Support Groups
General cancer support groups – There are many places in the country where lung cancer-specific groups are not available. Call our toll-free information line at 1 (800) 298-2436 for help finding general cancer support groups that might be in your area.
To obtain specific information about individual support groups, please call the contact person listed.
| Arizona | |||
| Tucson | Arizona Oncology | 1-520-324-2840 | |
| Phoenix | The Wellness Community | Jenny Fisher or Carol Foster |
1-602-712-1006 |
| Arkansas | |||
| Fayetteville | Highlands Oncology Group | Lisa Russell | 1-479-751-8765 |
| California | |||
| Duarte | City of Hope | Rupinder Sidhu | 1-626-256-4673 x62282 |
| Fontana | Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center | Sylvia Santos | 1-909-427-4022 |
| La Jolla | UCSD Cancer Center | Emma Cullen | 1-858-822-7905 |
| Los Angeles | Simms/Mann UCLA Center for Integrative Oncology | Shane Kennington | 1-310-794-6363 |
| Newport Beach | Hoag Cancer Center | Lilian Reed | 1-949-764-6889 |
| Orange |
St. Joseph Hospital Regional Cancer Center |
Pam Matten | 1-714-734-6236 |
| Palo Alto | Stanford Cancer Center |
Holly Gautier or Pat Fobair |
1-650-725-9456 |
| Pasadena | Huntington Cancer Center | Barbara Perry | 1-626-397-5074 |
| Redondo Beach | The Wellness Community | Tom May | 1-310-376-3550 |
| San Carlos | Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation | Danielle Hicks | 1-650-598-2857 |
| San Clemente | Ocean View Hematology/Oncology Medical Group | Amy Sattel | 1-949-218-2800 |
| Sacramento | Alternates between UC Davis Cancer Center and Mercy San Juan Hospital |
Angie Usher Rachel McConachie |
1-916-734-7296 1-916-962-8892 |
| Santa Barbara | Cancer Center of Santa Barbara | Cathie Nelson | 1-805-563-5870 |
| Walnut Creek | The Wellness Community | Judy Blazin | 1-925-933-0107 |
| Colorado | |||
| Englewood | Swedish Medical Center | Kelly Topf | 1-303-788-4668 |
| Connecticut | |||
| Manchester | The John A. DeQuattro Community Cancer Center | Bill Carson | 1-860-643-1318 |
| New Haven | Yale New Haven Health System -Thoracic Oncology Lung Cancer Support Group | Irene Scanlon or Linda David |
1-203-688-3218 or 1-203-688-5864 |
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| Delaware | |||
| Wilmington | The Wellness Community | 1-302-995-2850 | |
| Florida | |||
| Boca Raton | Lynn Cancer Institute at Boca Raton Regional Hospital | 1-561-955-6469 | |
| Boynton Beach | Bethesda Memorial Hospital | Lynn Edinoff | 1-561-737-7733 x4948 |
| Ft. Lauderdale | Gilda's Club South Florida | 1-954-763-6776 | |
| Jacksonville | Florida Oncology Associates | Jennifer Matthews |
1-904-538-3666 or 1-904-538-3673 |
| Miami | The Wellness Community |
Dr. Peggy Rios or Amparo Alvarez |
1-305-668-5900 |
| Orlando | American Lung Association, Central Area | Victoria Vighetto | 1-407-425-5864 |
| Punta Gorda | Charlotte Regional Hospital | Irene Gargiulo |
1-941-637-9575 |
| Sarasota | The Wellness Community | Dr. John Kleinbaum | 1-941-921-5539 |
| Stuart | Martin Memorial, Weissman Cancer Center (for women only) | 1- 772-223-5945 | |
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| Georgia | |||
| Atlanta | St Joseph's Cancer Center | Debbie Church and Alice Kerber | 1-678-843-5051 |
| Atlanta | Emory Healthcare, Winship Cancer Institute | Carol Rivera | 1-404-778-4593 |
| Hawaii | |||
| Honolulu | The Queen's Medical Center | 1-808-691-8777 | |
| Illinois | |||
| Chicago | University of Chicago Cancer Resource Center | Kimberly Nelson | 1-773-834-7206 |
| Elk Grove Village | Alexian Brothers Medical Center, Cancer Institute | Jane Cosentino | 1-847-952-7205 |
| Hoffman Estates | Alexian Brothers Medical Center, Cancer Institute | Jane Cosentino | 1-847-952-7205 |
| Maywood | Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center | Laura Morrell | 1-708-327-2042 |
| Springfield | Simmons Cooper Cancer Institute | Shari Hill | 1-888- 748-5864 |
| Indiana | |||
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Fort Wayne |
Cancer Services of Northeast Indiana | 1-260-484-9560 | |
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| Kansas | |||
| Kansas City | University of Kansas Cancer Center | 1-913- 588-0130 | |
| Kentucky | |||
| Louisville | Brown Cancer Center | Dana Lee | 1-502-562-7092 |
| Louisiana | |||
| Baton Rouge | Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge | Esther Sachse or Natalie Depp | 1-225-927-2273 |
| Maine | |||
| South Portland | The Cancer Community Center | Valerie Odams | 1-207-774-2200 |
| Lewiston | The Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope and Healing | 1-207-330-7776 | |
| Maryland | |||
| Annapolis | Anne Arundel Medical | Teresa Putscher and Amy Tissiere |
1-443-481-5881 or 1-443-481-5830 |
| Baltimore | Hopewell Cancer Support | Carole Sharp | 1-410-832-2719 |
| Bethesda | Hope Connections for Cancer Support | 1-301-493-5002 | |
| Salisbury | Cancer Support Community - Delmarva | 1-410-546-1200 | |
| Massachusetts | |||
| Boston | Dana Farber Cancer Institute | Allison DiBiasso | 1-617-632-5163 |
| Boston | Massachusetts General Hospital | Mary Susan Convery | 1-617-726-1045 |
| Burlington | Massachusetts General Hospital | 1- 617-724-6737 | |
| Michigan | |||
| Ann Arbor | Univ. of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center | Cancer AnswerLine | 1-800-865-1125 |
| Royal Oak | Gilda's Club, Lung Cancer Networking Group | Michelle Warren | 1-248-577-0800 |
| Minnesota | |||
| Edina | Minnesota Oncology, Southdale Medical Center | Michele O'Brien | 1-952-928-2900 |
| Maplewood | St. John's Hospital | Maria Wood | 1-651-232-4759 |
| Robbinsdale | North Memorial Medical Center | Shirley Kern |
1-763-520-1867 |
| St. Cloud | CentraCare Health Plaza, Coborn Cancer Center | Debbie Corrigan | 1-320-229-5199 x70830 |
| St. Paul | Regions Hospital | Survivorship Clinic | 1-651-254-3978 |
| Missouri | |||
| Columbia | Ellis Fischel Cancer Center | Christine Chang | 1-573-882-2587 |
| New Hampshire | |||
| Concord | Concord Hospital | Paula Plona | 1-603-230-6031 |
| New Jersey | |||
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Brick |
Ocean Medical Center | Joyce Cline-Blasi | 1-732-836-4042 |
| Eatontown | The Wellness Community - Northern Jersey Shore | 1-732-578-9200 | |
| Hackensack | The Wellness Community - Northern New Jersey | 1-201-457-1670 | |
| Linwood | The Wellness Community - South Jersey | 1-609-926-2699 | |
| Morristown | Morristown Memorial Hospital Carol G. Simon Cancer Center |
Lisa Picciuti | 1-979-971-7971 |
| New York | |||
| Buffalo | Gilda's Club Western New York | Susan Lichtblau | 1-716-332-5900 |
| Latham | ACS Hope Club | Pat Morris | 1-518-456-1420 |
| New York | Gilda's Club | 1-212-647-9700 | |
| New York | Memorial Sloan Kettering |
1-646-888-4740 | |
| New York | Mt. Sinai Medical Center, Tisch Cancer Center | Batya Reckson | 1-212-241-7805 |
| New York | NYU Cancer Institute | Michelle Shaw | 1-212-731-6036 |
| Rochester | Gildas Club/Wilmot Cancer Center | Mary Casselman-Collazo | 1-585-423-9700 |
| Stony Brook | Stony Brook University Medical Center | April Plant | 1-631-444-2981 |
| White Plains | Gilda's Club, Lung Cancer Networking Group | Amy Mlodzianowski | 1-914-644-8844 |
| Woodbury | CancerCare, Long Island | Win Boerckel | 1-516-364-8130 |
| North Carolina | |||
| Durham | Duke University Medical Center | Ben Weast | 1-919-684-8564 |
| Winston-Salem | Cancer Services | Julie Lanford | 1-336-760-9983 |
| Ohio | |||
| Columbus | The Longaberger House, Ohio State University | Deb Leno | 1-614-293-7041 |
| Elyria | Center for Body, Mind & Spirit Community Cancer Center | Vikki Howard | 1-440-324-0480 |
| Oregon | |||
| Portland | Legacy Health and OHSU | Andrea Lehman or Wendy Talbot | 1-503-413-7921 |
| Pennsylvania | |||
| Abington | Abington Memorial Hospital, Rosenfeld Cancer Center | Kelly Pressler | 1-215-481-2400 |
| Langhorne | Gilda's Club/St Mary's Medical Center | Melanie Kaplan | 1-215-710-6828 |
| Philadelphia | Fox Chase Cancer Center | Lisa Lucker | 1-215-728-2666 |
| Philadelphia | Temple University Hospital | 1-215-707-7569 | |
| South Carolina | |||
| Columbia | For information, please call Lung Cancer Alliance at 1-800-298-2436 | ||
| Tennessee | |||
| Knoxville | Baptist Hospital West | Trish Craft or Amand Beckner | 1-865-859-7020 |
| Texas | |||
| Clear Lake | Local volunteer run support group |
Eileen |
1-281-772-2072 |
| Dallas | Baylor Health Center at North Dallas |
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1-214-820-2608 |
| Trophy Club | Arlington Cancer Center at Trophy Club |
Katie Brown |
1-817-501-9313 |
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| Virginia | |||
| Falls Church | Life with Cancer Family Center | Paul Clark or Miranda Gingerich | 1-703-698-2526 |
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| Washington, District of Columbia | |||
| Lombardi Cancer Center at Georgetown University Hospital | Cheryl Hughes | 1-202-444-3020 | |