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    Ranisa
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      Are there are any melanoma speicalist in Omaha Nebrasha?

      Are there are any melanoma speicalist in Omaha Nebrasha?

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        Anonymous
        Inactive

          Hi,

          I don't know any specialists by name but Creighton University Cancer Center has a melanoma and skin cancer center.  The following information is from our Melanoma Treatment Center list, which we have verified as seeing a lot of melanoma patients.  Be sure to let me know if you have any other questions.  The MRF can't give out specific physician recommendations but you may get some responses on here. 

          Shelby – MRF

          [email protected]

           

          Creighton University Cancer Center

          Melanoma & Skin Cancer Center
          601 North 30th St., Suite 2803
          Omaha, NE  68131
          (402) 280-4100
          http://www.creighton.edu/health


           

          Anonymous
          Inactive

            Hi,

            I don't know any specialists by name but Creighton University Cancer Center has a melanoma and skin cancer center.  The following information is from our Melanoma Treatment Center list, which we have verified as seeing a lot of melanoma patients.  Be sure to let me know if you have any other questions.  The MRF can't give out specific physician recommendations but you may get some responses on here. 

            Shelby – MRF

            [email protected]

             

            Creighton University Cancer Center

            Melanoma & Skin Cancer Center
            601 North 30th St., Suite 2803
            Omaha, NE  68131
            (402) 280-4100
            http://www.creighton.edu/health


             

            Anonymous
            Inactive

              Hi,

              I don't know any specialists by name but Creighton University Cancer Center has a melanoma and skin cancer center.  The following information is from our Melanoma Treatment Center list, which we have verified as seeing a lot of melanoma patients.  Be sure to let me know if you have any other questions.  The MRF can't give out specific physician recommendations but you may get some responses on here. 

              Shelby – MRF

              [email protected]

               

              Creighton University Cancer Center

              Melanoma & Skin Cancer Center
              601 North 30th St., Suite 2803
              Omaha, NE  68131
              (402) 280-4100
              http://www.creighton.edu/health


               

              SarahS
              Participant

                Hi there,

                Not sure how far you're willing to travel, but I see Dr. Doolittle at the KU Cancer Center in Kansas City and he's wonderful!

                I moved to the KC area (from Boston) about a year and a half ago, and I was nervous about finding a mel specialist — I couldn't be happier with Dr. Doolittle and the KU Cancer Center. Definitely top rate!

                Best of luck!

                ~Sarah S.

                stage 3a, NED almost 5 years

                SarahS
                Participant

                  Hi there,

                  Not sure how far you're willing to travel, but I see Dr. Doolittle at the KU Cancer Center in Kansas City and he's wonderful!

                  I moved to the KC area (from Boston) about a year and a half ago, and I was nervous about finding a mel specialist — I couldn't be happier with Dr. Doolittle and the KU Cancer Center. Definitely top rate!

                  Best of luck!

                  ~Sarah S.

                  stage 3a, NED almost 5 years

                  SarahS
                  Participant

                    Hi there,

                    Not sure how far you're willing to travel, but I see Dr. Doolittle at the KU Cancer Center in Kansas City and he's wonderful!

                    I moved to the KC area (from Boston) about a year and a half ago, and I was nervous about finding a mel specialist — I couldn't be happier with Dr. Doolittle and the KU Cancer Center. Definitely top rate!

                    Best of luck!

                    ~Sarah S.

                    stage 3a, NED almost 5 years

                    Colleen68
                    Participant

                      I had a suspicious mole removed 11-9-11 which turned out to be melanoma that had 1 cell actively dividing during a look under the microscope.  The dermatologist I saw was Dr. John Ferguson at Physicians Clinic.  He referred me to Dr. George Dittrick, at Estabrook Cancer Center, an Oncology Surgeon specializing in melanoma and other cancers.  I was in to see the surgeon on 11-21-11 and was scheduled for surgery 12-13-11 per my choice.  I could have been in sooner.  I had to have a wide excisional biopsy at the site where the mole was removed and sentinal lymph node mapping and biopsy.  I received the clean biopsy results on 12-16-11. 

                      I live outside of Omaha, but only about 20 minutes away.  I thought that the office personel and nursing staff were great and Dr. Dittrick explained everything to me.  Right now I don't remember the staging of the melanoma, but unless something else occurs, only surgical treatment needed. 

                      Colleen68
                      Participant

                        I had a suspicious mole removed 11-9-11 which turned out to be melanoma that had 1 cell actively dividing during a look under the microscope.  The dermatologist I saw was Dr. John Ferguson at Physicians Clinic.  He referred me to Dr. George Dittrick, at Estabrook Cancer Center, an Oncology Surgeon specializing in melanoma and other cancers.  I was in to see the surgeon on 11-21-11 and was scheduled for surgery 12-13-11 per my choice.  I could have been in sooner.  I had to have a wide excisional biopsy at the site where the mole was removed and sentinal lymph node mapping and biopsy.  I received the clean biopsy results on 12-16-11. 

                        I live outside of Omaha, but only about 20 minutes away.  I thought that the office personel and nursing staff were great and Dr. Dittrick explained everything to me.  Right now I don't remember the staging of the melanoma, but unless something else occurs, only surgical treatment needed. 

                        Colleen68
                        Participant

                          I had a suspicious mole removed 11-9-11 which turned out to be melanoma that had 1 cell actively dividing during a look under the microscope.  The dermatologist I saw was Dr. John Ferguson at Physicians Clinic.  He referred me to Dr. George Dittrick, at Estabrook Cancer Center, an Oncology Surgeon specializing in melanoma and other cancers.  I was in to see the surgeon on 11-21-11 and was scheduled for surgery 12-13-11 per my choice.  I could have been in sooner.  I had to have a wide excisional biopsy at the site where the mole was removed and sentinal lymph node mapping and biopsy.  I received the clean biopsy results on 12-16-11. 

                          I live outside of Omaha, but only about 20 minutes away.  I thought that the office personel and nursing staff were great and Dr. Dittrick explained everything to me.  Right now I don't remember the staging of the melanoma, but unless something else occurs, only surgical treatment needed. 

                          SusanE
                          Participant

                            Hi,

                            My husband see Dr Ralph Hauke with Nebraska Cancer Specialists at Methodist, and his surgical oncologist is Dr Edibaldo Silva at UNMC. They are both wonderful, caring doctors.

                            Susan

                            SusanE
                            Participant

                              Hi,

                              My husband see Dr Ralph Hauke with Nebraska Cancer Specialists at Methodist, and his surgical oncologist is Dr Edibaldo Silva at UNMC. They are both wonderful, caring doctors.

                              Susan

                              SusanE
                              Participant

                                Hi,

                                My husband see Dr Ralph Hauke with Nebraska Cancer Specialists at Methodist, and his surgical oncologist is Dr Edibaldo Silva at UNMC. They are both wonderful, caring doctors.

                                Susan

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