Support Groups - Cancer


Lahey Clinic offers the following support groups for patients with cancer and their families:

Brain Tumor Support Group

Audience: Sponsored by the Sophia Gordon Cancer Center at Lahey Clinic, this support group emphasizes emotional support, coping skills and resource access for those with brain tumors and their families and friends.

Facilitated by: Michele R. Lucas, MSW, LICSW

Date/Time/Location:
First and third Mondays of the month (except holidays); 7 to 9 pm
Conference Room 5C-51, 5th floor
Lahey Clinic, 41 Mall Road, Burlington, MA 01805

For further information, please contact Michele R. Lucas, MSW, LICSW, at 617-726-1061. 

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Breast Cancer Group

Audience: Patients who have been diagnosed with breast cancer

Facilitated by: Pam Reznick, LICSW (Burlington); Deborah Smulian-Siegel, LCSW (Peabody)

Date/Time/Location (Burlington):
First Wednesday of the month at 6 pm
Cancer Center, 3W Conference Room
Lahey Clinic, 41 Mall Road, Burlington

Please call 781-744-8113 for more information or to register.  

Date/Time/Location (Peabody):
First Thursday of each month from 5:30 to 7 pm 
Conference Room A, First Floor 
Lahey Clinic North Shore, Peabody
One Essex Center Drive Peabody, MA 01960

Please call 781-744-7779 to get on the mailing list and verify meeting date and time.

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Carcinoid Cancer Support Group

Audience: For carcinoid cancer patients

Facilitated by: Pam Reznick, MSW, LICSW

Date/Time/Location: Fourth Tuesday of each month from 5:30 to 7 pm
3 West Keriotis Conference Room
Lahey Clinic, 41 Mall Road, Burlington

Please call Pam Reznick at 781-744-8113 for more information or to register.

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Head and Neck Cancer Support Group

Audience: For patients with cancer of the head and neck

Facilitated by: Pam Reznick, MSW, LICSW

Date/Time/Location:
Third Tuesday of each month from 1:30 to 2:30 pm
Radiation Oncology Suite
Lahey Clinic, 41 Mall Road, Burlington

Please call Pam Reznick at 781-744-8113 for more information or to register.

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Look Good, Feel Better

Audience: Women currently receiving chemo or radiation or who anticipate treatment

Facilitated by: Pam Reznick, LICSW

Date/Time/Location: Six times per year

Please call 781-744-8113 for more information or to register.

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Lymphoma Leukemia Support Group

Audience: For patients diagnosed with lymphoma leukemia

Facilitated by: Deborah Smulian-Siegel, MSW, LCSW

Date/Time/Location:
Second Monday of each month
Second Floor Conference Room, North Wing
Lahey Clinic North Shore
One Essex Center Drive, Peabody, MA 01960

Please call Deborah Smulian-Siegel at 781-744-7779 for more information or to register.

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Men with Heart Caregivers Circle Program

Audience: Caregivers of breast cancer patients and those who are close to someone going though breast cancer. This support group is sponsored by Men with Heart, an organization of men committed to fighting breast cancer and supporting those affected by it.

Facilitated by: Nurses and social workers at Lahey Clinic Medical Center, North Shore

Date/Time/Location: 
First Wednesday of each month, 6 to 7:30 pm
Conference Room A & B
Lahey Clinic North Shore
One Essex Center Drive, Peabody, MA 01960

Please call 781-744-7779 to register.

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Nutrition Troughout Cancer Treatment

Audience: Lahey Clinic patients and family members

Facilitated by: Elizabeth Fayram, RD, LDN

Date/Time/Location:
Lahey Clinic Medical Center
41 Mall Road
3 West Oncology Suite
Burlington, MA 01805

For more information, please call: 781-744-7322.

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Ovarian Cancer Group

Audience: Ovarian cancer patients

Facilitated by: Pam Reznick, MSW, LICSW

Date/Time/Location:
Third Friday of each month, 11 am to 1 pm
3 West Keriotis Conference Room
Lahey Clinic, 41 Mall Road, Burlington

Please call 781-744-8113 for more information or to register.

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Prostate Cancer Support Group

Audience: For patients diagnosed with prostate cancer

Facilitated by: Deborah Smulian-Siegel, MSW, LCSW

Date/Time/Location:
First Tuesday of each month at 6 pm
Conference Room A
Lahey Clinic North Shore
One Essex Center Drive, Peabody, MA 01960

Please call Deborah Smulian-Siegel at 781-744-7779 for more information or to register.