LIST OF CANCER CENTERS
Finding the best health care and treatment for rare and hard to treat cancers is very important. Many primary care physicians have excellent skills for common illnesses but most have little experience in treating rare cancers. With LUCY’S list of cancer centers you can find a Cancer Care Center with M.D.’s that are familiar with rare and hard to cure cancers.
 
CLINICAL TRIALS AND TREATMENTS
Gathering information on clinical trials, new drugs, and support for people living with cancer, the following are excellent organizations where you can find an enormous amount of information and help.
 
ALABAMA
UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Edward E. Partridge, M.D.
Director
  1824 South Avenue South, Room 237
Birmingham, Alabama 35293-3300
Tel: (205) 934-5077
Fax: (205) 975-7428
 
ARIZONA
Arizona Cancer Center
University of Arizona
David S. Alberts, M.D.
Director
  1515 N. Campbell Avenue
P.O. Box 245024
Tucson, AZ 85724
Tel: (520) 626-7685
Fax: (520) 626-6898
 
Mayo Clinic   5777 E. Mayo Blvd.
Phoenix, AZ. 85054
Tel: (480) 515-6296
 
CALIFORNIA
City of Hope National Medical Center
Beckman Research Institute
Theodore G. Knontiris, M.D., Ph.D.
Director
  1500 East Duarte Road
Durate, CA. 91010-3000
Tel: (626) 256 HOPE (4673)
Fax: (626) 930-5394
 
Salk Institute Cancer Center
Salk Institute
Walter Eckhart, Ph.D.
Director
  10010 N. Torrey Pines Road
LaJolla, CA. 92037
Tel: (858) 453-4100 X 1386
Fax: (858) 457-4765
 
The Burnham Institute
Kristina Vuori, M.D., Ph.D.
Director
  10901 N. Torrey Pines Road
LaJolla, CA. 92037
Tel: (858) 646-3100
Fax: (858) 713-6274
 
Rebecca & John Moores UCSD Cancer Ctr
University of California, San Diego
Dennis A. Carson, M.D.
Director

  3855 Health Sciences Dr. Room 2247
LaJolla, Ca. 92093-0658
Tel: (858) 822-1222
Fax: (858) 822-1207
 
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Ctr.
University of California Los Angeles
Judith C. Gasson, Ph.D.
Director

  Factor Building, Room 8-684
10833 Le Conte Avenue
Los Angeles, CA. 90095-1781
Tel: (310) 825-5268
Fax: (310) 206-5553
 
USC /Norris Comprehensive Cancer Ctr.
University of Southern California
Peter A. Jones, Ph.D.
Director

  1441 Eastlake Avenue NOR 8302L
Los Angeles, CA. 90089-9181
Tel: (323) 865-0816
Fax: (323) 865-0102
 
Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Ctr.
University of California at Irvine
Frank L. Meyskens, Jr. M.D.
Director

  101 The City Drive
Building 56, Rt 81, Room 216L
Orange, CA. 92868
Tel: (714) 456-6310
Fax: (714) 456-2240
 
Stanford Cancer Center
Stanford University
Irving Weissman, M.D.
Directorr
  800 Welch Road, Room 284
Stanford, CA. 94305-5796
Tel: (650) 736-1808
Fax: (650) 736-0607
 
UC Davis Cancer Center
University of California, Davis
Ralph W. deVere White, Ph.D.
Director
  4501 X Street, Suite 3003
Sacramento, CA. 95817
Tel: (916) 734-5800
Fax: (916) 451-4464
 
UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Ctr & Cancer Research Institute
University of California San Francisco
Frank McCormick, Ph.D.
Director
  2340 Sutter Street, Box 0128
San Francisco, CA. 94115-0128
Tel: (415) 502-1710
Fax: (415) 502-1712
 
COLORADO
University of Colorado Cancer Center
University of Colorado at Denver &
Health Sciences Center
Paul A. Bunn, Jr., M.D.
Director

  PO Box 6508, Mail Stop F434
13001 E. 17th Place
Aurora, Colorado 80045
Tel: (303) 724-3155
Fax: (303) 724-3162
 
CONNECTICUT
Yale Cancer Center
Yale University School of Medicine
Richard L. Edolson, M.D.
Director

  333 Cedar Street, Box 208028
New Haven, Ct. 06520-8020
Tel: (203) 785-4371
Fax: (203) 785-4116
 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Ctr.
at Georgetown University
Anatoly Dritschilo, M.D.
Interim Director

  3970 Reservoir Road, N.W.
Research Bldg. Suite E501
Washington, DC 20057
Tel: (202) 687-2110
Fax:` (202) 687-6402
 
FLORIDA
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Ctr. &
Research Institute
at the University of South Florida
William S. Dalton, Ph.D., M.D.
CEO & Center Director

  3970 Reservoir Road, N.W.
Research Bldg. Suite E501
Washington, DC 20057
Tel: (202) 687-2110
Fax:` (202) 687-6402
 
Sarasota Memorial Health Care System
  1700 S. Temiumi Trail
Sarasota, Fl. 34239
Tel: (800) 704-9255
 
HAWAII
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii
University of Hawaii at Manoe
Carl-Wilhelm Vogel. M.D., Ph.D.
Director

  1236 Lauhala Street
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
Tel: (808) 586-3013
Fax: (808) 586-3052
 
ILLINOIS
University of Chicago Cancer Research Ctr
Michelle Le Beau, Ph.D.
Director

  5841 S. Maryland Ave. MC 2115
Chicago, IL. 60637-1470
Tel: (773) 702-6180
Fax: (773) 702-9311
 
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Ctr.
Northwestern University
Steven T. Rosen, M.D.
Director

  303 E. Superior Street
Suite 3-125
Chicago, Il. 60611
Tel: (312) 908-5250
Fax: (313) 908-1372
 
Rush University Medical Center
  1653 W. Congress Parkway
Chicago, Il. 60612
1-800-352-Rush
 
INDIANA
Indiana University Melvin & Bren Simon
Cancer Center
Stephen D. Williams, M.D.
Director

  Indiana Cancer Pavilion
535 Barnhill Drive, Room 455
Indianapolis, IN. 46202-5289
Tel: (317) 278-0070
Fax: (317) 278=0074
 
Purdue University Cancer Center
Timothy L. Ratiff, Ph.D.
Director

  Hansen Life Sciences Research Bldg.
South University Street
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-1524
Tel: (765) 494-9129
Fax: (765) 494-9193
 
IOWA
Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center
The University of Iowa
George J. Weiner, M.D
Director

  5970 “Z” JPP
200 Hawkins Drive
Iowa City, Iowa 52242
Tel: (319) 353-8620
Fax: (319) 353-8988
 
MAINE
Jackson Laboratory Cancer Center
Richard P. Woychik, Ph.D.
Director

  600 Main Street
Bar Harbor, Maine 04609-0800
Tel: (207) 286-6041
Fax: (207) 288-6044
 
MARYLAND
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Ctr.
at John Hopkins University
Martin O. Abeloff, M.D.
Director

  401 N. Broadway
Weinberg Building, Suite 1100
Baltimore, Maryland 21231
Tel: (410) 955-8822
Fax: (410) 955-8787
 
MASSACHUSETTS
Dana Farber-Harvard Cancer Center
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Edward J. Benz, Jr., M.D.
Director
  44 Binney Street, Room 1628
Boston, MA 02115
Tel: (617) 632-2100
Toll Free: (877) 420-3951
Fax: (617) 632-4452
 
Massachusetts General Hospital   55 Fruit Street
Boston, MA 02114
Tel: (617) 726-2000
 
MIT Center for Cancer Research
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tyler Jacks, Ph.D.
Director
  77 Massachusetts Avenue-Room E17-110
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
Tel: (617) 253-8511
Fax: (617) 253-0262
 
MICHIGAN
University of Michigan Comprehensive
Cancer Center
University of Michigan
Max S. Wicha, M.D.
Directorr
  6302 Cancer Center
1500 E. Medical Center Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0942
Tel: (734) 936-1831
Fax: (734) 615-3947
 
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Center
Wayne State University School of Medicine
John C. Ruckdeschel, M.D.
President & CEO
  4100 John R
Detroit, Michigan 48201
Tel: (800) KARMANOS
Fax: (313) 576-8630
 
MINNESOTA
University of Minnesota Cancer Center
Douglas Yee, M.D.
Director
  MMC 806, 420 Delaware St., S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Tel: (612) 624-8484
Tel: (888) 226-2376
Fax: (612) 626-3069
 
Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
Mayo Clinic Rochester
Robert Diasio, M.D.
Director
  200 First Street, S.W.
Rochester, MN 55905
Tel: (507) 266-4997
Fax: (507) 284-1544
 
MISSOURI
Siteman Cancer Center
Washington University School of Medicine
Timothy J. Eberlein, M.D.
Director
  660 S. Euclid Ave. Campus Box 8109
St. Louis, Missouri 63110
Tel: (314) 362-8020
Fax: (314) 454-1898
 
NEBRASKA
University of Nebraska Medical Cancer
Center/Eppley Cancer Center
Kenneth H. Cowan, M.D., Ph.D.
Director
  600 South 42nd Street
Omaha, Nebraska 68199-6805
Tel: (402) 559-4238
Fax: (402) 559-4652
 
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Norris Cotton Cancer Center
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Mark A. Israel, M.D.
Director
  One Medical Center Drive,
Hinman Box 7920
Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756-0001
Tel: (603) 653-9000
Fax: (603) 653-9003
 
NEW JERSEY
Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Joseph R. Bertino, M.D.
Interim Director
  195 Little Albany Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08903-2681
Tel: (732) 235-8064
Fax: (732) 235-8094
 
NEW MEXICO
University of New Mexico Cancer Research
& Treatment Center
University of New Mexico
Cheryl L. Willman, M.D.
Director & CEO
  MSC 08-4630
1 University of New Mexico
2325 Camino de Salud
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131
Tel: (505) 272-5622
Fax: (505) 272-4039
 
NEW YORK
Albert Einstein Cancer Research Center
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
I. David Goldman, M.D.
Director
  Chanin Building, Room 209
1300 Morris Park Avenue
Bronx, NY 10461
Tel: (718) 430-2302
Fax: (718) 430-8550
 
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Donald L. Trump, M.D., FACP
President and CEO
  Elm & Carlton Streets
Buffalo, NY 14263-0001
Tel: (716) 845-5772
Fax: (716) 845-8261
 
Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory
Bruce W. Stillman, Ph.D.
Director
  P.O. Box 100
Cold Springs Harbor, NY 11724
Tel: (516) 367-8383
Fax: (516) 367-8879
 
NYU Cancer Institute
New York University Medical Center
Steven J. Burakoff, M.D.
Director
  550 First Avenue
New York, New York 10016
Tel: (212) 263-6485
Fax: (212) 263-8210
 
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Harold E. Varmus, M.D.
President and CEO
  1275 York Avenue
New York, NY 10021
Tel: (212) 639-2000or(800) 525-2225
Fax: (212) 717-3299
 
Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Ctr.
College of Physicians & Surgeons
Columbia University
Riccardo Dalla-Favera, M.D.
Director
  1130 St. Nicholas Avenue
Room 508
New York, NY 10032
Tel: (212) 851-5273
Fax: (212) 851-5236
 
OHIO
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Case Western Reserve University
Stanton L. Gerson, M.D.
Director
  11100 Euclid Ave. Weam 151
Cleveland, Ohio 44106-5065
Tel: (216) 844-8562
Fax:` (216) 844-3975
 
Ohio State University
James Cancer Hospital

  300 W. 10th Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43210
Tel: (800) 293-5066
 
Comprehensive Cancer Center
The Ohio State University
Michael A. Caligluri, M.D.
Director
  A458 Staring Loving Hall
320 W. 10th Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43210
Tel: (614) 293-7521
Fax: (614) 293-7522
 
Cleveland Clinic   9500 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44195
Tel: (800) 223-2273
 
OREGON
OHSU Cancer Institute
Oregon Health & Science University
Brian J. Druker, M.D.
Director
  3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Rd.
Portland, Oregon 97239-3098
Tel: (503) 494-1617
Fax: (503) 494-7086
 
PENNSYLVANIA
Abramson Cancer Center
University of Pennsylvania
Craig B. Thompson, M.D.
Director
  16th Floor Penn Tower
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283
Tel: (215) 662-6065
Fax: (215) 349-5325
 
The Wistar Institute
Russel E. Kaufman, M.D.
Director
  3601 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4268
Tel: (215) 898-3926
Fax: (215) 573-2097
 
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Michael V. Seiden, M.D., Ph.D.
President & Chief Executive Office
r
  333 Cottman Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19111
Tel: (215) 728-3636
Fax: (215) 728-2571
 
Kimmel Cancer Center
Thomas Jefferson University
Richard G. Pestell, M.D., Ph.D.
Director
  233 S. 10th Street
BLSB, Room 1050
Philadelphia, PA. 19107-5799
Tel: (215) 503-4645
Fax: (215) 923-3528
 
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
Ronald B. Heberman, M.D.
Director
  UPMC Cancer Pavilion
5150 Centre Ave. Suite 500
Pittsburgh, PA 15232
Tel: (412) 623-3205
Fax: (412) 623-3210
 
TENNESSEE
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Michael B. Kastan, M.D., Ph.D.
Director
  332 N. Lauderdale
Memphis, TN 38105-2794
Tel: (901) 495-3982
Fax: (901) 495-3966
 
Vanderbilt-Ingrim Cancer Center
Vanderbilt Unversity
Jennifer A. Pietenpoi, Ph.D.
Intermin Director
  691 Preston Research Building
Nashville, TN 37232-6838
Tel: (615) 936-1782
Fax: (615) 936-1790
 
TEXAS
Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center
Baylor College of Medicine
C. Kent Osborne, M.D.
Director
  One Baylor Plaza
MS: BCM305
Houston, TX 77030
Tel: (713) 798-1354
Fax: (713) 798-2716
 
Southwest Cancer Treatment Center   602 Indiana Avenue
Lubbock, TX 79415
Tel: (806) 775-8600
 
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
University of Texas
John Mendelsohn, M.D.
President
  1515 Holcombe Blvd. Box 91
Houston, TX 77030
Tel: (713) 792-2121
Fax: (713) 799-2210
 
San Antonio Cancer Institute
University of Texas Health Science Center
at San Antonio
Tyler J. Curiel, M.D., M.P.H.
Director
  2040 Babcock Road Suite 201
San Antonio, TX 78229
Tel: (210) 562-5286
Fax: (210) 562-5292
 
UTAH
Huntsman Cancer Institute
University of Utah
Mary C. Beckerle, Ph.D.
Executive Director
  2000 Circle of Hope
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-5550
Tel: (801) 581-4485
Fax: (801 ) 581-2175
 
VERMONT
Vermont Cancer Center
University of Vermont
John Fogarty, M.D.
Interim Director
  89 Beaumont Ave. Given E213
Burlington, Vermont 05405-0110
Tel: (802) 656-4414
Fax: (802) 656-8788
 
VIRGINIA
UVA Cancer Center
University of Virginia, Health Sciences Ctr.
Michael J. Weber, Ph.D.
Director
  MSB West Complex
Jefferson Park Ave., Rm 6171E
Charlottesville, Virginia 22908
Tel: (434) 243-6764
Fax: (434) 982-0918
 
Massey Cancer Center
Virginia Commonwealth University
Gordon D. Ginder, M.D.
Professor of Medicine & Director
  P.O. Box 980037
Richmond, Virginia 23298-0037
Tel: (804) 828-0450
Fax: (804) 828-8453
 
WASHINGTON
Fred Hutchinson/University of Washington
Cancer Consortium
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Leland H. Hartwell, Ph.D.
President and Director
  P.O. Box 19024 D1-060
Seattle, Washington 98109-1024
Tel: (206) 667-4305
Fax: (206) 667-5268
 
University of Washington Medical Center   1959 NE Pacific
Seattle, Washington 98195
Tel: (206) 598-3300
 
WISCONSIN
UW Paul P. Carbone Comprehensive
Cancer Center
University of Wisconsin
George Wilding, M.D.
Director
  600 Highland Ave. Room K4/610
Madison, WI 53792-0001
Tel: (608) 263-8610
Fax: (608) 263-8613
 
 
 
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