PATIENTS/CAREGIVERS: See our list of approved Clinical Centers of Excellence here.
Applicant Materials
Read this first: This Overview Document provides detail on the program requirements.
Application Info:
Google Form Application
Requires either a gmail account or preparation of all answers ahead of time.
Clinical Center of Excellence (CCE) Application
Clinical & Research Center of Excellence (CRCE) Application
In addition to filling out the application, applicant centers must:
- Send the On-Site Specialist Document and Standard Operating Procedures to jobeth@pheopara.org
- Pay the application fee here.
The Pheo Para Center of Excellence program provides an environment in which patients receive the best possible care for pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma (PPGL) through a geographically diverse network of clinical centers.
In addition to clinical and wellness services, the centers provide professional and lay education in the areas they serve, work with the Pheo Para Alliance to continually improve the lives of those affected by the illness, and support clinical research.
The program offers two designations.
The Clinical Center of Excellence (CCE) designation recognizes centers that provide high-quality, multidisciplinary care and facilitate PPGL research.
The Clinical and Research Center of Excellence (CRCE) designation recognizes centers that provide high-quality, multidisciplinary care, similar to the CCE designation, and also have a comprehensive PPGL research program.
Program Objectives
- Increase access to multi-disciplinary, coordinated clinical care for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of PPGL patients and their families.
- Educate newly diagnosed patients and their families.
- Educate healthcare professionals.
- Support PPGL research.
To all interested centers: please ensure you answer all questions to the best of your knowledge and verify that your answers are correct before submitting the application. Collecting answers may take time and require speaking with various members of your multi-disciplinary team. During the application process, members of the Pheo Para Alliance Medical Advisory Board will ask in-depth questions about your center. Spending time verifying answers in advance will ensure an efficient application, review, and approval process.
This Overview Document provides details on the program’s requirements and more information on how interested centers can apply.
2026 Position Statement from the PPA’s Medical Advisory Board
PPGL Centers of Excellence: Clinical Standards, Designation Requirements, and the Institutional Economics of Specialist Care
This position statement makes the clinical, scientific, and economic case for protecting physician-specialist leadership within research-active PPGL programs, drawing on current guidelines, recent literature, and PPA’s own Center of Excellence designation criteria. It is intended to support COE directors and health system leaders in evaluating staffing and resource decisions that affect specialist PPGL care.