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MEMPHIS AREACANCER CONSORTIUM
MEMPHIS AREA CANCER CONSORTIUM

Better cancer care in Memphis starts at the same table.

MACC brings employers, health systems, clinicians, patients and community groups together, so people across the Mid-South get the right cancer care sooner.

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CONNECTING COMMUNITIES. IMPROVING CARE. CHANGING LIVES.
WHAT WE DO

Nobody fixes cancer care alone. So we don't try to.

Connecting communities.

We bring employers, health systems, clinicians, patients and community groups into the same room, so everyone working on cancer care in Memphis is working together.

Improving care.

We look for what's already working in local clinics and help it reach more people, sooner. Good ideas shouldn't stay in one building.

Changing lives.

The right care, sooner, means more options and more time for families across the Mid-South. That's the measure that matters to us.

TEST BEFORE TREATMENT
FIRST UP · FREE WEBINAR

From Coverage to Care: A Tennessee Spotlight

Tennessee's new biomarker testing law takes effect January 1, 2027. But coverage alone doesn't get patients tested. Join leaders in cancer care to talk about closing the gap.

Thursday, Nov 19, 2026 1:00 PM Central Free on Zoom
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Part of Test Before Treatment, an AHIS campaign. #TestBeforeTreatment

PRESENTED BY
MEMPHIS AREACANCER CONSORTIUM
FEATURED SPEAKER
Gregory Vidal, MD, PhD
Gregory Vidal, MD, PhD
West Cancer Center
More speakers to be named soon.
LATEST FROM MACC

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MACC Field Notes on employers and cancer care
FIELD NOTES · SEPT 30, 2026

Tennessee employers are rethinking cancer benefits. Testing belongs in that conversation.

Three takeaways for employers from HealthCareTN's meeting in Memphis.

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GET INVOLVED

There's a seat at the table for you.

Memphis is a majority-Black city, and the people closest to the gaps in cancer care belong at the center of closing them. Everyone sees a different part of the picture. MACC works because you bring yours.

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Employers

Your people are your business. Learn what helps employees get the right cancer care sooner, and take it back to your benefits team.

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Health systems & clinicians

Share what's working in your clinic, learn from your neighbors, and help good practice spread across the region.

Join as a care partner
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Patients & families

Your experience shows where care gets stuck. Tell us what it's really like, and help shape what changes. No diagnosis needed to take part.

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Community, faith & advocacy groups

Churches, neighborhood groups and advocates are where trust lives in Memphis. Bring your mission and your reach, and we'll help amplify it.

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OUR PARTNERS

The organizations working alongside MACC.

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West Cancer Center & Research Institute Tennessee Breast Cancer Coalition
Carla Baker
MEET OUR CHAIR

Carla Baker, RN

Chair, Memphis Area Cancer Consortium · Chapter Lead, AHIS Tennessee

Carla has spent the past decade bringing Memphis together around cancer care. At Common Table Health Alliance, she was instrumental in building the Memphis Breast Cancer Consortium into a coalition of more than 30 local organizations working to close the gap in breast cancer deaths between Black and White women. She started her career as a nurse at Baptist Memorial Hospital.

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