Support Groups
We have attempted to list all of the support groups in each of the states. If you know of a support group we have missed or a change to one on the list, please complete the form below and submit it so we can add it to our list. Just click on the state button you are interested in. (Additional links for those with pulmonary fibrosis can be found at the Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis group support page.
To make any changes or additions to the list of support groups, go to the form at the bottom of this page.
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Canada
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Connecticut
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Iowa
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South Corolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
National
We’ve Been There National Transplant Organization
2727 29th St. NW Suite 115
Washington, DC 20008
Location: We’ll visit you wherever you live
Contact: Mr. Yoav Gilad
Phone: 1-866-938-3233
Email: ygilad@wevbeenthere.org
Website: Click Here
Details: 10-35 year olds
Eastern Canada
Eastern Canada
PO Box 38
Maccan NS B0L1BO
Location: My Place
Contact: Brad
Phone: 1-902545-2140/fax 1-902545-2128
Email: nswildcat1@hotmail.com
Alabama
Organ Transplants of Alabama
P.O. Box 263
Slocomb, AL 36375
Contact: Annette McCollough
Phone: (205) 886-2825
Details: Open to All
Second Chance Support Group
Huntsville, Alabama
Contact: Ed Collier
Phone: 256-837-9575
Southeast Transplant Organization
President: Margarette Ellis
Phone: (334) 692-3451
Email: DothanSETO@aol.com
Southwest Transplant Support Group
University of Alabama
820 University Blvd., #4-F
Mobile, AL 36609
Contact: Beth Hagler
Phone: (205) 460-0800
Details: Open to All
TRIO Alabama
1900 Waverly Parkway
Opelika, AL 36801
Contact: Carol Letlow
Phone: (334) 749-2862
Details: Open to All
UAB Heart and Lung Transplant Support Group
University of Alabama – Birmingham
P.O. Box 531274
Birmingham, AL 35253
Contact: Tom Horton
Phone: (205) 967-7350
Alaska
TRIO Alaska (a chapter of TRIO)
Alaska Kidney Center
7231 Kifka Circle
Anchorage, AK 99504
Contact: 907-653-3149 x13
Details: Open to All
Arizona
Arizona Heart Heart/Lung Transplant Fund
Tucson Community Foundation
6601 East Grant Rd. Ste. 111
Tucson, AZ 85715
Contacts: Carol Stack/Donna Grant
Phone: 602-722-1707
Details: Heart Heart/Lung
Arizona Heart/Lung Transplant Fund
University Medical Center
P.O. Box 102
Sonoita, AZ 85637
Contact: Kaia J. Barnhill
Details: Heart Heart/Lung
TRIO Central Arizona ( a chapter of TRIO)
P.O. Box 83442
Phoenix, AZ 85071-3442
Contact: Vikki McInnis
Phone: (602) 971-3335
Details: Open to All
Arkansas
Organ Recipients Association of Arkansas
Location: Meets First Saturday of each Month at 10:30am Gilbreath Conference Center Baptist Medical Center
Contact: Dick Wyatt
Phone: (501) 837-7375
Email: rhwyatt@comcast.net
California
Transplant Support Group
UCLA Medical Center
10833 LaConte Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Contact: Sharon Zelin L.C.S.W.
Phone: 310-825-6024
Details: Heart/Lung
Lung Transplant Support Group
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Medical Social Work
8700 Beverly Blvd. Rm. 4520
Los Angeles, CA 90048
Contact: Marcia Penido LCSW
Phone: (310) 855-4446
Details: Pre and Post-Lung Transplant
Patient/Family Support Group
Sharp Memorial Hospital
7901 Frost St.
San Diego, CA 92123
Contact: Linda Hutkin-Slade
Phone: (619) 541-3393
Details: Heart Heart/Lung Lung
San Diego Transplant Association (SDTA)
625 Broadway, Suite 815
San Diego, CA 92101
Phone: (619) 687-0247
Fax: (619) 687-0247
Details: Open to All
TRIO Los Angeles (a chapter of TRIO)
P.O. Box 24797
Los Angeles, CA 90024-0797
Contact: Tina Haramis
Phone: (213) 486-4567
Details: Open to All
TRIO Orange County (a chapter of TRIO)
2720 N. Gaff Street
Orange, CA 92665
Contact: Diane Barilone
Phone: (714) 637-3034
Details: Open to All
TRIO San Francisco Bay Area (a chapter of TRIO)
PO Box 160154
Cupertino, CA 95016-0154
Contact: Jeff Groteboer
Phone: (408) 496-2726
Details: Open to All
UCSD Heart/Lung Transplant Support Group
University of California San Diego Medical Center
200 West Arbor Dr.
San Diego, CA 92103-8918
Contact: Mercedes Garcia-Mohr LCSW
Phone: (619) 543-5730
Details: Heart/Lung
The Varsity – For Patients and Family 18 Months+ Post-Transplant
Sharp Memorial Hospital
7901 Frost St.
San Diego, CA 92123
Contact: Linda Hutkin-Slade
Phone: (619) 541-3393
Details: Heart Heart/Lung Lung
Heart/Lung Transplant Support Group
USC-University Hospital
1500 San Pablo
Los Angeles, CA 90033
When: First Tuesday of every month at 6:30 pm
Contact: Annalisa VanKirk
Phone: 323 442-8419
Email: akirk@surgery.use.edu
Details: Pre- and Post- Lung Transplant Patients and their families and/or friends
Heart/Lung Pediatric Transplant Group
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
4650 Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Contact: Dorothy Rocha L.C.S.W.
Phone: 213-669-4148
Details: Pre- and Post-pediatric transplant patients families siblings
Colorado
Lung and Heart Transplant Support Group
University Hospital
4200 East 9th Ave.
Campus Box C300
Denver, CO 80262
Contact: Val Stepien MSW
Phone: (303) 270-7477
Details: Lung/Heart
Rocky Mountain TRIO (a chapter of TRIO)
221 South Garfield #103
Denver CO 80209
Contact: Carol Groves-Harris
Phone: (303) 388-2092
Details: Open to All
Second Chance Singles
Porter Carc. Hospital
2535 South Downing Ste. 380
Denver, CO 80210
Contact: Gretchen Hansen, ACSW
Phone: (303) 778-5797
Details: A singles social/activity group for adult unmarried transplant recipients
The Lung Connection
4590 W. Mineral Drive #1514
Littleton, CO 80128
Contact: Susan Hamelin
Phone: (303) 730-8545
Details: A comprehensive resource for housing and support for families going through the transplant process, both before and after surgery.
Connecticuit
Cardiopulmonary Support Group
Yale-New Haven Hospital
20 York St. Rm. NF5-437
New Haven, CT 06504
Contact: Jim Schomburg
Phone: (203) 785-3922
Details: Heart/Lung
Transplant Support Group
Yale-New Haven Hospital
MU 9-810 20 York St.
New Haven, CT 06405
Contact: Jacqueline L. Wilson MS CISW
Phone: (203) 737-2305
Details: Lung Kidney Pancreas
Delaware
Dover Transplant Support Group
Barbara Richardson, RN
1679 So. State St. Box B-5
Dover, DE 19901
Contact: Barbara Richardson, RN
Phone: (302) 678-8965
Details: Meets monthly, please call for dates and locations.
Hearts from Heaven Transplant Support Group
Mr. Bob Barclay
1207 Carr Rd.
Wilmington, DE 19809
Contact: Mr. Bob Barclay
Phone: (302) 798-5847
Details: Please call for meeting dates and locations.
Living Donor Support Group
Washington Hospital Center
110 Irving St. NW
Washington, DC 20010
Contact: Zarita Smith, MSN
Phone: (202) 877-6058
Details: Living Donors Nation’s Capital Area TRIO (a chapter of TRIO)
P.O. Box 7633
Arlington, VA 22207
Contact: Jane Leon
Phone: (703) 920-8746
Details: open to all
Florida
N.O.T.E. National Organization for Transplant Enlightenment
3780 Tampa Road
Oldsmar, Fl 34627
When: Meets every third Friday 11:00am at Mease Room at Countryside Mall
Contact: Les Valitutti
Phone: (813) 891-9559
Email: Lvalitutti@aol.com
Details: Open to All Transplants
Broward/Palm Beach Transplant Support Group
Transplant Care Center
2201 W Sample Road
Building 9, Suite 3B
Pompano Beach, FL
When: Meets on the 3rd Thursday of each Month 7:00 p.m.
Contact: John Venezia
Contact: 954-956-5675
Sponsored by:
The Transplant Foundation, Inc.
1801 NW 9th Avenue, Suite 150B
Miami, FL 33136
Details: Open to All
Have a Heart Transplant Support Group
Broward General Hospital
Bertram Steiner
P.O. Box 8368
Coral Springs, FL 33075
When: Meets on the 3rd Wednesday of each Month 6:45 p.m.
Contact: Bertram Steiner
Phone: 305-755-0666
Details: Open to Heart and Lung
New Life Support Group
Florida Hospital Medical Center
601 E. Rowlins Street
Orlando, FL 32804
When: Meets on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m.
Contact: Eileen O’Kennedy, transplant social worker at TransLife
Phone: (800) 443-6667 ext 3627 or (407) 303-3627
Email: eileen.okennedy@translife.org
Details: Kidney, but open to all
Tampa Second Wind Support Group
Perkins Restaurant
North Dale Mabry & Stall Road
Tampa, FL
When: Meets on the 3rd Saturday of each month from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m.
Contact: Janet Walin
Email: majaw@sprintmail.comg
-or-
Contact: Paul Brooks
Phone: (813) 949-7561
Email: lungs57@aol.com
Details: Open to Anyone with Breathing Problems
Land-O-Lakes Second Wind Support Group (informal)
ABC Pizzaria
U.S. 41
Land-O-Lakes, FL
When: Meets on the last Wednesday of each month at 12:30 p.m.
Contact: Paul Brooks
Phone: (813) 949-7561
Email: lungs57@aol.com
Details: Open to Anyone with Breathing Problems
TRIO North East Florida (a chapter of TRIO)
St. Luke’s Hospital
Roger Main Building, Room 370
Jacksonville, FL
When: Meets on the 3rd Thursday of each month in the at 7:00 p.m.
Contact: J.T. Rhodes
Phone: (904) 296-9055
Details: Open to All
New Life
Shands Hospital
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
When: Meets Every Wednesday at 3:45 in Room 5011 on the 5th floor of the South Tower (Cancer center) of Shands Gainesville Campus.
Contact: Abigail Wilson
Phone: 352-265-0111 ext. 44090
Email: maeabigail@hotmail.com
Open to patients and caregivers of pre and post transplant patients
Georgia
Second Wind Lung Transplant Association
Georgia Support Group
3527 Pebble Beach Drive
Augusta, GA
When: Meetings held at Emory University Hospital Cafeteria in Atlanta, GA
Contact: (Augusta) Bob Hudson
Phone: (706) 863-8172
Email: rhudson696@aol.com
Contact: (Atlanta) Mary Smith
Phone: ( 770) 649-9785
Contact: (Savannah) Bette Rovolis
Phone: (912) 354-6455
Details: Lung transplant patients
Illinois
2nd Chance – The Organ Transplant and Donor Support Group
Where: Blessing Hospital
11th Street
Quincy, Il
Contact: Ray Simmons
Phone: (217) 223-3184 day; (217) 224-5192 evening
Indiana
Heart and Lung Transplant Support Group
Lutheran Hospital of Indiana
7950 West Jefferson Blvd.
Fort Wayne, IN 46804
Contact: Kari Troxel, ACSW, CCSW
Phone: (219) 435-7047
Details: Heart Lung Heart/Lung
Michiana Organ Transplant Support Group
56155 Harman Dr.
Mishawaka, IN 46544
Contact: Bea Schroeder
Phone: (219) 255-4553
Details: Open to All
Peer Support Group
Lutheran Hospital of Indiana
7950 West Jefferson Blvd.
Fort Wayne, IN 46804
Contact: Kari Troxel, ACSW, CCSW
Phone: (219) 435-7047
Details: Heart Lung Heart/Lung
Spouse Support Group
Lutheran Hospital of Indiana
7950 West Jefferson Blvd.
Fort Wayne, IN 46804
Contact: Kari Troxel, ACSW, CCSW
Phone: (219) 435-7047
Details: Heart Lung Heart/Lung
Transplant Support Group
Methodist Hospital of Indiana
I-65 at 21st St.
Indianapolis, IN 46206-1367
Stephny Huguenard, BSW
Phone: (317) 929-8677
Details: Heart Lung Liver (Pre- and Post-Transplant)
Iowa
Anxiously Awaiting a Second Chance at Life University of Iowa Hospital & Clinic
1620 JCP – UIHC
Iowa City, IA 52242
Contact: Sara Vance
Phone: (319) 356-4807
Details: Open To All
Life from Life Mid-Iowa Transplant Support Group, Des Moines
5924 Aspen Circle
Johnston, IA 50131
Contact: Stuart Johnsrud
Phone: 515-270-1227
Open to All
Recipient Donor Network
Mary Grelley Medical Center
117-11th St.
Ames, IA 50010
Phone: (515) 292-0952
Details: Open to All
Transplant Support Group
Marian Health Center
4620 Filmore
Sioux City, IA 51108
Contact: Diana Reeser
Phone: (712) 239-4075/(712) 255-2324
Details: Open to All
Kansas
Organ/Tissue Transplant Support Group
3518 Bellaire
Wichita, KS 67218
Contact: Glenda Jespersen
Phone: (316) 684-5074/(316) 685-5699
Details: Open to All
Kentucky
Heart/Lung Transplant Support Group
Jewish Hospital
217 East Chestnut Street
Louisville, KY 40202
When/Where: Meets on first Wednesday of Jan / Mar / May / July / Sep / Nov; 2:00 – 3:30 pm
Where: Transplant Conference Room
Contact: Janet Forsythe, ACSW, CSW
Phone: (502) 587-4448 or (501) 587-6384
Details: Heart Lung or Heart/Lung (Pre and Post-Transplant)
Transplant Support Group
Audubon Regional Medical Center
One Audubon Plaza Dr.
Louisville, KY 40217
Contact: Carolyn Nicholson, RN
Phone: (502) 636-7135
Details: Open to All
TRIO Kentuckiana/Louisville (a chapter of TRIO)
4223 New Hopewell Rd.
Louisville, KY 40299
Contact: Pat Sammons
Phone: (502) 267-5495
Details: Open to All
TRIO Second Chance (a chapter of TRIO)
718 Seminole Drive
Madison, KY 42431
Contact: Charlotte Stuart
Phone: (502) 821-1847
Details: Open to All
University of Kentucky Support Group
800 Rose St.
H-149 Department of Social Services
Lexington, KY 40536
Contact: Joni Johnson
Phone: (602) 323-8004
Details: Heart, Lung
Louisiana
Northeast Louisiana Transplant Support Group
c/o Barbara Weemsv
P.O. Box 1
Delhi, LA 71232
Contact: Barbara Weems
Phone: (318) 878-2754
-or-
Contact: Pat Inman
Phone: (318) 396-6147
Details: Open to All
Ochsner Transplant Center
1514 Jefferson Highway
New Orleans, LA 70121
Contact: Social Worker
Phone: (504) 838-3925
Cardiac, Lung, Liver
Maine
TRIO New England (a chapter of TRIO)
172 Boston St.
Middleton, MA 01949
Contact: Marty Smith, Director
Phone: (508) 777-6050
Fax: (508) 777-0620
Details: Open to All
Maryland
Heart Transplant Foundation Inc.
P.O. Box 144
Riva, MD 21140-0144
Contact: Richard Finlay
Phone: (410) 647-8979
Details: Heart Heart/Lung
Nation’s Capital Area TRIO (a chapter of TRIO)
P.O. Box 7633
Arlington, VA 22207
Contact: Jane Leon
Phone: (703) 920-8746
Open to All
On T.R.A.C. – Transplant Recipients Are Coping
University of Maryland Medical System
Section of Transplantation
22 South Greene St. Ste. 200
Baltimore, MD 21201
Contact: Nancy Thompson, MSW
Phone: (410) 328-5408
Details: Open to All
Pediatric Transplant Parents Association
John’s Hopkins Hospital
P.O. Box 418
Churchton, MD 20733
Contact: Carol Bryon
Phone: (410) 614-2714
Details: Open to All (Mostly Liver and Kidney)
TRIO Eastern Shore (a chapter of TRIO)
P.O. Box 43
Easton, MD 21601
Contact: Jim Hundertmark
Phone: (410) 820-1361
Details: Open to All
TRIO Greater Baltimore (a chapter of TRIO)
3 E. Madison Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
Contact: Pat Lebowitz
Phone: (410) 547-8947
Details: Open to All
Massachusetts
Brigham & Women’s Lung Transplant Support Group
Where: Conference Room B & C of Thorne Building, 1st Floor
Whem: 3rd Wednesday of each month
Cntact: Quonekuia Day SW
Phone: (617) 732-5500 Ext. 32819
Email: QDay@partners.org
Details: Pre & Post Transplant and Support Persons
Lung Transplant Support Group
Massachusetts General Hospital
ACC – 626 Fruit St.
Boston, MA 02114
Contact: Susan Zorb, RN, MSN, ANP
Phone: (800) 876-LUNG
Details: Lung
Michigan
Jackson Transplant Support Group
Pulmonary Rehab
Foote Hospital
1100 East Michigan, Suite 102
Jackson, MI 49201
When: 2nd Saturday of month, 10:30 to 12:30
Where: Foote Hospital
1100 East Michigan, Suite 102
Jackson, MI 49201
Contact: Cathy McAllister, MSW, ACSW
Phone: (517) 788-4908
Details: Pre and post transplant, caregiver/support persons
Second Chance Transplant Support Group
St. John Macomb Hospital
11800 E. Twelve Mile
Warren, MI
When: 3rd Tuesday of each month
Contact: Pam Hill
Phone: 586-756-7274
Email: pjh1lung@aol.com
Details: Pre/Post Transplants and families
Acts II: Grand Rapids Transplant Support Group
When: Meets every 3rd Tuesday; 7 – 9pm
Where: alternates between Blodgett and Butterworth Hospitals (call for location)
Contact: Liz Frederickson, RN
Phone: (616) 774-7671 Flint Transplant Support Group
Meets 2nd Saturdays 2-4pm
St. Joseph Hospital
Where: Administration Bldg., 4th floor conference room
Contact: Jim and Shirley Teffner
-or-
Contact: Jerry and Colleen McDaniels
Phone: (313) 733-1758
Henry Ford Hospital Lung Transplant Support Group; Detroit, MI.
When: Meets the 3rd Wednesday of each month 1pm Where: Berkey Auditorium
Contact: Kathy Klostermanv
Phone: (313) 876-2689
Lakeshore Transplant Support Group Muskegon, MI.
When: Meets the 2nd Wednesday of each month 7pm
Where: Hackley Hospital; Muskegon, MI.
Contact: C.J. or Pat Raugh
Phone: (616) 744-2397
Details: All transplant patients, their families and donor families
LOTS (Lenawee Organ Transplant Support Group)
Contact: John Brinkerhuff
4252 Mohawk Trail
Adrian, MI 49221
Phone: (517) 264-2068
Email: brinker174@hotmail.com
Details: ( Telephone Support Only – Open to all Pre- and Post Transplant Recipients )
L.O.T.T.S. TRIO (a chapter of TRIO)
P.O. Box 1424
Portage, MI 49081-1424
Contact: Jan Getz
Phone: (616) 349-6630
Details: Open to All
LOTTS ( Living Organ and Tissue Support Group ) Kalamazoo, MI.
When: Meets the 2nd Tuesday of each month 7 – 8:30 pm Contact: Jan Getz
Phone: 616-349-66330
-or-
Contact: Bill or Pat Johnson
Phone: (616) 679-5757
Details: Open to all transplant patients pre/ post and their families
Michigan Transplant Group
350 North Hagadorn
South Lyons, MI 48178
Contact: (810) 486-3180 or (810) 486-3059
Details: Open to All
New Life, Monroe
When: First Tuesday of each month 7:30pm
Where: Mercy Memorial Hospital Monroe, MI
Contact: Andy Alston
Phone: (313) 586-2410 Email: andy@tdi.net
-or-
Contact: Nancy Bunch
Phone: (313) 281-3523
Organ Transplants of Southwest Michigan, ( A chapter of T.R.I.O. ) Benton Harbor/ St. Joseph, MI
When: Meets the 3rd Tuesday of each month 7pm
Where: Whitcomb Towers
509 Ship St.
St. Josephs, MI.
Contact: Gary Rouse, President
c/o P.O. Box 8786
Benton Harbor, MI 49023
Phone: (616) 423-6450
Fax: (616)-423-7024
Details: Open to all, including the public
Owosso Transplant Support Group
When: Meets every 3rd Tuesday 7pm
Where: Owosso Memorial Health Care Center, executive dining room
Contact: Buddie Stroub
Phone: (517) 743-4863
Second Chance Macomb Center Hospital
When: Meets the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month 7 – 9pm
Where: Macomb Center Hospital
12 Mile and Hoover
Warren, MI
Contact: Pam Hill
Phone: (810) 756-7274
Second Time Around, Grand Rapids, MI.
When: Meets the 3rd Monday of each month 7 – 9 pm Alternates between Blodgett and Butterworth Hospitals ( call for location )
Contact: Coordinator Jacquie Oliai
Phone: (616) 774-7641
Details: Open to all pre- and post transplants and their families
Shiawassee County Are T.I.M.E. (Transplant in Motion Everywhere) Owosso, MI
When: Meets every 3rd Tuesday 7pm
Where: Owosso Memorial Health Care Center, executive dining room
Contact: Buddie Stroub
Phone: (517) 743-4863
Southwestern Michigan TRIO (a chapter of TRIO)
56630 89th Avenue Lot 10
Decatur, MI 49045
Contact: Gary Rouse
Phone: (616) 423-6450
Details: Open to All
University of Michigan Medical Center Lung Transplant Support Group
When: Meets 4th Saturday of each month 10 a.m. – noon
Where: University Hospital, Room UH 2C224
For: Patients who may need to be listed for, are listed for or have had a lung transplant;
also open to their families and support people.
Contact: Lisbeth Warner,LMSW
Phone: (734) 615-5334
West Michigan Transplant Support Group ACT II
University of Michigan & Blodgette Hospital
5635 Haughey Ave. SW
Wyoming, MI 49548
Contact: Wayne Carey
Phone: (616) 534-7701
Details: Open to All
Minnesota
Head of the Lakes Transplant Support Group
Miller Dwan Hospital
1506 Wallace Ave.
Duluth, MN 55812
Contact: Tom Klenz
Phone: (218) 728-4837
Details: Open to All
Heart/Lung Support Group
University of Minnesota Hospital
Box 181
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Contact: Beverly Thompson
Phone: (612) 626-5796
Details: Heart Heart/Lung Lung
Organ Transplant Support Group
Central Minnesota Group Health Plan
1245 15th St. North
St. Cloud, MN 56303
Contact: Annette Jopp
Phone: (612) 252-9893
-or-
Contact: Sandy Garrity
Phone: (612) 252-7745
-or-
Contact: Doris Gohman
Phone: (612) 743-2003
Details: Open to the Public
Second Chance For Life Foundation
University of Minnesota
4511 Westwood Ln.
Golden Valley, MN 55416
Contact: Cal Stoll, Executive Director
Phone: (612) 374-1821
Details: Heart Heart/Lung
TROM (Transplant Recipients Organization of Minnesota)
1965 Tatum St.
Roseville, MN 55113
Contact: Chuck White
Phone: (612) 647-9766
Details: Open to All
Mississippi
TRIO New Beginning (a chapter of TRIO)
Methodist Hospital
P.O. Box 16509
Hattiesburg, MS 39404-6509
Contact: Rev. Roger Flowers
Phone: (601) 268-8000
Details: Open to All
Missouri
Lung Transplant Support Group
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
St. Louis, MO
When: Group Meets the first and third Wednesday of each month at 11:30 a.m.
Where: Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Contact: Rebecca
Phone: (314) 362-6127
Details: Support group sponsored by Barnes-Jewish Hospital to provide education and support for pre- and post- transplant patients, their families and caregivers.
Lung Transplant Support Group
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
St. Louis, MO
When: Bi-monthly or monthly (based on need)
Parents and kids meet separately but at the same time
Where: One Children’s Place
St. Louis, MO 63110
Contact: Martha Markovitz, MSW (parents)
Contact: Kimberly Mann, CLS (pediatric patients)
Phone: (314) 454-6068
Email: markovitz_m@kids.wustl.edu
Details: Primarily comprised of parents and children relocated to St. Louis for transplantation. All stages of transplant process are included.
Before and After Support Group
When: Monthly meetings are held on the 2nd Monday, 6-7 p.m.
Where: Hammons Heart Institute
Multipurpose Room
1235 E Cherokee
Springfield, MO
Contact: Jim Evans, President
Contact: Judy Mondy, Newsletter Editor
Phone: (417) 887-7981
Email: jmbransrv@aol.com
Details: This group is open to all persons who are on a transplant list, who have been transplanted, or who are waiting to be placed on a transplant list and their support persons.
Research Transplant Support Group
Research Medical Center
6400 Prospect St. 328
Kansas City, MO 64132
Contact: John Park, Chairperson
Contact: Karen Vandeputte, RN, CCTC
Contact: Terry Bloomer, RN, CCTC
Phone: (816) 822-8257
Montana
The Big Sky Transplant Support Group
Deaconess Medical Center
18 30th St. West
Billings, MT 59102
Contact: Bob Yurick
Phone: (406) 656-4874
Details: Open to All
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Nebraska
Nebraska Heart/Lung Transplant Support Group
1600 South 48th
Lincoln, NE 68506
Contact: Janet Essman
Phone: (402) 483-3286
Heart/Lung Patients and Families
New Hearts Inc.
6609 South 109th St.
Omaha, NE 68137
Contact: Shirley Kramer
Phone: (402) 339-8946
Details: Open to All
Organ Transplant Support Group
University of Nebraska
Medical Center
600 South 42nd St.
Omaha, NE 68198-1130
Contact: Jean Tomasek, ACSW
Contact: Laura Beaumont, MSW
Phone: (402) 559-4672
Organ Transplant Patients
Seconds for Life
2223 West 17th St.
Grand Island, NE 68803
Contact: Bill Grimes
Phone: (308) 384-7894
Details: Open to All
New Hamsphire
Heart Transplant Association of New England
P.O. Box 72
Hampton, NH 03842
Contact: Bob Jellison
Phone: (800) 321-4HTA
Details: Open to All
TRIO New England (a chapter of TRIO)
172 Boston St.
Middleton, MA 01949
Marty Smith Director
Phone: (508) 777-6050
Fax: (508) 777-0620
Details: Open to All
New Jersey
Cape Atlantic Support Group
When: Meets the fourth Thursday of the month
Where: Shore Memorial Hospital’s private dining room B
Contact: MaryEllen Sammons
Phone: (609) 624-0529
South Jersey Organ Transplant Support Group
Contact: Lorraine Barger
Phone: (609) 881-2726
Details: Please call for meeting dates and locations.
Saint Clare’s Lung Transplant Support Group
St Clare’s Hospital – Dover General Campus
400 W Blackwell St
Dover, NJ 07801
When: Meets every 6 weeks
Where: St Clare’s Hospital – Dover General Campus
Contact: Jean Wiarda, RN
Phone: (973) 989-3128 voicemail #4
Email: jwiarda@saintclares.org
Details: Lung transplant candidates & recipients
New Mexico
TRIO New Mexico (a chapter of TRIO)
P.O. Box 37217
Albuquerque, NM 87176
Contact: Jim O’Leary
Phone: (505) 898-4172
Details: Open to All
New York
Heart & Lung Transplant Support Group
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Social Work Services
622 West 168th St.
New York, NY 10032
Contact: Ilene S. Gelman CSW
Phone: (212) 305-7600
Details: All Transplants
Homecare Management Inc. (HMI)
80 Air Park Drive
Ronkonkoma, NY 11779
Contact: Katherine Paykin, CSW
Phone: (800) 637-5633
Details: For all Organs but mainly lungs
Heart/Lung Transplant Program Participants’ Support Group
Buffalo General Hospital
Department of Social Work
100 High St.
Buffalo, NY 14203
Contact: Carolyn Kellogg CSW
Phone: (716) 845-2160
Details: Heart Lung
Lung Transplant Support Group
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Social Work Services
622 West 168th St.
New York, NY 10032
Contact: Ilene S. Gelman CSW
Phone: (212) 305-7600
Details: Heart/Lung Lung
Transplant Support Group
Montefiore Medical Center
Transplant Clinic
111 East 210 St.
Bronx, NY 10467
Contact: Frank Linsalato, ACSW
Phone: (718) 920-5468
Details: Open to All
Transplant Support Group of Upstate New York Inc.
19 Cottonwood Place
Albany, NY 12205
Contact: Georgia Ann Lashoff, President and Founder
Phone: (518) 869-8518
Details: Open to All
TRIO Brooklyn (a chapter of TRIO)
48 Locust Drive
Amityville, NY 11701
Contact; Wessie Marbury
Phone: (516) 789-3890
Details: Open to All
TRIO Long Island (a chapter of TRIO)
Box 922
Huntington, NY 11743
Anne Treffeisen
(516) 421-3258
-or-
Contact: Jeanne Eichhorn
Phone: (516) 796-3613
Details: Open to All
TRIO Manhattan (a chapter of TRIO)
P.O. Box 122
Throggs Neck Station
Bronx, NY 10465
Phone: Larraine DePasquale
Phone: (718) 597-5619
Details: Open to All
TRIO Rockland and Orange (a chapter of TRIO)
28 Jacaruso Dr.
Spring Valley, NY 10977
Contact: Sheldon Blumenthal
Phone: (914) 352-5099
Details: Open to All
TRIO Twin Tiers (a chapter of TRIO)
497 Dunbar Road
Windsor, NY 13865
Contact: Harry Carlson
Phone: (607) 655-1112
Details: Open to All
TRIO West Chester – Putnam Co. (a chapter of TRIO)
16 Clinton Avenue
Hastings- On-Hudson, NY 10706
Contact: Dr. Alphonso Sorhaindo
Phone: (914) 478-2827 or (718) 430-0883 or (718) 430-0800
Details: Open to All
TRIO Western New York (a chapter of TRIO)
40 Pfohl Place
Williamsville, NY 14221
Contact: Jan Starks
Contat: Betty McNamara
Phone: (716) 634-6480/716-632-4226/716-883-0003
Details: Open to All
TRIO Central New York (a chapter of TRIO)
5123 Picnic Basket Place
Clay, NY 13041
Contact: Paul G. Meigs, President
Phone: (315) 699-1920
Details: Open To All
Lungs 4 Life Support Group
When: Meets the 2nd Tuesday every other month at 7pm
Where: Myers Park Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, NC
Contact: Carmen Walser (ALA)
Phone: (704) 537-5776
Email: Cwalser@lungnc.org
Lung Transplant Support Group
University of North Carolina Hospitals
c/o Department of Social Work
Manning Dr.
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Contact: William R. Crowder, CCSW
Phone: (919) 966-6341
Details: Lung (Pre- and Post-Transplant)
TRIO Eastern Carolina (a chapter of TRIO)
503 Highland Ave.
Greenville, NC 27858
Contact: Col. Jesse Hinton
Phone: (919) 756-8446
Details: Open to All
TRIO Triangle (a chapter of TRIO)
P.O. Box 16252
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Contact: Greg Russell
Phone: (919) 676-7604
-or-
Contact: Carol Wargo
Phone: (919) 387-3656
Details: Open to All
North Dakota
Transplantation Services Educational Series
P.O. Box 1086
Fargo, ND 58107
Contact: Jack Rydell
Phone: (701) 234-6715
Details: Open to all
Ohio
Mid-Ohio TRIO (a chapter of TRIO)
82 New Street
Greenwich, OH 44837-1056
Contact: Jerry Shoemaker
Phone: (800) 421-7252 or (419) 752-3601
Details: Open to All
TRIO Akron-Canton (a chapter of TRIO)
1529 19th St. NE
Canton, OH 44714
Contact: Tom Behra
Phone: Canton – (216) 453-8214
Phone: Akron – (216) 867-3652
Details: Open to All
TRIO Greater Cleveland (a chapter of TRIO)
P.O. Box 210053
Cleveland, OH 44121-7053
Contact: Lisa Potocar
Phone: (216) 473-8979
Details: Open to All
TRIO Mahoning Valley (a chapter of TRIO)
P.O. Box 3686
Youngstown, OH 44513
Contact: Don DiVito
Phone: (216) 758-4141
Details: Open to All
TRIO – Miami Valley (a chapter of TRIO)
c/o Life Connection
101 South Main
Dayton, OH 45409
Barb Berry
Phone: (513) 324-4744
Details: Open to All
TRIO Renaissance (a chapter of TRIO)
c/o Life Connection
1545 Holland Rd. Ste. C
Maumee, OH 43537
Contact: Dr. William Chidester
Phone: (419) 882-0048
Contact: Open to All
Oklahoma
Oklahoma TRIO (a chapter of TRIO)
Baptist Medical Center of Oklahoma
3300 NW Expressway
Oklahoma City, OK 73112
Contact: Beth Slentz
Phone: (405) 949-3944
Details: Open to All
Transplant/Dialysis Support Group
1514 South 137 East Ave.
Tulsa, OK 74108
Contact: Kim Collins
Phone: (918) 234-6227
Details: Open to All
Oregon
TRIO Portland (a chapter of TRIO)
3922 S.E. 37th Avenue
Portland, OR 97202
Contact: Cathy Steen
Phone: (503) 775-8083
Details: Open to All
Pennsylvania
Adams County Support Group
When: Meets the first Monday of every month
Where: in the Gettysburg Hospitals community room; also holds breakfast meetings once a month, please call above number for information.
Contact: Ed Althoff
Phone: (717) 337-2256
Cardiac Support Coalition
Contact: Evelyn Gonzolaz
Phone: (610) 940-9644
Details: Please call for meeting dates and locations.
Gift of Life Support Group
(Lancaster Area)
Contact: Laurie Baltzer
Phone: (717) 687-8534
Details: Please call for meeting dates and locations.
The Gift of Life
Rodin Place, 2000 Hamilton St.
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Contact: Dean Spare
Phone: (215) 963-0482 x112
Website: http://www.donors1.org/index_flash.html
Details: Open to All
Golden Tomorrow
1204 LeGrand Street
Apartment 5
Berwick, PA 18603-4422
Contact: Matthew Repasky
Phone: (717) 752-4093
Lehigh Valley Transplant Support Group
(Lehigh Area)
Contact; Linda McGovern
Phone: (610) 402-8506
Details: Meets the second Tuesday of every month at 7PM at the Lehigh Valley Hospital.
Lung Transplant Support Group
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
Grd. Rhoads Pavilion
3400 Spruce St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
When: Group Meetings are on the second Tuesday every month from 12:00 – 1:30pm
Contact: Jennifer Stone-Wynne, LSW, Lung Transplant Social Worker
Phone: (215) 662-2375
-or-
Contact: Megan Carr, CRNP, Lung Transplant Nurse Practitioner
Phone: Phone: (215) 662-2375
-or-
Contact: Rick LeConey, Second Wind Liaison
Phone: (856) 629-0988
Email: emesis@aol.com
Details: Lung/ All are welcome. We usually have a good turnout.
Multi-Organ Support Team (MOST)
When: MOST meets the fourth Wednesday of every month
Where: at the Gift of Life Donor Program office.
Contact: Susan Pincus, Chair
Phone: (215) 963-0482, ext. 117
Notes: A support group addressing the concerns of transplant recipients and their family members. Recent topics have included dental care for transplant recipients, generic drugs, diet and nutrition, cornea transplantation and eye care and physical rehabilitation. In July, August and November outdoor or social events are held in lieu of the regular meeting.
NE PA Transplant Support Group
(Stroudsburg area)
Contact: Howard Kindred
Phone: (570) 223-2833
Email: office@nepatsg.org
Website: http://www.nepatsg.org
Please call for meeting dates and locations.
Penn State Transplant Support Group
(formerly Central PA Transplant Support Group)
When: Meets the second Wednesday of each month
Where: Hershey Medical Center in the dining rooms A and B off the cafeteria.
Contact: Ann MacLaughlin
Phone: (717) 531-6316
Second Chance Heart Support Group
Contact: Dick Harbourt, Chairman
Phone: (609) 799-1498
Second Chance Heart Support Group
(Hahnemann University Hospital Chapter)
Contact: Bob Beyer
Phone: (856) 662-3104
Second Chance Heart Support Group
(Temple University Hospital Chapter)
Contact: John Simonet
Phone: (215) 612-0426
Second Chance Heart Support Group
(University of Pennsylvania Medical Center Chapter)
When: Meets the second Tuesday of every month at 11 am
Where: HUP
Contact: Gerald Cohen
Phone: (215) 248-2322
Details: This is their muti organ support meeting.
Shenango Valley Area TRIO (a chapter of TRIO)
694 Sherman Ave.
Sharon, PA 16146
Contact: Joan McCullough
Phone: (412) 342-7119
Details: Open to All
Transplants for Life
(Reading area)
When: Meets the fourth Monday of every month
Where: Reading Hospital, call for time and location.
Contact: Ken Smith
Phone: (610) 777-7000
-or-
Contact: Bob Gance
Phone: (610) 736-9728
Transplant Awareness Group
(Scranton area)
Contact: John Johnson
Phone: (717) 963-7673
Details: Please call for meeting dates and locations.
Transplant Educational Support Group
Allegheny General Hospital
320 East North Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Contact: James Osten, Facilitator
Phone: (412) 359-6800
Phone: (412) 487-5656
Details: Heart and Lung (Pre- and Post-Transplant)
Transplant Recipients International Organization (TRIO)
When: Meets the first Wednesday of every month at 6:30 PM
Where: the Gift of Life Office
Contact: Elizabeth Rubin
Phone: (610) 544-4140
University of Pittsburgh Lung Transplant Support Group
200 Lothrop St. Ste. C-700
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Contact: Jan D. Manzetti, RN, PhD
Phone: (412) 648-9136
Details: All Types of Lung and Heart/Lung Transplants
Williamsport Area Transplant Support Group
When: Meets second Thursday of each month at 6:30 PM
Where: The cafeteria of Susquehanna Health Care, Williamsport Hospital
Contact: Patrick Kurtz
Phone: (570) 368-1251
-or-
Contact: Jim Phlegar
Phone: (570) 327-8183
Wyoming Valley Transplant Support Group
202 Hillside Ave.
Edwardsville, PA 18704
Contact: Naomi Chopak
Phone: (717) 287-5714
Details: Open to All
York Area Transplant Support Group
When: Meets the third Monday of every month except August at 7:00 PM
Apple Hill Medical Center, Suite 193.
Contact: Beth Trout-Landen
Phone: (717) 851-2052
Details: Open to All Pre- and Post-Transplant Patients Friends and Family
Rhode Island
Rhode Island Organ Donor
Awareness Community
P.O. Box 40926
Providence, RI 02940-0926
Contact: Bill Molloy
Phone: (401) 944-7272
Details: Open to All
TRIO New England (a chapter of TRIO)
172 Boston St.
Middleton, MA 01949
Contact: Marty Smith, Director
Phone: (508) 777-6050
Fax: (508) 777-0620
Details: Open to All
South Carolina
The Heart and Lung Exchange
Medical University of South Carolina Heart Center
171 Ashley Ave.
Charleston, SC 29425
Contact: Carol Jaskunas, LISW
Phone: (803) 792-2123 or (803) 792-0590/ Beeper: 1925
Details: Heart Heart/Lung Lung
South Dakota
Transplant Services of South Dakota
800 East 21st St.
P.O. Box 5045
Sioux Falls, SD 57117-0545
Phone: Robin Thompson
Contact: (605) 339-7730
Details: says for kidney but worth a look.
Tennessse
Family Support Group
St. Thomas Hospital
4230 Harding Rd. Ste. 100
Nashville, TN 37205
Contact: Christy S. Casillas
Phone: (615) 222-6618
Details: Heart Heart/Lung
New Heart Society of East Tennessee
Vanderbilt Med. Ctr.- Nashville
1336 Scottsbury Circle
Knoxville, TN 37919
Contact: Jerry Barnfield
Phone: (615) 694-0269
Details: Open to All
Support Person(s) Transplant Support Group
Department of Veterans Affairs Transplant Center
1310 24th Ave. South
Nashville, TN 37212-2637
Contact: Patricia Coffey, LCSW
Contact: Katrina Stokes, MSSW
Details: Open to All
Vanderbilt University Support Group
913 Oxford House
1301 21st Ave S.
Nashville, TN 37232
When: Meets Last Tuesday of each month at 1:00 PM
Where: Vanderbuilt Clinic Room 2704
Contact: Anne Schmitt, CMSW
Phone: (615) 936-0398
Fax: (615) 936-0396
Details: Open to All
State of Franklin TRIO (a chapter of TRIO)
208 Holston Drive
Weber City, VA 24290
Contact: Ben Scott
Phone: (703) 386-3705
Details: Open to All
Texas
American Organ Transplant Association
P.O. Box 277
Missouri City, TX 77459
Contact: Ellen Woodall
Phone: (713) 261-2682
Open to All
Baylor Heart and Lung Transplant Support Group
Baylor University Medical Center
3500 Gaston Ave.
Dallas, TX 75246
Contact: Monica Tillett
Phone: (214) 820-3515
Details: Heart Lung Heart/Lung
Heart to Heart (Families of CHD/pediatric cardiac/heart transplant)
P.O. Box 595
Colleyville, TX 76034
Contact: Sally Pearson
Phone: (888) 475-2687
Phone: (817) 267-0076
Phone: (214) 336-4644
Website: http://www.heart-to-heart-tx.org
Heart Heart/Lung
New Hearts and Lungs
Baylor University Medical Center
3600 Gaston Ave. Ste. 404
Dallas, TX 75246
Contact: Sam Ricks
Phone: (972) 690-6204
Details: Heart Lung Heart/Lung(Pre- and Post-Transplant)
Second Chance
217 Nolana Ste. 13
McAllen, TX 78504
Contact: Hilda L. Solis, RN, MSN
Phone: (210) 630-0884
Details: Open to All
The Texas Medical Center Pre-/Post-Lung Transplant Support Group
Methodist Hospital
6560 Fannin
Houston, TX 77030
Contact: Janine Hyden, RN
Phone: (713) 790-2501
-or-
Contact: Carrie Martin
Phone: (713) 790-3116
Details: Lung
Transplant Support Group
Bee County Regional Medical Center
c/o Education Department
Beeville, TX 78102
Contact: Bill Watkins
Phone: (512) 358-5431
Details: Open to All
Transplants for Children/ Grief Support Group/ Teen Support Group
University Hospital
6800 Park Ten Blvd. Ste. 115-N
San Antonio, TX 78213
Contact: Bernadette F. Hassan, MS, MA
Phone: (210) 736-1669
Details: Open to All
TRIO Texas Gulf Coast (Galveston-Houston) (a chapter of TRIO)
UTMB John Sealy Towers Room 5.110
301 University Blvd.
Galveston, TX 77555-0262
Contact: Janet Mize, RN
Phone: (409) 772-5709
Details: Open to All
TRIO Waco (a chapter of TRIO)
3500 Meyers Lane #49
Waco, TX 76705
Contact: Ernest Gilbert
Phone: (817) 799-6742
Details: Open to All
Tyler Support Group
807 East 1st
Tyler, TX 75711
Contact: Carolyn Wiley, CMA
Phone: (903) 595-5486
Details: Open to All
Valley Transplant Support Association
P.O. Box 720-755
McAllen, TX 78504
Contact: Debbie Pierce, LVN
Phone: (512) 630-0884
Details: Open to All
Utah
No lung transplant support groups so try:
Heart Transplant Support Group
LDS Hospital
8th Ave. C St.
Salt Lake City, UT 84143
Contact; Brenda S. Ross, LCSW
Phone: (801) 321-1021
Details: Heart
Pediatric Heart Transplant Support Group
Primary Children’s Medical Ctr.
100 North Medical Dr.
Salt Lake City, UT 84113
Contact: Valerie Stephens, LCSW
Phone: (801) 588-2549
Details: Heart
Utah Heart Transplant Support Group
University of Utah and Affiliated Hospitals-Cardiac Transplant Program
50 North Medical Dr.
Salt Lake City, UT 84132
Contact: Geri Etringer, LCSW
Phone: (800) 824-2073
Details: Heart
Virginia
TRIO New England (a chapter of TRIO)
172 Boston St.
Middleton, MA 01949
Marty Smith, Director
Phone: (508) 777-6050
Fax: (508) 777-0620
Details: Open to All.
PALS (Pulmonary Achievers Live Successfully)
Rockingham Memorial Hospital
Cardiopulmonary Services
235 Cantrell Avenue
Harrisonburg, VA 22801
Culpeper Transplant Group
207 Sunset Ln.
Culpeper, VA 22701
Contact: Sheila or Lanny Horton
Phone: (540) 825-4815
Details: Open to All
Heart/Lung Transplant Support Group
University of Virginia
Medical Center
Box 191
Charlottesville, VA 22908
Contact: Bill Potts, MSW, CSAC
Phone: (804) 243-6150
Details: Heart/Lung
Lung Support Group
Medical College of VA Hospitals
Box 104 MCV Station
Richmond, VA 23298
Contact: Letha Moore-Jones, MSW
Phone: (804) 828-2558
Details: Lung Heart/Lung (Pre and Post-Transplant)
Nation’s Capital Area TRIO (a chapter of TRIO)
P.O. Box 7633
Arlington, VA 22207
Contact: Jane Leon
Phone: (703) 920-8746
Details: Open to All
Lynchburg General
215 Chadwick Dr.
Lynchburg, VA 24502
Contact: Garland Mapp
Phone: (804) 385-6282
Website: http://www.lynchburg.net/tlc/index.htm
Details: Open to All
Transplant Group and Friends
Box 2472
Grundy, VA 24614
Contact: Wilma Deel
Phone: (540) 531-8140
Details: Open to All
Transplant Group of Tidewater
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
600 Gresham Dr. 5th Floor
Norfolk, VA 23507
Contact; Nancy Hurst
Phone: (804) 628-2831
Details: Open to All
Transplant Support Group
640 Gypsy Ave.
Staunson, VA 24401
Contact: Debbie Sutcliffe
Phone: (703) 885-5011
Details: Open to All
Transplant Support Group
Fairfax Hospital
3300 Gallows Rd.
Falls Church, VA 22046
Contact: Jane Harrison
Phone: (703) 698-3203
Details: Heart Lung Liver
Transplants United of SW Virginia
903 Camelot Dr. #2
Salem, VA 24153
Contact: Pam and Carl Lucas Sr.
Phone: (540) 342-4774
Details: Open to All
Winchester Transplant Support Group
722 Devils Backbone Overlook
Stephenson, VA 22656
Contact: Carol Bell
Phone: (703) 722-6489
Details: Open to All
Washington
University of Washington Lung Transplant Support Group
Attention: Angela Wagner
PO Box 7031
Covington, WA 98042-0040
When: First Tuesday of each Month
Where: UWMC in 1st floor cafe meeting rooms
Contact: June Richmond
Phone: (253) 639-5076
Email: junerichmond@earthlink.net
Details: Pre/post LUNG Transplant and support persons
Inland Northwest Thoracic Organ Transplant Program
West 105 8th Ave. Ste. 360
Spokane, WA 99204
Contact: Phyllis McFarland
Phone: (509) 623-7575
Details: Heart Heart/Lung Lung
TRIO Cascade (a chapter of TRIO)
815 NW 120th St.
Seattle, WA 98117
Contact:Irwin Etter
Phone: (206) 364-0813
Details: Open to All
West Virginia
Renal Transplant Group
West VA Univ. Hosp. Health Science Center
Morgantown, WV 26506
Contact: Matt Goldinger
Phone: (304) 293-3342
Details: Kidney, Open to All
Tri-State Transplant Support Group
5467 Shawnee Dr.
Huntington, WV 25705
Contact: Dorcie Steinbrecher
Phone: (614) 886-8352
-or-
Contact: Donna Bias
Phone: 304-736-7575
Details: Open To All(Pre- and Post-Transplant)
Organ Transplant Support Group
Charleston Area Medical Center
General Division
501 Morris Street
Charleston, WV 25301
Contact: Renal Transplant Office
Phone: 1 (800) 346-6233 0r (304) 348-7823 Details: Open to all pre- and post-transplant patients
Wisconsin
The Heart and Lung Transplant Support Group
When: Third Wednesday of each month, 6:00-8:00 PM
Where: Froedtert East-Health Education Center (Room 232)
Contact: Kristin Strother, MSW
Phone: (414) 259-3055
The Heart and Lung Transplant Support Group
Medical College of, Wisconsin
When: Second Tuesday of each month, 12:30-2:00 PM.
Where: Location varies.
Contact: Jane Janusz, RN
Phone: (414) 257-6987
Central, WIsconsin Area Second Chance for Life
Marshfield Clinic
LK-2 1000 North Oak Ave.
Marshfield, WI 54449
Contact: Leah Breu, RN
Phone: (715) 387-5308
Details: Open to All
Heart and Lung Transplant Support Group
University of, WIsconsin Hospitals and Clinics
600 Highland Ave. Rm H4/370
Madison, WI 53792
Contact: Bob Bernstein
Phone: (608) 263-7832
Details: Heart/Lung
