The following is a list of National Cancer Institute approved comprehensive cancer centers and other centers of excellence for melanoma. We highly recommend all melanoma patient see a melanoma specialist for the best treatment. Call our hotline if you need further assistance seeking proper care.

ALABAMA

UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of Alabama at Birmingham
1824 Sixth Avenue South, Room 237
Birmingham, Alabama 35293-3300
(205) 934-5077

ARIZONA

Arizona Cancer Center
The University of Arizona
1515 North Campbell Avenue
Post Office Box 245024
Tucson, AZ 85724
(520) 694-CURE (New Patient Registration Line)
(520) 626-7925 (Main Number and General Information)

The Mayo Clinic
13400 East Shea Blvd
Scottsdale, AZ 85259
(480) 301-8000

CALIFORNIA

The Angeles Clinic
11818 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 200
Los Angeles, CA  90029
(310) 231-2121
Dr. Steven O'Day and Omid Hamid, MD

City of Hope Cancer Center and Beckman Research Institute
1500 East Duarte Road
Duarte, CA 91010-3000
(626) 359-8111
(800) 826-4673
 
Northern California Melanoma Center
Saint Mary's Medical Center
450 Stanyan St.
San Francisco, CA 94117-1079
415-750-5660
NCMC@chw.edu

Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital
1441 Eastlake Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90033-0804
(323) 865-3000
(800) 872-2273

Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of California at Irvine Building 23
Route 81 101
The City Dr. Orange, CA 92868
(714) 456-8200
Dr. Ronald Barr Johnson

John Wayne Cancer Institute
200 Santa Monica Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA 90404-2301
(800) 262-6259
Donald Morton, MD

University of California, San Diego Cancer Center
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0658
(858) 534-7600
(619) 543-3456
(866) 558-7933
Dr. Constance Naqi

The Burnham Institute Cancer Center
10901 North Torrey Pines Road
La Jolla, California 92037
(858) 646-3100

University of California, San Francisco Comprehensive Center
Box 0128
UCSF 2340 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94143-0128
(415) 476-2201 (General Information)
(800) 888-8664 (Cancer Referral Line)
Richard Sagebiel, MD

Salk Institute Cancer Center
10010 North Torrey Pines Road
La Jolla, California 92037
(858) 453-4100 X1386

UC Davis Cancer Center
University of California, Davis
4501 X Street, Suite 3003
Sacramento, California 95817
(916) 734-5800

COLORADO

University of Colorado Cancer Center
Box F-704
1665 North Ursula St.
Aurora, CO 80010
(720) 848-0300
(800) 473-2288 (Cancer Referral Line)

CONNECTICUT

Yale University Comprehensive Cancer Center
333 Cedar Street
Box 208028
New Haven CT 06520
(203) 785-4371 (cancer center)
(203) 785-4632 (dermatology)
1-877-YALEMDS
Dr. David Leffell, Director, Dermatology
Dr. Hariet Kluger, Dr. Vince DeVita, Oncolgy

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Lombardi Cancer Research Center
Georgetown University Medical Center
3800 Reservoir Road, N.W.
Washington, DC 20057
(202) 687-2110
Phillip Cohen, M.D., Oncology
C. Lisa Kauffman, M.D. Dermatology

FLORIDA

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
at the University of South Florida
12902 Magnolia Drive, MCC-CEO
Tampa, Florida 33612-9497
(813) 615-4261
Dr. Vernon Sondak

Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
UM/Sylvester
1475 N.W. 12th Avenue
Miami FL 33136
(305) 243-1000
(800) 545-2292
Dr. Elgart

Lakeland Regional Cancer Center
3525 Lakeland Hills Blvd.
P.O. Box 91507
Lakeland FL 33804-1057
(863) 603-6565
(866)823-4405
Dr. Douglas Reintgen, MD

GEORGIA

Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University
1365-C Clifton Rd., NE
Atlanta, GA 30322
(888) WINSHIP (1-888-946-7447)

HAWAII

Cancer Research Center of Hawaii
University of Hawaii at Manoa
1236 Lauhala Street
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
(808) 586-3013
Carl-Wilhelm Vogel, M.D., Ph.D., Director

ILLINOIS

University of Chicago Cancer Research Center
5841 South Maryland Avenue, MC 2115
Chicago, Illinois 60637-1470
(773) 702-6180
Michelle Le Beau, Ph.D., Director

Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center
of Northwestern University
676 N. Saint Clair St.
Suite 1200
Chicago, Illinois 60611
(312) 908-5250
Steven T. Rosen, M.D., Director

INDIANA

Indiana University Cancer Center
Indiana Cancer Pavilion
535 Barnhill Drive, Room 455
Indianapolis, Indiana 46202-5289
(317) 278-0070
Stephen D. Williams, M.D., Director

Purdue University Cancer Center
Hansen Life Sciences Research Building
South University Street
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-1524
(765) 494-9129
Richard F. Borch, M.D., Ph.D., Director

IOWA

Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center
The University of Iowa
5970 "Z" JPP
200 Hawkins Drive
Iowa City, Iowa 52242
(319) 353-8620
George J. Weiner, M.D., Director

MAINE

The Jackson Laboratory
600 Main Street
Bar Harbor, Maine 04609-0800
(207) 288-6041
Richard P. Woychik, Ph.D., Director

MARYLAND

The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
at Johns Hopkins
401 North Broadway
The Weinberg Building, Suite 1100
Baltimore, Maryland 21231
(410) 955-8822
Martin D. Abeloff, M.D., Director
Rhoda Alani, M.D.(Dermatology)
Charles Balch, M.D.(surgical oncology)

MASSACHUSETTS

Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
44 Binney Street, Rm. 1628
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
(617) 632-4266
Edward J. Benz, Jr., M.D.
Rhoda Alani, M.D.(Dermatology)

Center for Cancer Research
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room E17-110
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307
(617) 253-8511
Tyler Jacks, Ph.D., Director

MICHIGAN

Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of Michigan
6302 CGC/0942
1500 East Medical Center Drive
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0942
(734) 936-1831
Max S. Wicha, M.D., Director

Karmanos Cancer Institute
4100 John R, Detroit, Michigan 48201
(800) KARMANOS (1-800-527-6266)
Questions and Comments: info@karmanos.org
Wayne State University
4100 John R
Detroit, Michigan 48201
John C. Ruckdeschel, M.D., Director

MINNESOTA

University of Minnesota Cancer Center
MMC 806, 420 Delaware Street, S.E.
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
(612) 624-8484
John H. Kersey, M.D., Director
Bruce Peterson, MD

Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
Mayo Clinic Rochester
200 First Street, S.W.
Rochester, Minnesota 55905 
(507) 284-3753
Franklyn G. Prendergast, M.D., Ph.D., Director
Bruce Peterson, MD

MISSOURI

Ellis Fischel Cancer Center
University of of Missouri Health Care
115 Business Loop 70 W
Columbia, MO 65203
(573) 882-2100
Charles W. Caldwell, M.D., Medical Director

Siteman Cancer Center
Washington University School of Medicine
660 South Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8109
St. Louis, Missouri 63110 
(314) 362-8020
Timothy J. Eberlein, M.D., Director

NEBRASKA

University of Nebraska Medical Center
Eppley Cancer Center
600 South 42nd Street
Omaha, Nebraska 68198-6805 
(402) 559-4238
Kenneth H. Cowan, M.D., Ph.D., Director

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Norris Cotton Cancer Center
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
One Medical Center Drive, Hinman Box 7920
Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756-0001
(603) 653-9000
Mark A. Israel, M.D., Director
Melanoma Clinical Oncology Group
Marc Ernstoff, M.D.

NEW JERSEY

The Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
195 Little Albany Street, Room 2002B
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903
(732) 235-8064
William N. Hait, M.D., Ph.D., Director

The Cancer Center at the Hackensack University Medical Center
Hackensack University Medical Plaza
20 Prospect Ave., Suite 400
Hackensack, NJ 07601
(201) 996-5800
Andrew Pecora, M.D., Chief Hem. Onc.

NEW MEXICO

UNM Cancer Research & Treatment Center
MSC 08 4630
1 University of New Mexico
2325 Camino de Salud, NE
Albuquerque, NM 87131
(505) 272-5622
Cheryl L. Willman, M.D., Director

NEW YORK

Cancer Research Center
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Chanin Building, Room 209
1300 Morris Park Avenue
Bronx, New York 10461
(718) 430-2302
David Goldman, M.D., Director

Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Elm & Carlton Streets
Buffalo, New York 14263-0001
(716) 845-5772
David C. Hohn, M.D., President & CEO
Nathalie Zeitouni, MD (Dermatology)

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
P.O. Box 100
Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724
(516) 367-8383
Bruce W. Stillman, Ph.D., Director

NYU Cancer Institute
New York University Medical Center
550 First Avenue
New York, New York 10016
(212) 263-8950
Steven J. Burakoff, M.D., Director

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
1275 York Avenue
New York, New York 10021
(212) 639-2000 or (800) 525-2225
Harold E. Varmus, M.D., President & CEO
Allan Halpern, MD, Chief, Dermatology

Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
Columbia University Medical Center
1130 St. Nicholas Avenue
11Suite 201
New York, New York 10032
(212) 851-4680
Riccardo Dalla-Favera, M.D., Director

James P. Wilmot Cancer Center
University of Rochester Medical Center
601 Elmwood Ave. Box 704
Rochester NY 14642
(866) 4-WILMOT
(585) 275-5830

Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
161 Fort Washington Avenue
11th Floor, Room 1153, New York, NY 10032
(877) 697-9355 (1-877-NYP-WELL)
(800) 227-2762 (Physician Referral)

NORTH CAROLINA

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
School of Medicine, CB-7295
102 West Drive
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7295
(919) 966-3036 Research
Melanoma Program: 919-966-9164
H. Shelton Earp, M.D.

Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
Duke University Medical Center
Box 3843
Durham, North Carolina 27710
(919) 684-5613
H. Kim Lyerly, M.D., Director
Dr. Michael Morse

Comprehensive Cancer Center
Wake Forest University
Medical Center Boulevard
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157-1082
(336) 716-7971
Frank M. Torti, M.D., Director

Blumenthal Cancer Center
1000 Blythe Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28203
(704) 355-2884

OHIO

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Case Western Reserve University
11100 Euclid Ave., Wearn 151
Cleveland, Ohio 44106-5065
(216) 844-8562
Stanton L. Gerson, M.D., Director

Comprehensive Cancer Center
Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital &
Richard J. Solove Research Institute
Ohio State University
A458 Starling Loving Hall
320 West 10th Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43210
(614) 293-7521
Michael A. Caligiuri, M.D., Director
William Carson, M.D. Surgical Oncologist/Melanoma

OREGON

OHSU Cancer Institute
Oregon Health & Science University
3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Rd., CR145
Portland, Oregon 97201-3098
(503) 494-1617
Grover C. Bagby, Jr., M.D., Director

PENNSYLVANIA

Abramson Cancer Center
University of Pennsylvania
16th Floor Penn Tower
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4283
(215) 662-6065
John H. Glick, M.D., Director
DuPont Guerry, M.D., Oncology/Hematology

The Wistar Institute
3601 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4268
(215) 898-3926
Russel E. Kaufman, M.D., Director

Fox Chase Cancer Center
7701 Burholme Avenue
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19111
(215) 728-2781
Robert C. Young, M.D., President
Stuart Lessin, M.D., Director of Dermatology

Kimmel Cancer Center
Thomas Jefferson University
233 South 10th Street
BLSB, Room 1050
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107-5799
(215) 503-4645
Renato Baserga, M.D., Director
David Berd, M.D.

University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
UPMC Cancer Pavilion
5150 Centre Avenue, Suite 500
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15232
(412) 623-3205
Ronald B. Herberman, M.D., Director
Sanjiv Agarwala, MD,
John Kirkwood, MD

St. Lukes Cancer Center
Bethlehem, PA
(866) 785-8537
Dr. Lee Riley, Surgical Oncologist

TENNESSEE

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
332 North Lauderdale
Memphis, Tennessee 38105-2794
(901) 495-3982
Michael B. Kastan, M.D., Ph.D., Director

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Vanderbilt University
691 Preston Research Building
Nashville, Tennessee 37232-6838
(615) 936-1782
Raymond N. DuBois, M.D., Ph.D., Director

Drew-Meharry-Morehouse Consortium Cancer Center
1005 D.B. Todd Blvd.
Nashville, TN 37208
(615) 327-6315

TEXAS

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
University of Texas
1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Box 91
Houston, Texas 77030
(713) 792-2121
John Mendelsohn, M.D., President

San Antonio Cancer Institute
University of Texas Health Science Center
at San Antonio
7703 Floyd Curl Drive, MSC 7772
San Antonio, Texas 78229-3900
(210) 567-2710
Thomas J. Slaga, Ph.D., Interim Director

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
5323 Harry Hines Blvd.
Dallas, TX 75390
(214) 648-3111
(214) 648-7070

UTAH

Huntsman Cancer Institute
University of Utah
2000 Circle of Hope
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-5550
(801) 585-3281
Randall W. Burt, M.D., Interim Director

VERMONT

Vermont Cancer Center
University of Vermont
149 Beaumont Ave., HRSF326
Burlington, Vermont 05405
(802) 656-4414
David W. Yandell, Sc.D., Director

VIRGINIA

Cancer Center
University of Virginia, Health Sciences Center
Jefferson Park Ave., Room 617E
Charlottesville, Virginia 22908
(434) 243-9926
Michael J. Weber, Ph.D., Director
John Hendrix, MD
Kenneth Greer, MD

Massey Cancer Center
Virginia Commonwealth University
P.O. Box 980037
Richmond, Virginia 23298-0037
(804) 828-0450
Gordon D. Ginder, M.D.
Professor of Medicine & Director
John Roberts, MD, Oncology

WASHINGTON

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
P.O. Box 19024, D1-060
Seattle, Washington 98109-1024
(206) 667-4305
Leland H. Hartwell, Ph.D., President & Director
John Thompson, M.D. Oncology

Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
825 Eastlake Ave East
P.O. Box 19023
Seattle, WA 98109-1023
(206) 288-SCCA
David R. Byrd, M.D., Co-Director, Melanoma Clinic


WISCONSIN

Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of Wisconsin
600 Highland Ave., Rm. K4/610
Madison, Wisconsin 53792-0001
(608) 263-8610
George Wilding, M.D., Director

Modified: 02/08