Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Centers of Excellence
 
 
 

 

The Melanoma Hope Network (MHN) is proud to recognize the following centers as

"Melanoma Centers of Excellence"

 

MHN seeks to recognize melanoma treatment centers and doctors across the United States, both academic and community-based, that offer exceptional care, knowledge and compassion to those patients diagnosed with advanced melanoma.  The following centers have returned completed applications and been approved by MHN.  There are many other centers and doctors across the country that offer exceptional care to melanoma patients.  Please encourage these centers and doctors to fill out the one page, NO COST,  on-line application so that we may recognize them.    

                                        "Apply Now"

  


 


Barbara Ann Karmanos

Cancer Institute

4100 John R

Detroit, MI  48201

1-800-527-6266

Website:  www.karmanos.org

Physician (s):  Lawrence Flaherty, M.D.

Contact (s):  Cynthia H. Marsack, MSN, OCN, NP
 
 

Creighton University Cancer Center

Melanoma & Skin Cancer Center

601 North 30th St., Suite 2803

Omaha, Nebraska  68131

(402) 280-4100

Website:  www.creighton.edu/health

Physician (s):  

Dermatology:                     Christopher J. Huerter, MD; James Shehan, MD

Dermatopatholgy:              Deba Sharma, MD

General Surgery:               Robert J. Fitzgibbons, MD

Medical Oncology:            Peter T. Silberstein, MD;  Luke Nordquist, MD;

                                            Peter Townley, MD

Melanoma Genetics:        Henry T. Lynch, MD

Moh's Surgeon:                 Christopher J. Hueter, MD;  James Shehan, MD

Surgical Oncology:            Brian W. Loggie, MD;  Edibaldo Silva, MD, PhD; 

                                            Jason Foster, MD

Contact Person:  Please contact our team of Specialists at 402-280-4100


Ellis Fischel Cancer Center /

University of Missouri

115 Business Loop 70 West

Columbia, Missouri  65203

573-882-0997 

Website:  www.ellisfishel.org

 Physician (s):  Clay M. Anderson, MD  /  Paul Dale, MD

 Contact Person:  Please contact our team at 573-882-0997


Emory Winship Cancer Institute

1365 Clifton Road

Building C

Atlanta, Georgia  30322

Referrals and Information:  1-888- WINSHIP (946-7447)

Website:  www.cancer.emory.edu

Our Melanoma Team:

Dermatology 404.778.3333: Jack Arbiser, MD, PhD; Suephy Chen, MD; Brian Pollack, MD;  Carl Washington, MD

Surgical Oncology 404.778.3303 : Grant Carlson, MD,; Keith Delman, MD; Douglas R. Murray,  MD (Emeritus); Monica Rizzo, MD; Nancy Reynics, NP

Medical Oncology: 404.778.1900: David Lawson, MD, Necia Maynard, NP, Theresa Gregerson, LPN

Radiation Oncology 404.778.3473: Ian Crocker, MD, Lawrence Davis, MD, Jerome Landry, MD

Ophthalmology 404.778.2020: Thomas Aaberg, MD; Robert Bernardino, MD; Anna Murchison, MD; Ted Wojno, MD

Inquiries about Clinical Trials 404.778.1900: Carol Hill,  RN, BSN, OCN; Letta Heyward, BS, Clinical Research Coordinator

Contact: Theresa Huffman, Marketing and Communications 404.778.4458

                Referrals and other information 1-888- WINSHIP

 


 

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center

and Research Institute

12902 Magnolia Drive

Tampa  Florida, 33612

813-745-8482

Website:  www.moffitt.org 

Physician (s):  Vernon K. Sondak, MD / Ronald C. DeConti, MD / Jonathan S. Zager, MD / C. Wayne Cruse, MD / Jane L. Messina, MD / Gerard Mosiello, MD / Neil Fenske, MD / Frank Glass, MD / Basil Cherpelis, MD / Andy Trotti, MD / Claudia Berman, MD

Patient Contact:  Please contact our team of Professionals at 813-745-1968.

  



Hubert H. Humphrey Cancer Center

500 Osborne Rd NE # 215

Fridley, Minnesota  55432

763-786-1620

Website:  www.northmemorial.com/humphrey

Physician (s):  Thomas Amatruda  /  David King

Contact Person:  Jean Doherty RN, BS, OCN  (763-786-1620)

 


Melanoma Research Center

of San Diego

477 N. El Camion Real

Encinitas, CA 92024

760-452-3340

Website:  www.pacificoncology.com

Physician (s):

Edward F. McClay, M.D. 

Contact Person:  Lauren Good

 

 


 

Oncology Specialists

1700 Luther Lane

Park Ridge, Illinois  60068

866-611-1991

 

Website:  www.oncmed.net

Physician (s):  Jon M. Richards PhD, MD

Contact Person:  Please contact our specialists at 866-611-1991.

 


 

3655 Vista Avenue

West Pavillion

St. Louis, MO 63110

314-268-7091

Website :  http://cancercenter.slu.edu/

Physician (s): 

Banke Agarwal, MD
Kirke Bieneman, MD
John Boullier, MD, Ph.D.
Elizabeth Brunt, MD
Richard Bucholz, MD
Brian Collins, MD
Cherise Cortese, MD
James Cummings, MD
Adrian Di Bisceglie, MD
John Eisenbeis, MD
Scott Fosko, MD
Dee Anna Glaser, MD
Leonard Grosso, MD, PhD
Necat Havlioglu, M.D., Ph.D.
Eddy C. Hsueh, MD
Christine Janney, MD
Frank Johnson, MD

Beth Levy, MD
Keith Naunheim, MD
Michael Odell, MD
Paul Petruska, MD
Nancy Phillips, MD
Steven Pincus, MD, PhD
Charlene Prather, MD
Donna Prohazka, MD
John Richart, MD
H. Joachim Reimers, MD, PhD
Huda Salman, MD
William F. Sasser, MD
Maulik Shah, M.D., Ph.D.
Ali Shilatifard, PhD
Kenneth Smith, MD
Harvey Solomon, MD
Mark Varvares, MD
Bruce Walz, MD
Summer Youker, MD

Contact :  314-268-7091

 



Sylvester Cancer Center,

University of Miami

1475 NW 12th Ave

Miami, Florida  33136

305-243-4909

 

Website:    www.sylvester.org

Physician (s):  Lynn Feun, MD

Contact Person:  Please contact us at 1-800-545-2292

 


 

The Angeles Clinic and

Research Institute

2001 Santa Monica Blvd

Suite 560W

Santa Monica, California  90404

310-582-7906

 

Website:  www.theangelesclinic.org

Physician (s):  Omid Hamid, MD  /  Steven O'Day, MD

Contact Person:  (melanoma@theangelesclinic.org ) or call us at 310-582-7900


Thomas Jefferson University

111 South 11th Street

Suite 4240

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  19107

 

1-800-JEFF-NOW or 215-955-8874

 

Website:  www.kimmelcancercenter.org

 

Information:  The Melanoma Program at Thomas Jefferson University is known for the immunotherapy of metastatic melanoma, including hapten-modified melanoma cell vaccine.  Thomas Jefferson University Hospital is also the major center for the treatment of metastatic uveal melanoma.  Special treatments for liver metastases such as immunoembolization or chemoembolization have been developed.

 

Support (donation) for melanoma research (contact person: Ms. Susan W. Schiffrin, 215-955-7556)

 

Physician (s):

 

Takami Sato, M.D.  (Uveal Melanoma, Liver Metastases)

 

Michael J. Mastrangelo, M.D.  (Melanoma General)

 

Kendra Feeney, M.D.  (Skin Melanoma)

 

David Berd, M.D.  (Skin Melanoma)

 

Contact Persons: 

 

Debrah Kramer, R.N. (Melanoma General)

Renee Zalinski, R.N.  (Liver Metastasis)

 

Please call 1-800-JEFF-NOW for referrals and other information.

 

 

  


University of Florida

1600 SW Archer Road

P.O.Box 100286

Gainesville, FL  32605

352-265-0990

Website:  www.surgery.ufl.edu/surgicaloncology

Physician (s):

Steven Hochwald, M.D.

Stephen Grobmeyer, M.D.

Contact Person (s):

Coleen Booker

 


 

 The Following Centers across the country have been identified as potential Melanoma Centers of Excellence (MCE) but have not submitted an application at this time.  Please encourage these and other doctors / centers to submit the NO-COST application so that we can determine if they meet the acceptance criteria.  Melanoma Hope Network seeks to create the most comprehensive listing of melanoma treatment centers / doctors in the Country.

 

PRACTICES:

 

Arkansas Cancer Research Center at Univ. of Arkansas for Med.Sciences

Barnes Hospital - Siteman Cancer Center

Baylor

Blumenthal Cancer Center

Boston Medical Center, Section of Hematology/Oncology

Cancer Institute Medical Group

Cancer Research Center at Boston Medical Center

CCOP-Greenville

CCOP-Western Regional

Central Baptist Hospital

City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center

Cleveland Clinical Taussig Cancer Center

Comprehensive Cancer Center at Desert Regional Medical Center

Comprehensive Cancer Center at Northwestern University

Florida Cancer Specialists

Florida Oncology Associates

Georgia Cancer Specialists

Helen Graham Cancer Center at Christiana Care Health System

Hennon Care, P.C.

Hillman Cancer Center at University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute

Hollings Cancer Center

Indiana Oncology Hematology Consultants

Indiana University Medical Center, Clinical Research Office

John Wayne Institute

Johns Hopkins University - SKCC at Johns Hopkins

Johnson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA

Kansas City Oncology and Hematology Group

Lakeland Regional Cancer Center

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Marim General Hospital

Mayo Clinic Arizona

MBCCOP - Mobile Alabama

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Newland Medical Associates

North Shore University Hospital

Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center

Pacific Shores Medical Group

Providence Portland Medical Center

Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center

San Diego Cancer Center

St. Francis Memorial Hospital  - Northern California Melanoma Center

The Center for Cancer Care and Research

UNC - Chapel Hill

University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center

University of Chicago Cancer Research Center

University of Colorado

University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center

University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Veterans Affairs Medical Center

West Clinic

Yale University

 

 

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