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The Greater Hartford Health Care Resource Guide • 2016 – 2017 13 Cancer treatment clinics in Greater Hartford (Ranked by number of oncologists as of Sept. 2016) Rank Clinic No. of oncologists/ No. of employees/ No. of beds Types of cancer treated/ Specialty equipment Clinical trials administered on-site/ Specialty procedures Head of clinic Year founded 1 Helen & Harry Gray Cancer Center Hartford HealthCare Cancer Institute at Hartford Hospital 80 Retreat Ave. Hartford, CT 06106 860-545-3790; hartfordhospital.org 67 (1) 150 28 All types of cancer; center of distinction for rare and complex cancers 38 infusion chairs, 7 surgical robots, Truebeam and Trilogy linear accelerators with stereotactic brain and body radiosurgery, brachytherapy equipment, functional MRI and mobile digital mammography Y (2) Stereotactic radiosurgery, brachytherapy for intracavitary and interstitial implants, solid organ transplantation, Y90 radioembolization of liver cancer, IMRT, robotic surgery for lung, abdominal, pelvis and head and neck, transoral robotic surgery, neuronavigation of brain neoplasms, awake craniotomy, minimally invasive thoracic surgery for lung and esophageal cancer, sentinel node surgery, pediatric radiation oncology, cryotherapy and radiofrequency tumor ablation, chemotherapy embolization, heated intraperitoneal chemoperfusion, pain management, MRI-guided biopsies and lung cancer screening Andrew Salner Medical director 1990 (3) 2 Hartford HealthCare Cancer Insitute at The Hospital of Central Connecticut 183 North Mountain Road New Britain, CT 06053 860-827-4170; thocc.org/locations/cancer- center 25 (4) 100 20 All 14 infusion chairs, 3T MRI and HDR Y (2) Stereotactic radiation therapy, same-day mammography reads, breast biopsy, meditation room, on-site physical therapy, melanoma clinic, and cancer boutique Peter Byeff Medical director 1960 3 Smilow Cancer Hospital Yale-New Haven at St. Francis 114 Woodland St. Hartford, CT 06105 860-714-4680; stfranciscare.org/ CancerCenter.aspx 17 (5) 60 23 (6) Brain tumor program, breast cancer program, gastrointestinal cancers program, gynecologic cancers program, head and neck cancers program, hematology program, lung cancer porgram, prostate and urologic cancers program and sarcoma program 2 linear accelerators, 1 cyberknife, 2 CT simulators and 1 HDR unit Y (7) N/A Kathy Noone Executive director 1996 4 Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center UConn Health Outpatient Pavilion, 263 Farmington Ave., 4th Floor Farmington, CT 06030 860-679-2100; health.uconn.edu/cancer 14 39 3 Bladder, breast, colon, endocrine neoplasia, gastrointestinal, geriatric, gynecological, head and neck, kidney, melanoma, musculoskeletal, ovarian, palliative, pediatric, prostate and skin S2000 TS Mainframe Ultrasound Machine and Spectra Optia Apheresis System Y Tomotherapy system, reconstructive surgery and bone-marrow transplant Caryl Ryan N/A 5 Eastern Connecticut Cancer Institute, John A. DeQuattro Cancer Center 100 Haynes St. Manchester, CT 06040 860-533-2929; echn.org/medical-oncology 13 70 N/A Outpatient facility treating the whole body including head and neck, breast, lung, abdomen, pelvis and extremities, skin and leukemia 2 high energy linear accelerators, Brillance Big Bore CT scanner, high-dose radiation machine (8) N High dose rate brachytherapy, intensity-modulated radiation therapy, stereotactic body radiation therapy, bone marrow, infusion to treat rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis Stephen Hauser Amanda Ayers Winfield Raynor Monica Srodon 1997 6 Hartford HealthCare Cancer Insitute at Hartford Hospital - Avon 80 Fisher Drive Avon, CT 06001 860-545-1888; hartfordhospital.org 12 (9) 30 N/A All 10 infusion chairs and linear accelerator Y Intensity-modulated and image-guided radiation therapy Andrew Salner Medical director N/A 7 Hartford HealthCare Cancer Insitute at MidState Medical Center 435, 455 Lewis Ave. Meriden, CT 06451 203-694-8200; midstatemedical.org 12 (10) 50 29 All 21 infusion chairs, HDR Y (2) Cancer imaging, genetic counseling and testing, pain management, psycho-oncology, integrative medicine, screening programs, survivorship care planning, support groups and cancer resource room Gary Tansino Medical director 1989 8 Starling Physicians Infusion Centers (11) 9 Cranbrook Drive Enfield, CT 06082 860-246-6647; starlingphysicians.com/ specialty/hematologyoncology 8 46 N/A All 37 infusion chairs N Chemotherapy, transfusions, bone marrow biopsies and genetic counseling N/A 9 Connecticut Children's Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders 282 Washington St. Hartford, CT 06106 860-545-9000; connecticutchildrens.org/ our-care/cancer-and-blood-disorders 7 N/A N/A All types of cancer treated; solid tumor program includes Ewings sarcoma and related tumors, germ-cell tumor, hepatoblastoma, neuroblastoma, non-rhabdomatous sarcomas, osteosarcoma, retinoblastoma, rhabdomyosarcoma and Wilms tumor N/A Y Surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy Michael Isakoff Director 2011 (12) 10 Middlesex Hospital Cancer Center 536 Saybrook Road Middletown, CT 06457 860-358-2000; middlesexhospital.org/our- services/hospital-services/cancer-center 7 35 N/A Outpatient facility for breast, lung, colon, GYN, head and neck, prostate, bladder, esophageal and hematologic cancers Novalis Tx LINAC, digital mammography, tomosynthesis, molecular breast imaging and breast MRI Y IMRT/IGRT, Rapid Arc and Stereotactic Radiosurgery, SRS, SBRT and HDR Justin Drew Director N/A 11 Hartford HealthCare Cancer Institute at Windham Hospital 112 Mansfield Ave. Willimantic, CT 06226 860-456-9116; windhamhospital.org 3 (13) 8 3 All 3 infusion chairs Y Breast, cervical and colorectal screening, low dose CT Lung Screening, medical oncology, Nurse Navigation, support groups, nutritional counseling, integrative medicine and survivorship care planning Jeffrey Baker Medical director 1997 12 Bristol Hospital Cancer Care Center 41 Brewster Road Bristol, CT 06010 860-585-3400; bristolhospital.org/Services/ Cancer-Care.aspx 2 18 N/A All di Vinci Robotic Surgery N Bone marrow biopsy Sapna Khubchandani 2007 Source: Each clinic via survey. Note: Hartford HealthCare has an additional cancer center at Backus Hospital in Norwich. HDR = High dose rate; IM/IG RT = Intensity-modulated/image-guided radiation therapy; SBRT = Stereotactic body radiation therapy; SRS = Stereotactic radiosurgery; N/A = Not available. (1) Nine radiation oncologists, 15 medical oncologists and 43 cancer surgeons. (2) With an additional Memorial Sloan Kettering clinical trial site. (3) Heublein Cancer Treatment Center was founded in 1975. (4) Two radiation oncologists, six medical oncologists and 17 surgical oncologists. (5) Thirteen medical oncologists and four radiation oncologists. (6) Dedicated inpatient unit with 23 beds and 37 staff members, 62% chemotherapy certified and 46% ONC certified. (7) Partnership with Yale University gives access to interdisciplinary cancer research in basic science, translational research and prevention and control. (8) The two high energy linear accelerators offer different treatment modalities. (9) Four radiation oncologists and eight medical oncologists. (10) One radiation oncologist, four medical oncologists and seven surgical oncologists. (11) Infusion centers in Enfield, New Britain and Wethersfield. (12) Division established in 1996. (13) One medical oncologist and two surgical oncologists. —Compiled by Stephanie R. Meagher.

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