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Our international coordinators can guide you through the process of becoming a patient and traveling to us from outside the United States.
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Contact Us
Call 911 for life-threatening emergencies. For urgent referrals after hours, call our 24-hour page service at 1-617-632-3352. Ask for the pediatric hematologist/oncologist on call.
New Patients, Referrals, Second Opinions
Appointment Request Forms
- Request an Appointment (new patients)
- Refer a Patient (for physicians)
- Second Opinions
Phone Numbers
- New Patient Line: 1-888-733-4662
- Hematology (Blood Disorders): 617-355-8246
- Node Assessment Clinic: 617-355-0535
- All International Requests: +1 617-355-5209
Jimmy Fund Clinic at Dana-Farber
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Established patients:
- On weekdays, from 8 a.m.-5 p.m., established patients should call 617-632-3270 for scheduling and appointment requests; medical and symptom management questions; prescription refill requests; and general questions.
- Choose your preferred language.
- Select the reason for your call:
- Option 1: If the patient is currently on active treatment or receiving infusions
- Option 2: If you need to reach a specialty program, like survivorship, cancer genetic risk, our bone marrow failure clinic, or neuro-oncology
- Additional Options: You can also select options for prescription refills, managing symptoms, making or changing an appointment, and more
- Evenings (after 5 p.m.), holidays, and weekends:
- Solid tumor, neuro-oncology, and hematologic malignancy patients: Call 617-632-3352 and ask for the pediatric oncology provider on call.
- Stem cell transplantation patients: Call 617-632-3352 and ask for the pediatric stem cell transplant provider on call.
- Bone marrow failure clinic patients: Call 617-355-6363 and ask for the hematology provider on call.
- New patients: 1-888-PEDIONC (1-888-733-4662)
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For solid tumor; leukemia/lymphoma; brain and spinal cord tumors; and stem cell and bone marrow transplantation patients
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Call 911 for life-threatening emergencies.
Hematology Clinic at Boston Children's
Call 617-355-8246, Monday to Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., for appointments or to speak with your provider. If calling after hours, call 617-355-6000 and ask for the hematology on-call physician.
Inpatient Care at Boston Children's Hospital
Call 617-355-6000 to reach an inpatient floor at Boston Children’s Hospital.
Satellite Clinics
Clinical Support Programs
- Fertility Preservation Program: 1-617-732-4222
- Palliative Care Program: 1-617-632-5042
- Psychosocial Care: 1-617-632-5425
- On weekdays, from 8 a.m.-5 p.m., established patients should call 617-632-3270 for scheduling and appointment requests; medical and symptom management questions; prescription refill requests; and general questions.
- Bone Marrow Failure and MDS
Fax: 617-751-7046 | bmf_pedi@dfci.harvard.edu - Brain Tumors
Fax: 617-394-3059 | pno_npc@dfci.harvard.edu - Hematology (Blood Disorders)
Fax: 617-730-0641 | hemeclinic-dl@childrens.harvard.edu - Malignant Hematology and Solid Tumors
Fax: 617-582-7434 | pedi_onc@dfci.harvard.edu - Stem Cell Transplant
Fax: 617-632-1990 | pedi_sct@dfci.harvard.edu - All International Requests
Fax: 617-582-7434 | pedi_international@dfci.harvard.edu
Please direct all media inquiries to:
Ellen Berlin
617-632-5357
ellen_berlin@dfci.harvard.edu
Kristen Dattoli
617-919-3141
kristen.dattoli@childrens.harvard.edu
For clinical trial inquiries, please email us at clinicaltrials@danafarberbostonchildrens.org, or visit our clinical trials section to learn about enrollment by trial.
For inquiries not relating to a new or existing patient, please fill out our general inquiries form and a representative will respond as soon as possible.