Adult Leukemia Service
State-of-the-art, nationally recognized program for the treatment of chronic
and acute leukemias in adults. This program is associated with national and
international study groups and registries for the application of the most
up-to-date technologies for the treatment and cure of leukemia. The Leukemia
Service is closely associated with the Bone Marrow Transplantation Service so
that all leukemia patients have access to the most advanced technologies for the treatment of leukemia.
- Patient Appointments: Please call Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Phone: (202) 444-2223
Betty Lou Ourisman Breast Health Center
The Comprehensive Breast Center provides cancer screening services for
women. Patients may schedule an appointment for screening services that focus on
breast cancer; breast and cervical cancer; or breast, cervical, skin, and oral
cancer. Services may include assessment of individual risk factors for cancer;
personalized instruction in breast self-examination; evaluation and monitoring
of benign breast conditions; access to a full range of breast imaging services;
second opinions regarding mammograms, pathology reports, and/or biopsy
recommendations; and, if indicated, referral to specialized services including
surgeons and oncologists. Georgetown University Hospital is one of the first
hospitals to offer digital mammography and high-resolution ultrasound.
- Patient Appointments: Monday - Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Appointments also may be scheduled on Fridays and clinic hours may be extended to accommodate patients’ needs.
- Phone: (202) 444-3315
Breast Cancer Clinic
This service
is designed for comprehensive evaluation of patients with any stage of breast
cancer and to make systemic treatment recommendations. A medical oncologist
provides information regarding chemotherapy and normal therapy options and will
discuss available clinical trials. Other services include physical therapy and
plastic surgery consultations and nutrition and psychological counseling. New
cases are discussed and treatment recommendations made in a weekly multidisciplinary conference.
- Patient Appointments: Please call Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m
- Phone: (202) 444-2223
Breast Cancer Consultation Group
For women with newly diagnosed breast cancer, this service offers
simultaneous consultation with a surgeon, a radiation oncologist, a medical
oncologist, and a nurse case manager about specialized comprehensive treatment.
Other services include physical therapy, plastic surgery, consultations and nutritional and psychological counseling.
- Patient Appointments: Please call Monday - Friday, 8:30 to 5:00 p.m.
- Phone: (202) 444-2223
Combined Modality
The modern
management of head and neck tumors requires the input of the ENT surgeon,
radiation therapist, and medical oncologist, integrated into the overall medical
care of the patient. Initial evaluations are discussed at a weekly tumor board
held jointly with ENT and radiation therapy.
- Patient Appointments: Please call Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Phone: (202) 444-2223
Cutaneous Lymphoma Project
Special
management of cutaneous lymphomas including timely use of specialized radiation
techniques, new chemotherapeutic agents, and biologic response modifiers.
- Patient Appointments: Please call Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Phone: (202) 444-2223
Developmental Therapeutics Program
This clinic focuses on new treatments for patients with advanced
malignancies. Typically, studies are not restricted by tumor type and early
phase studies do not require measurable disease.
- Patient Appointments: Please call Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Contact: John Marshall, M.D.
- Phone: (202) 444-2223
Gastrointestinal Oncology Clinic
Offers protocols for treatment of advanced colorectal, esophageal, gastric,
and other gastrointestinal malignancies, as well as adjuvant and neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
- Patient Appointments: Please call Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Contact: John Marshall, M.D.
- Phone: (202) 444-2223
Georgetown Brain Tumor Center
This
is a multidisciplinary clinic in which a neurosurgeon, radiation oncologist, and
medical oncologist provide consultation and evaluation for patients with brain
and spinal cord tumors. Several protocol treatments are available according to
the needs of each patient. The center is a member of the National Central
Nervous System Consortium and, as such, includes a very active basic research
lab that supports the clinical activity.
- Patient Appointments: Please call Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Phone: (202) 444-2223
Health Maintenance in the Lung Tumor
Survivor
The patient who has survived a major intervention to treat
thoracic neoplasms has an increased risk of a second malignancy. Screening and
follow-up should include cytology, X-ray, and physical examinations and should
be performed in a comprehensive environment. Behavior modification to maintain a smoke-free lifestyle also is important.
- Patient Appointments: Please call Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Phone: (202) 444-2223
Hemapheresis
Therapeutic removal of
plasma containing toxic factors or antibodies believed to be important in disease pathogenesis.
- Patient Appointments: Please call Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Contact: Craig Kessler, M.D.
- Phone: (202) 444-3667
Hematologic/Oncology Service
This
comprehensive multidisciplinary clinic provides consultation, evaluation, and
treatment of all hematologic disorders and hematologic malignancies including:
leukemia, Hodgkin's disease, lymphomas, and myeloma.
- Patient Appointments: Please call Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Phone: (202) 444-2223
Hematology Laboratory
Comprehensive
laboratory analysis of red blood cell, white blood cell, platelet, and clotting factor abnormalities.
- Patient Appointments: Please call Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Phone: (202) 444-3560
Hematology Laboratory Outpatient
Services
Treatment of a broad range of hematological problems,
including diagnostic and therapeutic modalities with emphasis on thrombo-hemorrhagic disorders.
- Patient Appointments: Please call Monday - Friday, 8.30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Contact: David Garvin, M.D.
- Phone: (202) 444-2223
Infusion Service
Administration of
outpatient transfusion, and collection of autologous and donor directed units
for transfusion.
- Patient Appointments: Please call Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Contact: Robert Warren, M.D.
- Phone: (202) 444-4399
Palliative Care Program (referrals)
This program is a nursing and medical program offering pain management as
well as psychological and spiritual support to patients with malignancies and
other severe illnesses. Often times the palliative care team works with the
oncologists to assess various treatment options.
- Patient Appointments: Please call Monday - Friday, 8:30am to 5:00 p.m.
- Contact: Andrew Putnam, MD
- Phone: (202) 444-1781
Pulmonary Oncology Program
This
comprehensive approach to the patient with a known neoplasm of the thorax offers
consultation and intervention with chemotherapy or experimental phase I/II
therapies as needed. Frequent joint consultations are made with radiation therapy and thoracic surgery.
- Patient Appointments: Please call Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Phone: (202) 444-2223
Urologic Oncology Service
This
service provides referral, consultation, and treatment for cancer of the testes,
ovary, bladder, kidney, and prostate. Multidisciplinary review of cases by
Hematology/Oncology and Urology. Clinical trials are offered.
- Patient Appointments: Please call Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Contact: Edward P. Gelmann, M.D.
- Phone: (202) 444-2223
