Contact Information

For New Patient Appointments at Dana-Farber's Gastrointestinal Cancer Center:

Alison Capotosta
617-632-3476

Online Consult

Partner's Healthcare Telemedicine service works with physicians on behalf of their patients. Telemedicine is a web-based physcian-to-physcian consulting service, which makes it easy to recieve a specialist's consultation from the expert physicians affiliated with Harvard Medical School's leading teaching hospitals, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, and from Dana Farber/Partners CancerCare.

For further information, please contact the Telemedicine Department at 617-724-9295 . You can also visit them on the World Wide Web at www.partners.org/econsults.

Carcinoid and Neuroendocrine Support Group

The Carcinoid and Neuroendocrine Patient Support Group meets bi-monthly on the third Tuesday, and the session runs from 12:00 - 1:30 pm. The group meets in Room 240-241 of the Smith Building at the Dan-Farber Cancer Institute. The group is facilitated by Sarah Murphy, LICSW, and is run in a two-part session offering an informational seminar for patients and families, followed by a patient support group.

Contact information for Neuroendocrine Cancer Support Group:

Sarah Murphy, LICSW
Support Group Coordinator
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
44 Binney Street
Dana Bldg, Rm 1220
Boston, MA 02115

617-632-6463 (ph)
617-632-5603 (fx)
Email Sarah

Useful Links*

American Cancer Society
National Comprehensive Cancer Network
The Carcinoid Cancer Foundation, Inc.
Caring for Carcinoid Foundation

*The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is not responsible for content of linked sites