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Support Groups

Lung Cancer Alliance recognizes the need for some patients and their caregivers to discuss issues associated with lung cancer. Support groups and educational sessions specific to lung cancer are available, but sometimes difficult to find.

Please contact us with any information about a lung cancer specific support group you are aware of that is not listed. In addition, please contact Lung Cancer Alliance if there are no support groups in your area and you are interested in starting one.

Online Support:


The Association of Cancer Online Resources (ACOR). A not-for-profit group that hosts free support discussion groups. Register for non-small cell, small cell, or bronchioalveolar (BAC) lung cancer groups.

 

CancerCare.  A national non-profit organization that provides free professional support to anyone affected by cancer.  Provides online support groups.

 

The Cancer Support Community. A non-profit organization that offers general cancer support groups online. Limited to 8 participants, the groups meet weekly for an hour and a half.

 

The Group Room (Vital Options® International) radio show has Web and radio programs about cancer issues, with past programs archived on their site. Listeners are welcome to call in.

 

Face-to-Face Support:

To obtain specific information about individual support groups, please call the contact person listed.

 

Arizona
Phoenix The Wellness Community Jenny Fisher or Carol Foster 602-712-1006
Arkansas
Fayetteville Highlands Oncology Group Lisa Russell 479-751-8765
California
Duarte City of Hope Rupinder Sidhu, LCSW 626-256-4673 ext. 62282
Fontana Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center Sandy Hickey 909-427-5289
La Jolla UCSD Cancer Center   858-822-6868
Los Angeles Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA Ines Santiago, LCSW 310-794-6644
Newport Beach Hoag Cancer Center Lilian Reed, LC Nurse Coordinator, RN 949-764-6889
Orange

St. Joseph Hospital Regional Cancer Center

Pam Matten, RN, ONC 714-734-6236
Palo Alto Stanford Cancer Center

Holly Gautier, RN;

Pat Fobair, LCSW

650-725-9456
Redondo Beach The Wellness Community Tom May 310-376-3550
Sacramento UC Davis Medical Center Carolyn Guadagnolo 916-734-8299
Santa Barbara Cancer Center of Santa Barbara Cathie Nelson, MSW 805-563-5870
Walnut Creek The Wellness Community Judy Blazin 925-933-0107
Colorado
Englewood Swedish Medical Center Kelly Topf 303-788-4668
Connecticut
Manchester Manchester Housing Authority Hall Bill Carson 860-643-1318
New Haven Hospital of St. Raphael
McGivney Center for Cancer Care 		Lori Ratchelous 203-789-3946
New Haven

Yale New Haven Health System -Thoracic Oncology Lung Cancer Support Group

 Irene Scanlon, LCSW; Linda David   203-688-3218
Delaware
Wilmington The Wellness Community Sean 302-995-2850
Florida
Boynton Beach Bethesda Memorial Hospital Lynn Edinoff, LCSW 561-737-7733 x4948
Ft. Lauderdale Gilda's Club South Florida Sue Cleveland 954-763-6776
Jacksonville Florida Oncology Associates Bridgette

904-703-5457
Jacksonville Florida Oncology Associates Jennifer Matthews 904-538-3666, 904-538-3673
Miami The Wellness Community

Dr. Peggy Rios or

Amparo Alvarez

305-668-5900
Orlando American Lung Association, Central Area Tiffany Tisdale 407-425-5864        x1302
Punta Gorda Charlotte Regoinal Hospital Irene Gargiulo

941-637-9575
Sarasota The Wellness Community Dr. John Kleinbaum 941-921-5539
Stuart Robert and Carol Weissman Cancer Center, Martin Memorial  

772-223-5945

x1669

Georgia
Atlanta St Joseph's Cancer Center Debbie Church and Alice Kerber 678-843-5051
Atlanta Emory Healthcare, Winship Cancer Institute William Gessner, Rebecca Sizemore 404-778-5926
Illinois
Chicago Gilda's Club Liz Ferrigno 312-464-9900
Chicago University of Chicago Cancer Resource Center Kimberly Nelson 773-834-7206
Elk Grove Village The Cancer Institute at Alexian Brothers Medical Center Sue Abbinanti 847-952-7205
Geneva Living Well   630-262-1111
Hoffman Estates St. Alexius Medical Center Sue Abbinanti 847-952-7205
Maywood Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center Laura Morrell 708-327-2042
Springfield Simmons Cooper Cancer Institute Anjuli Amin 217-545-5408
Indiana

Fort Wayne

Cancer Services of Northeast Indiana Gail Hamm 260-484-9560
Kansas
Kansas City University of Kansas Cancer Center   913- 588-0130
Kentucky
Louisville Brown Cancer Center Dana Lee, RN, BSN, OCN 502-562-7092
Louisiana
Baton Rouge Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge Esther Sachse 225-927-2273
Maine
South Portland The Cancer Community Center Valerie Odams 207-774-2200
Lewiston The Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope and Healing Terry Quatrano Simpson, LCSW 207-330-7776
Maryland
Annapolis Anne Arundel Medical Teresa Putscher and Amy Tissiere 443-481-5881 or 443-481-5830
Baltimore Hopewell Cancer Support Carole Sharp 410-832-2719
Salisbury The Wellness Community - Delmarva Robin Richie 410-546-1200
Massachusetts
Boston Dana Farber Cancer Institute Allison DiBiasso 617-632-5163
Burlington Massachusetts General Hospital Mary Susan Convery, LICSW, MSW 617-726-1045
Michigan
Ann Arbor Univ. of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center Cancer AnswerLine 800-865-1125
Grand Rapids Gilda's Club, Lung Cancer Networking Group Dorace Youells, LMSW 616-453-8300
Royal Oak Gilda's Club, Lung Cancer Networking Group Michelle Warren 248-577-0800
Minnesota
Edina Minnesota Oncology, Southdale Medical Center Michele O'Brien, RN 952-928-2900
St. Paul Regions Hospital Scott Cruse, LICSW
Connie Berchem, Lung Cancer Survivor 		651-254-9267
651-464-3936
Robbinsdale North Memorial Medical Center Shirley Kern 763-520-1867
Missouri
Columbia Ellis Fischel Cancer Center Christine Chang 573-882-2587
New Hampshire
Concord Concord Hospital Paula Plona 603-230-6031
New Jersey

Brick

 Ocean Medical Center Joyce Cline-Blasi 732-836-4042
Eatontown The Wellness Community - Northern Jersey Shore   732-578-9200
Hackensack The Wellness Community - Northern New Jersey   201-457-1670
Linwood The Wellness Community - South Jersey   609-926-2699
Morristown Morristown Memorial Hospital
Carol G. Simon Cancer Center 		Lisa Picciuti 979-971-7971
New York
Buffalo Gilda's Club Western New York Susan Lichtblau 716-332-5900
Latham Gilda's Club Pat Morris 518-456-1420
New York Gilda's Club   212-647-9700
New York Memorial Sloan Kettering Breathing Easier Monthly Educational Sessions Post Treatment Resource Center and Month Support Group 646-888-4740
New York Mt. Sinai Medical Center, Tisch Cancer Center Alison Snow 212-241-7805
New York NYU Cancer Institute Michelle Shaw 212-731-6036
Rochester Gildas Club/Wilmot Cancer Center Mary Casselman-Collazo 585-423-9700
Stony Brook Stony Brook University Medical Center April Plant 631-444-2981
White Plains Gilda's Club, Lung Cancer Networking Group Amy Mlodzianowski, LMSW 914-644-8844
Woodbury CancerCare, Long Island Win Boerckel 516-364-8130
North Carolina
Durham Duke University Medical Center Ben Weast 919-684-8564
Winston-Salem Cancer Services Julie Lanford MPH, RD, CSO, LDN 336-760-9983
Ohio
Columbus The Longaberger House, Ohio State University Deb Leno, Care for Life 614-293-7041
Elyria Center for Body, Mind & Spirit Community Cancer Center Vikki Howard, LSW 440-324-0480
Toledo The Victory Center Penny McCloskey 419-531-7600
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia  Fox Chase Cancer Center Lisa Lucker, LCSW 215-728-2666
Tennessee
Memphis Wings Cancer Foundation Sally Hensley 901-683-0055 ext. 1159
Knoxville Baptist Hospital West Trish Craft, Amand Beckner 865-632-5981
Texas
Trophy Arlington Cancer Center at Trophy Club

Katie Brown

817-501-9313
Virginia
Falls Church Life with Cancer Family Center

Paul Clark

Geronima Cortese-Jimenez

 703-698-2526
Washington, District of Columbia
  Lombardi Cancer Center at Georgetown University Hospital Cheryl Hughes, LGSW 202-444-3020
Washington
Seattle Swedish Cancer Institute

No Contact Person

206-540-0477
Seattle Northwest Hospital

Cancer Lifeline

800-255-5505