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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 Wellness 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 602-712-1006
California
Duarte City of Hope Rupinder Sidhu, LCSW 262-256-4673 ext. 62282
Fontana Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center Sandy Hickey 909-427-5289
Fountain Valley Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center Dani Daniels, LCSW 714-378-7950
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 Coordinatore, 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
San Francisco UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center Michele Francis, LCSW 415-353-7982
Santa Barbara Cancer Center of Santa Barbara Cathie Nelson, MSW 805-682-7300
Walnut Creek The Wellness Community Judy Blazin 925-933-0107
Colorado
Englewood Swedish Medical Center Kelly Topf 303-788-4668
Connecticut
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
Norwalk Cancer Care of Connecticut Telephone Support Group Sandy Tripodi 203-854-9911
Delaware
Wilmington The Wellness Community Susan Nycum 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 Sara Lomonte 904-538-3673
Miami The Wellness Community

Dr. Peggy Rios or

Amparo Alvarez

305-668-5900
Punta Gorda Charlotte Regoinal Hospital Irene Gargiulo

941-637-9575

Safety Harbor Morton Plant Hospital Michelle Wellman 727-461-8904
Sarasota The Wellness Community Dr. John Kleinbaum 941-921-5539
Georgia
Atlanta St Joseph's Cancer Center Sarah Pennah 404-778-5933
Atlanta Emory Healthcare, Winship Cancer Institute William Gessner, Rebecca Sizemore 404-778-5716
Savannah Summit Cancer Care

Kay Denham

912-354-6187
Savannah Summit Cancer Care Dana Coleman 912-819-5794
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 Alexian Brothers LIfe Enrichment Center Sue Abbinanti 847-952-7205
Geneva Living Well   630-262-1111
Hinsdale Wellness House Lisa Kovennu 630-654-5108
Maywood Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center Laura Morrell 708-327-2042
Springfield Simmons Cooper Cancer Institute Shari Hill 217-545-7806
Indiana

Fort Wayne

Cancer Services of Northeast Indiana Gail Hamm 260-484-9560
South Bend Cancer Institute at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center Judy Kobb 574-287-4197
Kansas
Kansas City University of Kansas Cancer Center   913- 588-0130
Kentucky
Louisville Brown Cancer Center Dana Lee, RN, BSN, OCN 502-562-7092
Pikeville Pikeville Methodist Hospital

Shirley Coleman, RN

Kathy Clark

606-218-4992
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
Maryland
Baltimore Hopewell Cancer Support Carole Sharp 410-832-2719
Rockville Shady Grove Hospital Sharon Francz

240-826-6136

Salisbury The Wellness Community - Delmarva Robin Richie 410-546-1200
Massachusetts
Boston Dana Farber Cancer Institute Allison DiBiasso 617-632-5163
Burlington Massachusets 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. Louis Park

Methodist Hospital - Park Nicollet Cancer Center Lori Fewer 952-993-5700
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
St. Louis Wellness Community Charli Prather 314-238-2000
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 212-717-3527
New York Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Lung Cancer support group for patients in active treatment MSK Counseling Center 646-888-0026
New York Mt. Sinai Medical Center, Tisch Cancer Center Alison Snow 212-241-7805
New York NYU Cancer Institute Leora Lowenthal, LCSW, OSW-C 212-731-5141
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
Lansdale Ann McCough Center Kathleen Coyne, MSW 215-879-7733
Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Shadyside Hospital Bonnie Shields 412-622-1212
Tennessee
Memphis Wings Cancer Foundation Sally Hensley 901-683-0055 ext. 1159
Nashville Gilda's Club, Lung Cancer Networking Group   615-329-1124
Knoxville Baptist Hospital West Trish Craft, Amand Beckner 865-632-5981
Virginia
Falls Church Life with Cancer Family Center

Paul Clark

Geronima Cortese-Jimenez

703-776-2841
Washington, District of Columbia
  Lombardi Cancer Center at Georgetown University Hospital Cheryl Hughes, LGSW 202-444-3020
Washington
Seattle Northwest Hospital

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