
http://www.ccc.uab.edu/

ALASKA
Ketchikan General Hospital
3100 Tongass Avenue
Ketchikan, Alaska 99901
(907) 225-5171
http://www.peacehealth.org/SoutheastAlaska

ARIZONA
Arizona Cancer Center
1515 North Campbell Avenue
Tucson, Arizona 85724-5024
http://www.azcc.arizona.edu/pi/contactacc.htm

CALIFORNIA
City of Hope
1500 East Duarte Road
Duarte, California 91010
626-256-HOPE (4673)
http://www.cityofhope.org/Pages/default.aspx

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
8700 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90048
(310) 4-CEDARS (423-3277)
http://www.csmc.edu/home.html

UCLA Surgery Center, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Lung Cancer Program
10833 Le Conte Ave.
Box 957313
Los Angeles, CA 90095-7313
http://www.surgery.medsch.ucla.edu/

Tower Hematology Oncology Medical Group
9090 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 200
Beverly Hills, CA  90211
(310)888-8680
http://www.toweroncology.com/

COLORADO
University of Colorado Cancer Center, Thoracic Oncology Program
1665 Aurora Court
Aurora, CO 80045
(303)-239-3422
http://www.uccc.info/conditions/cancer/lung/index.aspx

National Jewish Hospital
1400 Jackson St # 802
Denver, CO 80206
(303) 388-4461
http://www.nationaljewish.org/index.aspx

CONNECTICUT
Yale University School of Medicine, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine
PO Box 208057
New Haven, Connecticut, 06520-8057
203-785-4162
http://info.med.yale.edu/ysm/

KANSAS
Cancer Center of Kansas
Heritage Plaza Medical Building
818 N. Emporia, #403
Wichita, KS 67214
(316) 262-4467
http://www.cancercenterofkansas.com/home.htm

KENTUCKY
Kentuckian Cancer Institute
100 East Liberty St., Suite 500
Louisville, KY 40202
(502) 561-9596
http://www.kentuckianacancerinstitute.com/

LOUISIANA
Ochsner Healthcare
4225 Lapalco Blvd.
Marrero, LA 70072
504-371-9355
http://www.ochsner.org/services/cancer/

MARYLAND
Center for Cancer Research, NCI Surgery Branch
31 Center Drive
Building 31, Room 3A11
Bethesda, Maryland 20892
301-496-4345
http://ccr.cancer.gov/labs/lab.asp?labid=93

University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenbaum Cancer Center
22 South Greene Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
800-492-5538
http://www.umm.edu/cancer/

University of Maryland School of Medicine, Thoracic Surgery
655 West Baltimore Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21201-1559
410-328-8667
http://www.umm.edu/thoracic/

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
600 N. Wolfe Street 
Baltimore, Maryland 21287
410-955-5000
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/medicalschool/

MASSACHUSETTS
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
44 Binney Street
Boston, MA 02115
617-632-3470
 http://www.dfci.harvard.edu/

MICHIGAN
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
4100 John R, Detroit, Michigan 48201
(800) KARMANOS (1-800-527-6266)
313-745-8746
 http://www.karmanos.org/

St. Joseph Mercy Hospital –Oakland
44405 Woodward Avenue
Pontiac, Michigan 48341
248-858-3000
 http://www.mercyoakland.com/

University of Michigan Health System
1500 E. Medical Center Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
734-936-4300
 http://www.med.umich.edu

MINNESOTA
University of Minnesota Masonic Cancer Center
425 East River Parkway
 Minneapolis, MN 55455
612-624-5631
http://www.cancer.umn.edu/

Veterans Affairs Medical Center-Minneapolis
1 Veterans Dr
Minneapolis, MN 55417
(612) 467-4400
http://www1.va.gov/Minneapolis/

Mayo Clinic
200 First St. S.W.
Rochester, MN 55905
507-284-2511
http://www.mayoclinic.org/

MISSISSIPPI
University Of Mississippi Medical Center
2500 North State Street
Jackson, Mississippi 39216
(601) 984-1000
 http://www.umc.edu/

MISSOURI
VA Medical Center, John Cochran Division
915 North Grand Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63106
314-652-4100
http://www.stlouis.va.gov/

The Center for Cancer Care and Research
12855 North Forty Drive
Suite 200
St. Louis, MO 63141
(314) 628-1210
http://tcccr.com/

Barnes-Jewish Hospital
One Barnes-Jewish Hospital Plaza
St. Louis, MO 63110
(314) 747-3000
http://www.barnesjewish.org/

NEBRASKA
Good Samaritan Health Systems, Cancer Center 
104 West 33rd St,
Kearney, NE   68847
(308) 865-7985
http://www.gshs.org/body.cfm?id=50

Creighton University Medical Center, Cancer Center
2500 California Plaza
Omaha, NE 68178
(402) 280-5858
http://www.creightonhospital.com/en-us/ourservices/medicalservices/cancercare/pages/default.aspx

NEVADA
Nevada Cancer Research Foundation CCOP
601 South Rancho Drive,Suite D-29
Las Vegas, NV 89106
(702) 384-0808
http://www.sncrf.org/

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center
Catholic Medical Center
Notre Dame Pavilion, 4th Floor
87 McGregor Street,
Manchester, NH 03102
(603) 629-1828
http://www.cancer.dartmouth.edu/index.shtml

NEW JERSEY
Somerset Medical Center
110 Rehill Avenue
Somerville, NJ 08876
908-685-2200
 http://www.somersetmedicalcenter.com/

NEW MEXICO
University of New Mexico, Cancer Research and Treatment Center
900 Camino de Salud NE
Albuquerque, NM 87131
(505) 272-1157
http://hsc.unm.edu/crtc/

NEW YORK
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Elm & Carlton Streets
Buffalo, New York 14263
716-845-5873
http://www.roswellpark.org/

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
1275 York Avenue
New York, NY 10065
212-639-2000
http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/44.cfm

Syracuse Hematology-Oncology Associate of Central New York, P.C.
5008 Brittonfield Parkway, Suite 700,
PO Box 2050
East Syracuse, NY 13057-4550
(315)472-7504
http://www.hoacny.com/

NORTH CAROLINA
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
Medical Center Boulevard
Winston-Salem, NC 27157
(800) 446-2255
 http://www1.wfubmc.edu/cancer/

Southeast Cancer Control Consortium
2150 Country Club Road, Suite 200
Winston-Salem, NC 27104-4241
(910) 777-3036
http://www.southeastcancercontrol.org/

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
101 Manning Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
(919) 966-4131
http://cancer.med.unc.edu

NORTH DAKOTA
Medcenter One Health System
300 N. Seventh St.
Bismarck, N.D. 58501
(701) 323-6000
http://www.medcenterone.com/

Altru Health Systems
1000 South Columbia Road
Grand Forks, ND 58206-6003
(701) 780-6000
http://www.altru.org/body.cfm?id=126

OHIO
CCOP-Toledo Community Oncology Program
3232 Central Park West, Suite C
Toledo, OH  43617
(419) 843-6147
http://www.tchop.com/

OKLAHOMA
CCOP-Sooner State
6151 S. Yale #100
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74136
918-499-2000

Southwestern Regional Medical Center
10109 E. 79th St.
Tulsa, OK 74133
(918) 499-2000

OREGON
Good Samaritan Hospital, Samaritan Regional Cancer Center
501 NW Elks Drive
Corvallis, OR 97330
541-768-5220
http://www.samhealth.org/regional_health_services/cancer/

PENNSYLVANIA
CCOP-Geisinger Medical Center, Dept. Hematology/ Oncology
100 N. Academy Ave
Danville, Pennsylvania 17822
(570) 271-6045
http://www.geisinger.org/

University of Pennsylvania Hospital 
Abramson Cancer Center
3535 Market Street, Suite 750
Philadelphia, PA 19104-3309
http://penncancer.org/

UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
5115 Centre Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15232
(412) 647-2811
http://www.upmccancercenters.com/network/upmchillman.cfm

Fox Chase Cancer Center
333 Cottman Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19111-2497
1-888-FOX-CHASE
http://www.fccc.edu/

SOUTH CAROLINA
Medical University of South Carolina
171 Ashley Avenue
Charleston, SC  29403
843-792-4271
http://www.musc.edu/

TENNESSEE
Veterans Affairs Medical Center-Memphis
1030 Jefferson Ave
Memphis, Tennessee 38104 
(901)523-8990
http://www.memphis.va.gov/

TEXAS
Lone Star Oncology
11044 Research Blvd, Suite D-400
Austin, Texas 78759
(512) 343-2103
http://www.lonestaroncology.com/

University of Texas-MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd
Houston, TX 77030
(800) 392-1611 
http://www.mdanderson.org/

Burzynski Clinic
9432 Old Katy Road, Suite 200
Houston, Texas 77055
(713) 335-5697
http://www.cancermed.com/

Scott & White Healthcare
2401 S. 31st St.
Temple, TX  76508
(254) 724-2111
http://www.sw.org/

VERMONT
University of Vermont, Vermont Cancer Center
E-213 Given Building, 89 Beaumont Avenue
Burlington, VT 05405
(802)656-4414
http://www.vermontcancer.org/

VIRGINIA
Virginia Oncology Associates
Lake Wright Cancer Center
5900 Lake Wright Drive
Norfolk, VA 23502
(757) 213-5700
http://www.virginiacancer.com/

MBCCOP-VCU Massey Cancer Center
401 College Street, P.O. Box 980037
Richmond, Virginia 23298-0037
(804) 828-0450
 http://www.vcu.edu/mcc/

WISCONSIN
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
600 Highland Ave.
Madison, WI  53792
(608) 263-6400
http://www.uwhospital.org/

WASHINGTON
University of Washington School of Medicine, Department of Surgery,
1959 N.E. Pacific
Seattle, WA 98195
206-598-3300
http://uwmedicine.washington.edu/