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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

 

 

   
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
     

 

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

Fort Wayne

Cancer Services of Northeast Indiana   1-260-484-9560

 

     
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

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

 

1-214-820-2608

Trophy Club Arlington Cancer Center at Trophy Club

Katie Brown

1-817-501-9313

   

 

 
Virginia
Falls Church Life with Cancer Family Center Paul Clark or Miranda Gingerich 1-703-698-2526
   

 

 
Washington, District of Columbia
  Lombardi Cancer Center at Georgetown University Hospital Cheryl Hughes 1-202-444-3020