City of Hope® is a world leader in the delivery of personalized care—pioneering breakthroughs that have led to advances in precision medicine, while charting the path for whole-person supportive care tailored to each patient’s needs and goals.
We’ve made comprehensive, personalized care our mission because we know that cancer is as unique as the person fighting it. How it impacts your body, your health, your emotions, our relationships, your plans for the future—everything that comes with a diagnosis impacts your life in unique ways. At City of Hope Cancer Center Atlanta, we believe you deserve a team and a care plan that take those factors into account, treating you as an individual with your own hopes, needs, diagnosis and goals.
That means not only treating your cancer with leading-edge tools and technologies while helping you manage the side effects of the disease, but handling the logistics of your journey, so you can focus on healing.
This is hope in the fight against cancer. This is City of Hope. And we’re closer than ever in historic Newnan, Georgia, just 30 minutes southwest of Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and a short drive from the metro Atlanta area.
Cancer Treatment Centers of America® (CTCA) is now City of Hope, joining forces to expand patient access to personalized, comprehensive cancer care.
With an independent, National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated comprehensive cancer center at its core, City of Hope brings a century-plus legacy of scientific discoveries and superior survival outcomes to patients in Georgia and the Southeast, with lifesaving speed.
That means access to leading-edge care, groundbreaking clinical trials and multidisciplinary specialists focused on curing cancer in one location: City of Hope Cancer Center Atlanta—powered by one of the nation’s largest cancer research and treatment organizations and leader in five- and 10-year survival rates.
City of Hope Atlanta is home to expert doctors who understand the value of specialization, speed to care and quality of life throughout your cancer journey. That’s why we surround patients with a care team entrenched in disease-specific knowledge, treatments, technology and clinical trials. Our oncologists, oncologic surgeons, pain management experts, radiation oncologists and other experts work together to support you during every step of your cancer journey.
Our outcomes tell the story. So does our reputation as a nationally renowned leader in quality and patient experience, exemplified by City of Hope Atlanta’s recognition by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC) and designation as “high performing” for the treatment of leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma in 2023–24 and for colon cancer surgery in 2024-2025, according to U.S. News & World Report's “Best Hospitals” rankings.
City of Hope Atlanta patients also benefit from access to the combined expertise of renowned subspecialists across City of Hope’s national system who tackle complex cancers collaboratively.
And in every corner of our hospital are nurses who deliver exceptional care. The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) agrees, awarding City of Hope Atlanta Magnet® designation, a distinction achieved by fewer than 10 percent of hospitals nationwide.
Click the links below to learn more about our experts.
Kristin Higgins, MD
Chief Clinical Officer, City of Hope Atlanta
Anita Johnson, MD, FACS
Leader, Atlanta Women's Cancer Program; Chief of Surgery, Atlanta
Leslie Popplewell, MD
Hematology and Blood and Marrow Transplant Medical Director
Scott Shelfo, MD, FACS
Medical Director of Urology, City of Hope Atlanta
Lily Shakibnia, MD, MSc, DABR, FRCPC
Chief of Radiation Oncology, City of Hope Atlanta
Shady Eldaif, MD
Director of Thoracic Oncology, City of Hope Atlanta
Beomjune B. Kim, DMD, MD, FACS
Head and Neck and Microvascular Reconstructive Surgeon
Natalie Godbee, DO
Gynecologic Oncologist, City of Hope Atlanta
The doctors and clinicians at City of Hope Atlanta are part of multidisciplinary care teams led by experts focused on diagnosing and treating cancer.
Learn more about the many types of cancer we treat, including information on symptoms, risk factors and treatment options, by exploring the links below.
Teams of experts under one roof, focused on specific cancer types
At City of Hope Atlanta, curing cancer is our calling. We strengthen that singular focus through our cancer centers, a high-tech, high-touch care model that surrounds patients with specialization—whether your diagnosis is early-stage, rare or complex. It’s disease-specific care in every way, from diagnostics and treatments to clinical trials and technology, delivered by medical, surgical and radiation oncologists working side-by-side with Magnet-certified nurses, genetic counselors, pharmacists, supportive care experts and others.
Click below to learn more about our Atlanta cancer centers.
Within many of our centers, we bring next-level specialization to patients through intensive clinical programs, like our Rapid Lung Nodule Diagnosis Program, where experts employ artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted technology to diagnose lung nodules—in as few as four days. Our High-Risk Breast Cancer Program, where oncologists, genetic counselors and supportive care providers partner with patients through genetic counseling, cancer screenings and risk reduction strategies. And, our Neuroendocrine Tumor Clinical Program, where specialists in neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) utilize Detectnet™, peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (with Lutathera®) and more to diagnosis and treat this rare disease.
In addition to disease-specific care through our Atlanta centers and programs, patients benefit from renowned subspecialists across City of Hope’s national system who tackle complex cancers collaboratively. We also have a supportive care team to help manage the side effects of cancer or its treatments, including pain management doctors, lymphedema experts and behavioral health clinicians.
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