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The Multidisciplinary Adrenal Cancer Clinic

The multidisciplinary team consists of adrenal cancer specialists from diverse disciplines including surgery, medical oncology, radiation oncology, radiology, pathology, nuclear medicine, endocrinology, nursing and social work.

The clinic's address and information on appointments is on the make an appointment web page.      Meet the team (physician biographies are on the UMHS website)

History

The Adrenal Cancer Clinic is building upon a rich tradition of research on the subject of Metabolism and Endocrinology here at the University of Michigan. Jerome W. Conn, Director of the Metabolism Research Unit from 1943-1973, was the first to identify what has come to be known as "Conn's Syndrome." Over the next 3 decades, the Adrenal Cancer Clinic was built under the guidance of University of Michigan Endocrinologist David “Ed” Schteingart, M.D., and Endocrine Surgeon Norman Thompson, M.D. who pioneered the medical and surgical treatments of this disease.

In 1992, Millie Schembechler, the wife of U-M Football Coach Bo Schembechler, lost her own battle with Adrenal Cancer. Knowing that very few resources were available for the study and treatment of adrenal cancer, Bo, set out to establish an unparalleled center of excellence for the study and treatment of this rare and understudied disease. After 7 years of hosting his Annual Millie Schembechler Memorial Golf Classic, his dreams have been realized with the establishment of the endowed Millie Schembechler Professorship in Adrenal Cancer. Under the Directorship of Gary D. Hammer, M.D., Ph.D., the First Millie Schembechler Professor of Adrenal Cancer, the multidisciplinary Program engages in both basic and clinical research, clinical trials and the comprehensive care of patients afflicted with Adrenal Cancer.

The U-M Comprehensive Cancer Center is one of the few in the country with a multidisciplinary clinic devoted to the diagnosis and treatment of Adrenal Cancer.

The Clinic

The Multidisciplinary Adrenal Cancer Clinic provides patients:

  • access to state-of-the-art standard and investigational therapies
  • the expertise of the Multidisciplinary Endocrine (Adrenal and Thyroid) Conference for consensus treatment recommendations
  • rapid reports to primary care and/or referring physicians
  • an opportunity to meet with a dietitian to discuss concerns or special needs
  • comprehensive patient education materials
  • individual and family support through support groups, social workers and psychiatrists
  • access to the U-M Cancer Center Complementary Therapies Program


Speak with a Cancer nurse: 1-800-865-1125

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