Cancer and treatment bring physical, spiritual and emotional stress. Our Supportive and Integrative Medicine team can help manage discomfort with a wide array of available services.
The stress and anxiety that can accompany diagnosis and treatment of cancer can weigh on a patient and their loved ones. Psychologists, psychiatrists and clinical social workers help you manage mental, emotional and social health. Our Supportive Care staff members are highly trained experts, able to help you and your family with emotional, social and spiritual support.
Available Virtually for All and conveniently located on the Duarte campus and the Orange County Lennar Foundation Cancer Center, the Biller Patient and Family Resource Center integrates all support services under one umbrella.
The stress and anxiety that can accompany diagnosis and treatment of cancer can weigh on a patient and their loved ones. Our Supportive Care staff members are highly trained experts, able to help you and your family with emotional, social and spiritual support.
Exclusively at City of Hope, the Couple's Coping Together Against Cancer Program empowers partners to strengthen communication, build emotional resilience, and tackle challenges as a united team.
Our Older Adults’ Specialized Interdisciplinary Services Program (OASIS) team knows that as older adults receive cancer care, whether it is before, during or after treatment, they may struggle with the effects of cancer and its treatment in unique ways.
Beyond providing a comprehensive range of supportive care services, the Department of Supportive Care Medicine also engages in research and training to continually improve and integrate supportive care at City of Hope and other health institutions nationwide.
Our Vision is to transform the health care system by maximizing compassionate expertise one professional at a time.
Anesthesiologist Andrew T. Leitner, M.D., is chair of the Department of Supportive Care Medicine and the Arthur M. Coppola Family Chair in Supportive Care Medicine.
William Dale, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.S.C.O., is the Vice Chair of Academic Affairs for the Department of Supportive Care Medicine.
Richard T. Lee, M.D., is the medical director of the Integrative Medicine Program in the Department of Supportive Care Medicine at City of Hope.
The partnership between City of Hope and The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation will support City of Hope’s efforts to expand patient access to its evidence-based supportive care medicine offerings across its cancer care system and to advocate for establishing supportive care as a standard best practice for cancer care in the United States.
Our goal is to expand access to our evidence-based supportive care offerings and advocate for a national standard of practice for cancer care.
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