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Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital

1500 Lansdowne Avenue
Darby, PA 19023
(610) 237-4000

Established over 60 years ago, Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital is a 469-bed acute care, community teaching hospital serving Delaware County and Southwest Philadelphia. Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital is a member of Mercy Health System, a healthcare ministry of the Sisters of Mercy.

The Mercy Fitzgerald Cancer Program, as part of the Jefferson Kimmel Cancer Center Network, offers a wide range of medical and social services including support groups and educational programs to help patients and their families. For more information, call (610) 237-4984. Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital, in association with the Jefferson Kimmel Cancer Center Network, several national cooperative groups and pharmaceutical companies, offers protocols close to home. For more information, or to enroll in clinical trials call (610) 237-4982. For referral to a Mercy Fitzgerald oncologist, please call 1-877-GO-MERCY or search our website at www.mercyhealth.org.

Health Screenings Screenings for breast, colorectal, prostate, skin, head, neck and cervical cancers are available at no charge. Mammography services are available at a reduced cost. For more information, call (610)237-4984.

Support Groups and Educational Programs:
For more information, call (610) 237-4984.

  • Breast self-examination instruction
  • I Can Cope
  • Lymphedema

Counseling Services:
For information, call (610) 237-4984

  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pastoral Care Consultation
  • Behavioral Medicine Consultation
  • Ostomy Care Specialist Consultation
  • Pharmacy/Oncology Consultative Service

Weekly Tumor Board Meetings (Multidisciplinary Panel Review for Individual Cancer Case Management.) For information, call (610)237-4968.

Key contacts
Administrative Director Cindy Gray 610-237-2719
Medical Oncology Michael Mikhail, M.D.
Director, Medical Oncology; Chairman, Cancer Committee
610-237-4922
Radiation Oncology Leslie Tupchong, M.D., Ph.D. Chairman, Radiation Oncology 610-237-4370
Surgery Chris Tzarnas, MD, Chairman, Department of Surgery 610-534-6300
Cancer Registrar Donna Stevens 610-237-4309
Oncology Clinical Trials Jackie DeFrancesco 610-237-4034
Cancer Care Coordinator Tracy Karwoski, RN 610-237-2648

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The hospital members of the Jefferson Cancer Network participate in a preferred affiliation with other premier cancer treatment and research centers, and, with the exception of Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, are not part of Jefferson.

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