STAFF RESOURCES

Cancer counseling and support can take many forms and be delivered in a myriad of fashions. Our team is available to our patients via phone, zoom, in-person or in a hybrid fashion that works for the patient and their family or caregivers. We focus on helping cancer patients on the Eastern End of Long Island with counseling, navigation, group therapy sessions and other services such as transportation and exercise. Our staff know both the South and North Fork and can locate hard-to-find resources that our patients and their families may need.

Laraine Gordon LCSW-R
Medical Oncology Social Worker

Laraine has been in private practice as a clinical social worker in Southampton since 1998, supporting individuals, families, and adolescents through life transitions, illness, and loss. She previously spent more than a decade providing clinical hospice services to patients, families, and caregivers, and served as a clinical supervisor to interdisciplinary teams treating cancer patients. Her work has also included developing educational and bereavement programs for schools and community organizations. Laraine served for seven years as a First Responder with the Southampton Village Volunteer Ambulance and has taught first aid and CPR to high school students. She is the founder of Time for Teens, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit established in 2006, and has been a keynote speaker at the National Alliance for Children's Grief annual conference.

AMY ZACHARY LCSW, MA
Oncology Social Worker

Amy is an Oncology Social Worker, counseling cancer patients and their families, working with them to navigate psychological issues a patient confronts during their “cancer journey.” She began her career as a clinician in 1984 when she received her Master of Social Work from Columbia University. She also has obtained an MA in Clinical Psychology from the New School of Social Research, as well as having completed the Ackerman Institute’s post-graduate internship program in Family and Couples Therapy. Amy founded the Bereavement Group at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital which she facilitated for seven years.

KARRIE ROBINSON LCSW
Oncology Social Worker, Emeritus

Karrie has been consulting at Fighting Chance for more than a decade, after spending 15 years as an oncology social worker at Memorial Sloane-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. At MSK she was Director of Post-Treatment Resource Programs.

DUNCAN DARROW, ESQ.
Cancer Patient Advocate

After a 40-year career as a Wall Street lawyer, Duncan learned something about the craft of “advocacy,” which he is frequently asked to practice on behalf of Fighting Chance patients. A cancer patient advocate becomes involved in the cancer care  process when there is a potential contentious relationship, usually between a patient and a health care provider.