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UT Southwestern Medical Center has a caring staff of medical professionals who are committed to enhancing patients’ quality of life, as well as meeting the needs of patients’ families. Our staff can direct them to a variety of informative and enriching support groups and other resources, which can be tailored to meet a specific situation.
At UT Southwestern, excellence in patient care includes pointing the way to resources patients and their families may not be familiar with, but which have proved invaluable to others. We trust these services will assist patients on the road to healing and improved health.
Support Groups
WINGS: Women in New Growing Situations
This support group is for women with any cancer diagnosis. Facilitated by Angela Herbrich, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, it meets in the third floor Breast Center Library in the Seay Building on the fourth Monday of every month at 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Husbands and Partners of Women With Cancer
Facilitated by Dale McEowen, L.M.S.W., this support group is available for husbands, or partners, of women with any cancer diagnosis. It meets in the second floor conference room NC2.406 in the Seay Building on the first and third Tuesdays of every month at 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Dialogue Support Group
The Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center’s psychologist, Noelle McDonald, Ph.D. and oncology social worker Leslie Fetchen, L.M.S.W. offer this support group for anyone diagnosed with cancer, as well as their caregivers and families. Open to everyone, the group meets in the second floor conference room NC2.406 of the Seay Building on Tuesdays from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Social Services
Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center
Social workers and case managers provide a wide variety of valuable inpatient and outpatient services, including developing a total plan of care. Our social workers perform a comprehensive assessment of needs to determine the extent of services required for care and support, including providing patient and family counseling and coordinating with community providers for transportation, supplies, medication, home health services and financial needs. Social workers also provide arrangements for dietitians to offer nutritional screening and counseling as well as assist patients in UT Southwestern’s genetic counseling and risk assessment program.
Moncrief Cancer Resources
An affiliate of the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center at UT Southwestern, this nonprofit, community-based organization provides support services to cancer patients and their families in Tarrant County and surrounding areas. Social services, nutritional services, an oncology patient navigator and a transportation program are among the offerings.
Web Sites
American Cancer Society
The American Cancer Society is the nationwide community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives and diminishing suffering from the disease through research, education, advocacy, and service.
American Melanoma Foundation
The American Melanoma Foundation’s mission is to raise public awareness and provide patient education on the prevention and risks of melanoma and to fund early research and discovery programs for its treatment.
Basal Cell Carcinoma Nevus Syndrome Support Network
This group provides health care, counseling and support services to children and adults manifesting inherited, metabolic or genetic disorders and diseases most commonly known as Basal Cell Carcinoma Nevus Syndrome (BCCNS). Particular focus is on early diagnosis and treatment of children evidencing the initial onset of BCCNS.
James A. Schlipmann Melanoma Cancer Foundation
The purpose of the James A. Schlipmann Melanoma Cancer Foundation is to provide support to clinical trials and research studies and to advance education, awareness, screening and treatment to eventually eradicate melanoma cancer.
Melanoma International Foundation
The foundation provides hope and guidance to melanoma patients and families and supports the most effective programs for the prevention, early detection and treatment of melanoma.
The Melanoma Research Foundation
The Melanoma Research Foundation supports scientific research directed at finding effective treatments and ultimately a cure for malignant melanoma.
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
The NCI, a component of the National Institutes of Health, is the federal government's principal agency for cancer research and training.
Skin Cancer Foundation
The Skin Cancer Foundation is the only national and international organization that is concerned exclusively with the world's most common malignancy – cancer of the skin.
