Best Treatment Center

I was wondering if anyone was familiar with where to go for treatment in the Ft. Lauderdale, West Palm Beach Florida area. My Dad has been on chemo at Sloan Kettering in NY and staying with us. But he and my Mom want to go back to their own house in Florida, while he is still relatively well enough. Is there an equivalent to Sloan Kettering in that area?

Call PanCan (http://www.pancan.org ) 1-877-272-6226 and ask them for recommendations. 

 H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center at Tampa General Hospital is the top recommended center for Florida.  

Shands in Gainesville has a good reputation as does Cleveland Clinic in Naples, but Moffitt is the top rated.   

Here is a list of recommended Florida oncologists/surgeons. It is posted for "Newbies" on the Johns Hopkins Board ( http://pathology.jhu.edu/pancreas_chat/ ) who are looking for a doctor. Hope it helps.

 FLORIDA ONCOLOGISTS : (specializing in pancreatic cancer)

Dr. Greg Springett, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL(does PC research 4 days, sees patients on Thursday) ---Call Janet Walters, RN at 813 745 1845 or Clinic Operations Manager, Vicki
Caraway, RN at 813 745 7448.   Email:  Gregory.Springett

@moffitt.org

 Dr. Robert Marsh, Shands Hospital, Gainesville, Fl 

FLORIDA SURGEONS:  (specializing in Whipple surgery

Dr. Emmanuel Zervos, M.D. Tampa General (surgeon)

Dr. Richard C.
Karl, Tampa General-Moffit (surgeon),

Dr. Joe Levi at U of Miami Sylvester
Cancer Center-(surgeon),

Dr. Alexander Rosemurgy- Univ of South
Florida-Moffit (surgeon - does vein/artery involved whipples),

Dr. Mokenge P.
Malafa, University of South Florida-Moffit (surgeon),

Dr. Steven N. Hochwald,
Shands Hospital, Gainesville, Fl(surgeon)

There are a few people on the The Pancreatic Cancer Support & Information eCommunity listserv -- pancreas-onc@listserv.acor.org who are PC patients and are being treated at the Palm Beach Cancer Institute. 

This is a very very good listserv filled with PC patients and caregivers for PC patients. Incredibly supportive and helpful.
 

I hope this helps           

Renata,

Get yourself logged into the listserv that I just mentioned -- I forgot to give you the Website info:   http://www.acor.org/pancreas-onc.html.

Then shoot off a note to the group. One of the people who is being treated at the PBMC is very active on the list and I know that everyone will give you contact information for doctors, etc.

Good luck. Remember, your Dad is a person, not a statistic so don't let the numbers get to you! Keep fighting. It's worth it. 

Jennifer

On 7/1/2008 jennifer1224 wrote:

Renata,

Get yourself logged into the listserv that I just mentioned -- I forgot to give you the Website info:   http://www.acor.org/pancreas-onc.html.

Then shoot off a note to the group. One of the people who is being treated at the PBMC is very active on the list and I know that everyone will give you contact information for doctors, etc.

Good luck. Remember, your Dad is a person, not a statistic so don't let the numbers get to you! Keep fighting. It's worth it. 

Jennifer