@stephenkogler : Thanks so much for this post. I live in Maryland, and if you're comfortable sharing the name of your oncologist, I'd be grateful.

I've been receiving treatment at a hospital that, according to US News, isn't nationally ranked in any department. This makes me nervous. I'm at this hospital bc my PCP was there and for other reasons (too complicated to explain), but as I await word next week about what happens next -- I've had six rounds of Folfirinox, and it's not clear whether I'm a candidate for surgery -- I'm nervous. I want to live!

My onc is bright and he has very good academic credentials, but it's hard not to be swayed by the HOPKINS name. (I shdn't be, bc I earned my grad degree there in a highly rated department that was, unfortunately, garbage for a few years, including mine, but I suspect that JHH is more stable than a JHU academic dept.)

Thank you, and best wishes.