Clinics and hospitals providing radiation therapy
Many hospitals that we know of and that provide radiotherapy for Dupuytren's disease are located in Germany or Austria and listed on our German web site. Should you know of any other institutions, in any country, please let us know!
Clinics in Australia and New Zealand:
Australia:
Perth Radiation Oncology / Royal Perth Hospital
Dr. Chris Harper
24 Salvado Road
Wembley Western Australia 6014
Phone: 08 / 9381 5655 (Wembley) or 9224 2389 (new appointments RPH)
Fax: 08 / 9381 4364
Adelaide Radiotherapy Centre
Dr. Martin Borg
Radiation Oncologist
325 South Terrace
Adelaide SA 5000
Phone: 08 / 8228 67600; Mobile: 0411138842
Email: mborg@adradcentre.com.au
New Zealand:
Waikato Hospital
Department of Oncology
Dr. Charles De Groot
Pembroke Street
Hamilton
New Zealand
Clinics in Canada:
None for the time being. Please let us know if you are aware of any Canadian clinic treating Dupuytren's and/or Ledderhose with radiotherapy!
Clinics in Switzerland:
Universitätsspital Zürich
Radioonkologischen Klinik
Rämistrasse 100
8091 Zürich
Patients registration: +41 44 255 29 34 (probably speaking German)
Clinics in the UK:
Unfortunately we only have limited contact data, feedback regarding additional addresses is VERY welcome!
Dr. John Glees MD, FRCR
Parkside Oncology Clinic
49 Parkside
Wimbledon
London SW19 5NB
020 / 8247 3351
www.parksideoncologyclinic.co.uk
Dr. T. D. Goode (FRCP, FRCR)
Dorset Cancer Centre
Poole Hospital NHS Trust
Longfleet Rd
Poole BH15 2JB
01202 / 44 26 90 (Dr Goode's Secretary)
email: 
www.poole.nhs.uk
Note: To our knowledge Dr. Goode is now retired. In urgent cases you might also consider to try one of the German clinics listed at the bottom of this page.
Clinics in the United States:
Addresses are listed alphabetically by state.
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Department of Radiation Oncology
Dr. Ruby F. Meredith
1700 6th Avenue South
Birmingham, AL (Alabama) 35249
Scheduling: (205)934-5670
www.radonc.com
University of California, San Francisco
Department of Radiation Oncology
Dr. Alexander Gottschalk
1600 Divisadero Street, Suite H 1031
San Francisco, CA (California) 94115
Scheduling: (415) 353-9807
Scripps Clinic Torrey Pines
Dr. Prabhakar Tripuraneni
Head, Division of Radiation Oncology
10666 N. Torrey Pines Road
La Jolla, CA (California) 92037
Palo Alto Medical Foundation
Dr. Pauling Chang
795 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, CA (California) 94301
Phone: (650) 853-2954
www.pamf.org
University of Miami. Miller School of Medicine
Dr. Alan Pollack
1475 NW 12th Ave, Suite 1500 (D-131)
Miami, FL (Florida) 33136
Phone: (305) 243-4916
Massachusetts General Hospital
Radiation Oncology
Dr. Thomas DeLaney
30 Fruit Street
Boston, MA (Massachusetts) 02114
Phone: (617) 726-6876
http://www2.massgeneral.org/cancer/about/providers/radiation/
Another clinic in Massachusetts, near Boston (not confirmed but maybe worth a try):
Dr. Stuart Berman at Beth Israel Deaconess in Waltham, MA. Phone: (617) 667-2345.
University of Michigan Hospital
Radiation Oncology
Dr. James Hayman
1500 East Medical Center Drive
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0010
Phone: (734) 936-4300
Southeast Radiation Oncology PA
Dr. Anthony Crimaldi
200 Queens Rd Suite 400
Charlotte, NC (North Carolina) 28204
Phone: (704) 333-7376
www.treatcancer.com
University of Oklahoma
Health Sciences Center
Dr. Terence Herman
Chairman, Radiation Oncology
825 NE 10th Street, Suite 1430
Oklahoma City, OK (Oklahoma) 73104
Phone: (405) 271-3016 & -5641
Virginia Commonwealth University
Department of Radiation Oncology
Assist. Profs. Drs. Laurie Cuttino and Elisabeth Weiss
401 College Street, P.O. Box 980037
Richmond, Virginia 23298-0037
Phone:
(804) 828-7232, Fax: (804) 828-7981
VCU_oncology_dept1 and VCU_oncology_dept2
Comments: In the U.S. most, if not all, clinics use electron beams while in Europe x-rays are more popular. This may have historic reasons, we are not aware of major benefits or drawbacks of either method (the equipment for electron beams being more expensive).
For insurance coverage please check with your carrier. We understand that the ICD9 Diagnosis code is 728.6 - benign condition contracture.
Clinics in Germany and Austria:
Germany and Austria have a variety of clinics experienced with applying radiotherapy to Morbus Dupuytren and Ledderhose. They are listed on our German web site. Being frequently asked about recommendations we list below clinics which have experience in treating Dupuytren's and Ledderhose disease and which we believe suitable for patients from outside Germany. We appreciate reports from patients haveing visited those clinics. The sequence of clinics is by postal code and not indicating any priority.
Note: Electron beams require a technically more sophisticated equipment resulting in higher treatment costs. Both, x-rays and electron beams, are suitable for treating Dupuytren's and Ledderhose disease.
X-ray treatment:
Städtische Kliniken Frankfurt a.M./Lehrkrankenhaus der Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe Universität, Radiologisches Zentralinstitut - Strahlentherapie
Gotenstraße. 6-8
65929 Frankfurt
Tel. +49 (0)69 / 3106-2827, Dr. Markus Herkstroeter, email: 
Electron beam treatment:
DRK Kliniken Berlin Westend, Zentrum für Strahlentherapie (Clinic for Radiotherapy)
Spandauer Damm 130
14050 Berlin
Tel.: +49 (0)30 / 3035 57 35, Dr. Manfred Körner, email: 
Strahlenzentrum Hamburg Nord
Langenhorner Chaussee 369
22419 Hamburg
Tel.: +49(0)40 / 2442458-10
Fax: +49(0)40 / 2442458-44
Prof. Heinrich Seegenschmiedt and Dr. Fabian Fehlauer
Advice for visiting the Hamburg clinic
Klinik und MVZ für Strahlentherapie, Klinikum Bayreuth GmbH
Preuschwitzer Str. 101
95445 Bayreuth
Tel. +49 (0)921 / 400-6800, Dr. Ludwig Keilholz,
www.klinikum-bayreuth.de
Should you experience difficulties in contacting above clinics, you are welcome to contact Dupuytren e.V. for support.
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