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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
Tucson Cancer Center of Southern Arizona Lynn Johnson 520-248-9005
Tucson Sunstone Cancer Support Center Helene Rothstein 520-296-3065
California
Fontana Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center Sandy Hickey 909-427-5289
La Jolla UCSD Cancer Center   858-822-5579
Los Angeles Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA Tom Pier, MSW 310-794-6644
Newport Beach Hoag Cancer Center Sian Wing 949-764-6889
Orange

St. Joseph Hospital Regional Cancer Center "You are not Alone"

Pam Matten, RN, ONC 714-771-8243
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 Barbara Buckley 415-601-4732
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 303-319-8638
Connecticut
New Haven Hospital of St. Raphael
McGivney Center for Cancer Care
Lori Ratchekris 203-789-3946
Norwalk Cancer Care of Connecticut Telephone Support Group Sandy Tripodi 203-854-9911
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
Safety Harbor Morton Plant Hospital Michelle Wellman 727-461-8904
Sarasota The Wellness Community Dr. John Kleinbaum 941-921-5539
Tampa Moffitt Cancer Center Cynthia Shimizu 813-745-3990
Georgia
Athens Lorne Smith Center Rhonda Bogdanow 706-475-4900
Atlanta St Joseph's Cancer Center William Gessner 404-778-5933
Atlanta Emory Healthcare, Winship Cancer Institute Rebecca Sizemore 404-778-5716
Savannah Summit Cancer Care Kay Denham 912-354-6187
Illinois
Chicago Gilda's Club Eileen Lowry 312-464-9900
Chicago University of Chicago Cancer Resource Center Trish Parker 773-834-7206
Elk Grove Village Alexian Brothers LIfe Enrichment Center Sue Abbinanti 847-952-7205
Evanston Evanston Hospital Nan Rothrock 224-364-7597
Geneva Living Well 630-262-1111
Hinsdale Wellness House Marnie McHale 630-654-5108
Maywood Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center Jenny Abrams 708-327-2042
Mokena Jennifer S. Fallick Cancer Support Center   708-478-3529
Northbrook Cancer Wellness Center   847-509-9595
Springfield Simmons Cooper Cancer Institute Beth Phelps, MS, APN-C 217-545-7806
Indiana
Fort Wayne Women's Cancer Center Linda Jordan 219-435-7959
Kentucky
Pikeville Pikeville Methodist Hospital

Shirley Coleman, RN

Kathy Clark

606-218-4992
Maine
South Portland The Cancer Community Center Valerie Odoms 207-774-2200
Maryland
Baltimore Hopewell Cancer Support Carole Sharp 410-832-2719
Bethesda The Wellness Community Barbara Shaffer 301-493-5002
Massachusetts
Boston Dana Farber Cancer Institute Bryan Harter 617-632-3751
Newton The Wellness Community of Greater Boston Abe Feingold 617-332-1919
Michigan
Grand Rapids Gilda's Club, Lung Cancer Networking Group 616-453-8300
Royal Oak Gilda's Club, Lung Cancer Networking Group Chris Spencer 248-577-0800
Minnesota
St. Paul Regions Hospital Scott Cruse, LICSW
Connie Berchem, Lung Cancer Survivor
651-254-9267
651-464-3936
Robbinsdale North Memorial Medical Center Karen Assel, BSN, RN 763-520-3963
Missouri
Columbia Ellis Fischel Cancer Center Christine Chang 573-882-2587
St. Louis Wellness Community Charli Prather 314-238-2000
New Jersey
Morristown Morristown Memorial Hospital
Carol G. Simon Cancer Center
Catherine Owens, MSW 973-971-5169
973-971-6182
Mount Holly Fox Chase Virtua Health at Virtua Memorial Hospital Brigit McCauley 888-847-8823
New York
Buffalo Gilda's Club Western New York Susan Lichtblau 716-332-5900
New York Gilda's Club   212-647-9700
New York Memorial Sloan Kettering Discussion Group Elizabeth Peabody 212-639-3917
New York Memorial Sloan Kettering Breathing Easier Monthly Educational Sessions Rachel Schneider 212-717-3530
New York MSKCC Journey to "Normal" - Psychological Adjustment after Lung Cancer (8 Wk group) Jack Burkhalter, PhD 212-583-3013
New York NYU Cancer Institute Leora Lowenthal, LCSW, OSW-C 212-731-5141
White Plains Gilda's Club, Lung Cancer Networking Group 914-644-8844
Woodbury CancerCare, Long Island Win Boerckel 516-364-8130
North Carolina
Winston-Salem Cancer Services Sara Patterson 336-760-9983
Ohio
Blue Ash Lynn Stern Center/The Wellness Community Bonnie Crawford 513-791-4060
Columbus The Wellness Community   614-791-9510
Toledo The Victory Center Kelly S. Brooks, RN, BSN 419-531-7600
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia The Wellness Community Kathleen Coyne, MSW 215-879-7733
Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Shadyside Hospital Bonnie Shields 412-622-1212
Tennessee
Memphis The West Clinic Sally Hensley 901-683-0055
Nashville Gilda's Club, Lung Cancer Networking Group   615-329-1124
Texas
Dallas Gilda's Club, Lung Cancer Networking Group   214-219-8877
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 Mary Kardauskas, LICSW OSW-C 202-444-1684
Washington
Seattle Northwest Hospital

Cancer Lifeline

800-255-5505
Wisconsin
Fond du Lac Fond du Lac Library

Wyn Workun

Dixie Cassell

920-979-9394

920-921-6104

La Crosse Gunderson Lutheran Health Services

Deb Lager

Julie Lubahn

608-775-3238

608-775-1200

Madison University of Wisconsin Cancer Center Theresa Woods, PhD 608-262-7515