There are a number of medical centers in the U.S. and elsewhere that specialize in one or more types of mesothelioma treatment. Finding experienced medical specialists and networking with other sufferers through support groups are both important steps in the mesothelioma treatment process and can affect your prognosis.

There are medical resources available to assist and care for mesothelioma patients through their treatment. Staying informed and connected to the network of mesothelioma resources is one of the most important things you can do in your battle with mesothelioma.
 
Mesothelioma Specialists
Mesothelioma Treatment Centers
Mesothelioma Support Groups

Manjit S. Bains, M.D., F.A.C.S., Thoracic Surgery at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.
http://www.mskcc.org/prg/prg/bios/48.cfm

Robert Cameron, M.D., Director of Thoracic Oncology at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Medicine.
http://www.surgery.medsch.ucla.edu/divisions/ct/
cv/cameron.htm

Philippe A. Chahinian, M.D., Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City.
http://www.mountsinai.org/common/detail.jsp?
nav=dd&hosp=msh&Doctor_ID=774&alpha=1

Mark Cullen, M.D., Directory of the Yale Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program at Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
http://www.med.yale.edu/intmed/occmed/pages/cullen.html

Jack A. Elias, M.D., Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Section, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
http://www.med.yale.edu/intmed/pulmonary/faculty/elias.html

Bruce G. Haffty, M.D., Therapeutic Radiology, Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, Connecticut.
http://info.med.yale.edu/ycc

Graeme L. Hammond, M.D., Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
http://info.med.yale.edu/yfp/referral/surg/car.html

David H. Harpole, Jr., M.D., Associate Professor of Surgery, Thoracic Oncology Program/Assistant, Professor of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Phone: (919) 684-3683

David Jablons, M.D., Chief of General Thoracic Surgery at the University of California in San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center.
http://www.ucsf.edu/thoracic/bio.html

Theirry Jahan, M.D., 2356 Sutter Street, 7th floor, San Francisco, CA 94115 (415) 567-5581. 
Larry Kaiser, M.D., Chief of the Thoracic Oncology Research Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center in Philadelphia.
http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/surgery/fac/lrk.html

Mary Louise L. Keohan, M.D., Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons/New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY
Phone: (212) 305-4076

Mark Lischner, M.D., 2 Medical Plaza, Suite 100, Roseville, CA 95661 (916) 786-7498.
http://www.myhealth.com/mark_lischner/default.htm

Harvey I. Pass, M.D., Chief of Thoracic Oncology at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit, Michigan. (This Institute is associated with Wayne State University.)
http://www.karmanos.org/we/second/thoracic/

Roman Perez-Soler, M.D., Associate Director of Clinical Oncology/New York University Kaplan Cancer Center, New York, NY
Phone: (212) 263-8043

Carrie A. Redlich, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
http://info.med.yale.edu/intmed/cardio/occmed/redlich/
redlichcv.html#Address

Lary Robinson, M.D., Director of the Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery and the principal Thoracic Surgical Oncologist at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute in Tampa, Florida.
http://www.moffitt.usf.edu/physician/popups/detailpop.asp?
staffcode=1912

Valerie Rusch, M.D., F.A.C.S., Alfred P. Sloan Chair at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.
http://www.mskcc.org/prg/prg/bios/51.cfm

Dong M. Shin, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medical Oncology/M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Phone: (713) 792-6363

Daniel Sterman, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine/University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Phone: (215) 614-0984

David J. Sugarbaker, M.D., Chief of the Division of Thoracic Surgery at Brigham & Womens Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.
http://www.chestsurg.org/sugbak.htm, 
http://www.moffitt.usf.edu/providers/ccj/v4n4/article4.html

Paul Sugarbaker, M.D., Director, Surgical Oncology/Washington Cancer Institute, Washington, D.C. Phone: (202)877-3908

Robert N. Taub, M.D., Professor of Clinical Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons/New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY
Phone: (212) 305-4076

Eric Vallieres, M.D., Associate Professor of Surgery, Section of General Thoracic Surgery/University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA
Phone: (206) 598-4477

Alabama
University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center, Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
Francisco Robert, MD 
205-934-5077 http://www.ccc.uab.edu/

ALASKA
Ketchikan General Hospital, Ketchikan, AK

ARIZONA
Columbia Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ
Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ
Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ
Arizona Cancer Center, Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
Linda Garland, MD 
520-626-3434 http://www.azcc.arizona.edu/

CALIFORNIA
City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
626-359-8111 http://www.cityofhope.org/

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
310-423-5874 http://www.csmc.edu/

Thoracic Oncology, Department of Surgery, UCLA Medical Center Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
310-794-7333 1 http://www.surgery.medsch.ucla.edu/

Tower Hematology Oncology Medical Group Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
310-289-2840 http://www.toweroncology.com/

Mt. Zion Medical Center/ USCG, Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
415-885-3882 http://urology.ucsf.edu/clinicsHosp/hospZion.html

David Geffen School of Medicine University of Los Angeles Division of Pulmonary Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
310-206-7858 http://www.ucla.edu/search/contact/medicine.html

National Lung Cancer Research Program Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Center 
310-423-8030 Toll free 1-800-CEDARS-1 2
http://www.cedars-sinai.edu/comprehensivecancercenter/

UCLA Medical School, Los Angeles, CA

COLORADO
University of Colorado Cancer Center, Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
303-315-8801 http://www.uccc.info/cancercenter/
content/home/default.asp?index=CancerHome&title=
UniversityColoradoCancerCenter

University of Colorado Cancer Center Department of Medical Oncology, Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
720-848-0300
http://www.uccc.info/cancercenter/content/home/
default.asp?index=CancerHome&title=UniversityoColorado
CancerCenter

University of Colorado Medical Center, Denver, CO

National Jewish Hospital, Denver, CO

CONNECTICUT
Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
203-785-2959 http://www.yalecancercenter.org/index2.htm

KANSAS
CCOP-Wichita, Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
316-262-4467 http://www.cancercenterofkansas.com/home.htm

KENTUCKY
Kentuckian Cancer Institute, Mesothelioma Treatment Section
502-561-8200

LOUISIANA
CCOP-Ochsner, Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
504-842-3910 http://www.ochsner.org/

MARYLAND
NCI Surgery Branch/Baltimore VA Center, Baltimore, MD

Greenbaum Cancer Center, Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
410-328-2703 http://www.umm.edu/cancer/

Division of Thoracic Surgery and Surgical Oncology, University of Maryland Medical Center, Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
800-492-5538 http://www.umm.edu/center/

National Cancer Center, Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
301-496-2195 http://www.ncc.go.jp/

University of Maryland School of Medicine, Director of Thoracic Radiology, Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
410-328-8667 http://medschool.umaryland.edu/

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine-Assistant Professor of Medicine & Oncology 
Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
410-502-10339 http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/medicalschool/

National Cancer Institute, Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
301-402-3721 http://www.nci.nih.gov/

MASSACHUSETTS
Dana Farber Cancer Center Institute, Mesothelioma Treatment Section
617-632-3470 http://www.dfci.harvard.edu/

MICHIGAN
Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
616-391-1230

Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
313-745-8746 http://www.karmanos.org/

St. Joseph Mercy Hospital –Oakland, Mesothelioma Treatment Section
248-858-6215 http://www.mercyoakland.com/

McAuley Cancer Care Bldg. Room C139, Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
734-712-1000s 11

University of Michigan, Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
734-936-4300 http://www.med.umich.edu

Karmanos Cancer Institute, Professor of Surgery and Oncology 
313-745-8746 http://www.karmanos.org/

MINNESOTA
University of Minnesota Cancer Center, Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
612-624-5631 http://www.cancer.umn.edu/

Veterans Affairs Medical Center-Minneapolis, Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
612-725-2000 12

Mayo Clinic, Mesothelioma Treatment Section
507-284-2511 http://www.mayo.edu/

MISSISSIPPI
University Of Mississippi Medical Center, Attn: Cancer Research Registry, Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
601-984-1095 http://www.umc.edu/

MISSOURI
VA Medical Center-Togus, Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
207-623-8411 http://www.visn1.med.va.gov/togus/

The Center for Cancer Care and Research Director, Clinical Research 
314-628-1210 http://tcccr.com/

Veterans Affairs Medical Center-Columbia (Truman Memorial), Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
573-814-6000

Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
314-747-3000 http://www.barnesjewish.org/

St. Louis University, Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
314-577-8854 http://www.slu.edu/

NEBRASKA
Good Samaritan Health Systems, Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
308-865-7564 http://www.gshs.org/

Creighton University Medical Center, Cancer Center-Suite 2321, Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
402-280-5009 http://medicine.creighton.edu/

NEVADA
CCOP-Southern Nevada Cancer Research Foundation Mesothelioma Treatment Section
702-384-0013

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Mesothelioma Treatment Section
603-650-5534 http://www.cancer.dartmouth.edu/index.shtml

NEW JERSEY
Somerset Medical Center, Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
908-685-2200 http://www.somersetmedicalcenter.com/

Norris Cotton Cancer Center-Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
603-650-6300 http://www.cancer.dartmouth.edu/index.shtml

NEW MEXICO
Director of Experimental Therapeutics, Cancer Research and Treatment Center, University of New Mexico
505-272-5837 http://hsc.unm.edu/crtc/

Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
507-284-2511 http://www.mayo.edu/research/cancercenter/

NEW YORK
Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
716-845-5873

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer, Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
212-639-6483

Department of Surgery, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
212-305-9468

Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center 
Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
212-305-1252

New York Presbyterian Hospital, Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
212-746-2844 18

CCOP-Syracuse Hematology-Oncology Associates of Central New York, Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
315-472-7504

Regional Cancer Center Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
315-464-8200

NORTH CAROLINA
Comprehensive Cancer Center at Wake Forest University Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
336-716-2088 http://www1.wfubmc.edu/cancer/

Department of General Surgery, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
336-716-4276 13 http://www.wfubmc.edu/school/

Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Mesothelioma Treatment Section
919-966-4431 http://cancer.med.unc.edu

NORTH DAKOTA
Medcenter One Health System, Mesothelioma Treatment Section
701-250-7355 http://www.medcenterone.com/

Altru Health Systems Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
701-780-6390 http://www.altru.org/

OHIO
CCOP-Toledo Community Hospital Oncology Program Mesothelioma Treatment Section
419-479-5605 http://www.tchop.com/

St. Joseph Health Center, Warren, OH

OKLAHOMA
CCOP-Sooner State, Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
918-499-2000

Southwestern Regional Medical Center, Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
918-496-5933

OREGON
Good Samaritan Hospital, Corvalis, OR
Oregon Health Sciences Center, Portland, OR

PENNSYLVANIA
CCOP-Geisinger Medical Center, Dept. Hematology/ Oncology, Mesothelioma Treatment Section
570-271-6045 http://www.geisinger.org/

Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
215-662-7296 http://www.med.upenn.edu/

Univ. of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
215-662-7538 http://www.pennhealth.com/upmc/

Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
215-662-7296 http://www.med.upenn.edu/

Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
412-578-4355
http://www.asri.edu/wph/

UPMC Presbyterian-Co-Director of the Lung Cancer Center Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
412-647-4700 http://www.upmc.com/

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
888-369-2427 http://www.fccc.edu/

SOUTH CAROLINA
Medical University of South Carolina, Mesothelioma Treatment Section
843-792-4271 http://www.musc.edu/

TENNESSEE
Veterans Affairs Medical Center-Memphis, Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
1030 Jefferson Ave., Memphis, Tennessee 38104 
Baptist Memorial Hospital Memphis, TN

TEXAS
Lone Star Oncology, Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
512-343-2103 http://www.lonestaroncology.com/

University of Texas-MD Anderson Cancer Center Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
713-792-6363 http://www.mdanderson.org/

University of Texas-MD Anderson Cancer Center Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
713-792-6161 http://www.mdanderson.org/

S. R. Burzynski Clinic, Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
713-335-5697 http://www.cancermed.com/

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Section of Thoracic Molecular Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, , 77030-4095 
713-792-6933 http://www.mdanderson.org/

Scott & White Clinic, Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
254-724-570 http://www.sw.org/

Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology, Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
214-648-4921 http://swnt240.swmed.edu/postdoc/HamonCenter.htm

Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
210-616-5945 http://www.ctrc.saci.org/index.asp

UTAH
Utah Valley State Hospital, Provo, UT

VERMONT
UHC Campus -St. Joseph 3, Mesothelioma Treatment Section
802-847-3827 http://www.vermontcancer.org/

Veterans Affairs Medical Center-White River Junction Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
802-295-9363

VIRGINIA
Center for Cancer Care, Mesothelioma Treatment Section
434-982-8410

Virginia Oncology Associates, Mesothelioma Treatment Section 
757-827-9400 http://www.virginiacancer.com/

MBCCOP-Massey Cancer Center, Mesothelioma Treatment Section
804-828-0450 http://www.vcu.edu/mcc/

WISCONSIN
Medical Oncology, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Mesothelioma Treatment Section
608-263-8090 http://www.uwhospital.org/

WASHINGTON
Department of Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine, Mesothelioma Treatment Section
206-543-3093 http://www.washington.edu/medicine/index.html
Diagnostic Specialties Laboratories, Bremerton, WA

Kennewick General Hospital, Kennewick, WA

University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA

Swedish Tumor Institute, Seattle, WA

St. Joseph Hospital, Tacoma, WA

WEST VIRGINIA
Wheeling Hospital, Wheeling, WV

These support groups provide counseling, education and communication for victims of life-threatening diseases.

http://www.acor.org/support.html - Association of Cancer Online Resources (ACOR) manages a mailing list for mesothelioma patients.

http://www.alcase.org/support/suptrgroups.html - Alliance for Lung Cancer, Advocacy, Support and Education Support Groups (ALCASE) national lung cancer support groups.

http://www.aicr.org/resource.html - American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) Cancer Resource provides treatment information to cancer patients and their families.

http://www.cancercare.org/people/counseling - Cancer Care Counseling provides free professional counseling for individuals or professionally facilitated support groups.

http://www.amc.org/flash/cicl/f_cicl_aboutcicl.html - Cancer Information and Counseling Line (CICL) is a service of AMC Cancer Center to help people with cancer and their families.

http://www.hospiceworld.org/ - Hospicelink not-for-profit organization that offers information about hospice and palliative care. They can refer patients and their families to local programs.

http://www.wellness-community.org/ - National program of education, support and hope for cancer patients and their families.

Mesothelioma Was Preventable
Scores of corporations that manufactured and profited from the sale of asbestos-containing products knew the health hazards as early as the 1920's. If you worked in a high-risk industry and have been diagnosed with mesothelioma, or you have lost someone to an asbestos-related illness, it is your right to seek compensation from those responsible for your situation.