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The National Kidney Foundation
of Southern California, along with the Southern California
Renal Disease Council, Inc., is pleased to refer you to
the many support groups available to kidney patients and
their loved-ones.
Select
the area most convenient to you:
Los Angeles Area
San Diego Area
Santa Barbara Area
San Luis Obispo Area
San Bernardino/Riverside Area
Orange County Area
Los
Angeles Area
American Association of Kidney Patients
Ms. Robin Sales
Ms. Conchita Rivera
Encino Hospital
(The Encino Room)
16237 Ventura Blvd.
Encino, CA
Robin (818) 345-5008
Conchita (818) 765-5539
Spouse Support Group
Ms. Ruth Sugerman
Beverly Hills Dialysis Center
8762 W. Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90035
(310) 205-7924
(for spouses of renal patients only! )
The Multi-Organ
Transplant Lecture Series
Ms. Marcia Penido, Ms. Cassandra Loch
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Harvey Morris Conference Center
8700 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90048
Marcia (310) 855-5467 ext. 2142
Cassandra (310) 855-4446
Anyone welcome
Polycystic
Support Group
Mr. Bill Vaughn
Downey Community Hospital, Room C
11500 Brookshire Ave.
Downey, CA
(310) 698-4832
(all kidney patients and families are welcome)
Loving Your
Disabled Child
Ms. Carmen Hernandez
Downey Community Hospital, Room C
4528 Crenshaw Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
(323) 299-2925
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American Association of Kidney Patients -
Educational Seminars
Ms. Melissa Heidsman
Westside Pavilion
West Pavilion Mall, Room A, Level 3 by the Faculty
Lounge.
10880 W. Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90064
(310) 364-1807
American Association of Kidney Patients - Kaiser
Bellflower
Marlene Chroman LCSW,
Betty Nanner LCSW
Kaiser Bellflower Hospital
9400 E. Rosecrans
Bellflower, CA 90706
Marlene (562) 461-6542,
Betty (562) 461-6669
Anyone welcome (non-Kaiser also)
San Gabriel
Valley Support Group for Kidney Patients
Ms. Melissa A. Heidsman BSW
(La Puente Area)
St. Louis of France Church
13935 E. Temple Ave., Room P
La Puente, CA
(310) 364-1807
Anyone welcome
Friends
of the Polycystic Kidney Foundation
Cap and Melanie Sweet
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Conference Room
8700 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90048
(714) 523-0947
American Association
of Kidney Patients - Spanish Speaking
Ms. Mina Gonzales
St. Louis of France Church
13935 E. Temple Ave., Room O
La Puente, CA
(310) 364-1807
Anyone welcome - (en Español)
The Amputee Connection-Antelope
Valley Chapter.
Conference Room 12, Antelope Valley Hospital
1600 West Avenue J
Lancaster, CA
Meets the second Saturday of each month, from 2-4
pm. For program information, or to arrange
for a volunteer visit, contact Barbara Balmer, (661)
256-8855.
The Amputee Connection-East
San Gabriel Valley.
Room 14, West Covina Senior center
2501 East Cortez Street
West Covina, CA
Meets the third Saturday of each month from 10 am-noon.
For program information, or to arrange for a volunteer
visit, contact Rick Damalak, (626) 331-3660 or Tadd
Small, (626) 962-7909. |
San Diego Area
Scripps Liver Transplant Support Group
Scripps Green Auditorium
Please call for date, time and locale
(619) 554-9215
Kidney
Transplant Support Group
Ms. Maria Helgeson, MSW
UCSD Medical Center
Third Floor - Conference Room
200 West Arbor Dr.
San Diego, CA 92103
(619) 294-6257
Pre-transplant, kidney transplant patients
UCSD Liver
Transplant Support Group
UCSD Medical Center
Third Floor - Conference Room (3-310)
Please call for meeting dates and times
(619) 294-6257
UCSD Heart/Lung
Support Group
Unitarian Church across from main Hospital
4190 Front St.
San Diego, CA
(619) 543-7777
Kidney Kommunity
Support Group of North San Diego.
Mr. Frank
Garant
North Coast Kidney Center
4010 Vistaway
Oceanside, CA
(760) 726-6008
Meets 4th Friday of each month at 6:30 pm.
Alternate contact: Meredith Ford or John Long
(760) 721-4344
For patients, care givers, family and friends.
The Amputee Connection-High
Desert. Regency Room, Sterling Inn
177838 Francesca Road
Victorville, CA
Meets the first Saturday of each month, from 2-4
pm.
For program information, or to arrange for a volunteer
visit, contact Richard Newberry, (760) 247-5374.
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Sharp Kidney Transplant Support Group
Mr. Barry M. Bernasconi, LCSW
Transplant Office
7020 Frost Street
San Diego, CA 92123
(858) 541-3393
Patients and family welcome
Sharp
Heart Transplant Support Group
Ms. Judith Wolfe
Sharp Memorial Hospital Auditorium
7901 Frost Street
San Diego, CA 92123
(619) 541-3393
Patients and family welcome
Sharp Varsity
Heart Transplant Support Group
Ms. Judith Wolfe
Transplant Office - Plaza Level
8010 Frost Street
San Diego, CA 92123
(619) 541-3393
For recipients transplanted at least 18 months
Sharp Heart
Transplant Support Group for Women Only
Ms. Judith Wolfe
Transplant Office - Plaza Level
8010 Frost Street
San Diego, CA 92123
(619) 541-3393
For women only
The Amputee Connection-Coachella
Valley.
Kiewit Buildings, Eisenhower Medical Center
39-000 Bob Hope Drive
Rancho Mirage, CA
Meets the first Sunday of each month, from 2-4 pm.
For program information, or to arrange for a volunteer
visit, contact Rex Dyen, (760) 770-6096.
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Santa Barbara Area
Marian
Medical Ctr. Dialysis Support Group
Mr. John Coates, MSW
Marian Medical Center Kidney Disease Unit
Board Room
220 S. Palisades, Ste. 203
Santa Maria, CA 93454
(805) 739-3789
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Support
Group for Transplant Patients
Hospice of Santa Barbara is sponsoring this group.
First meeting: Wednesday January 22, 2003.
Hospice of Santa Barbara Inc.
520 W. Junipero Street
Santa Barbara
For information call (805) 563-8820, Joanne
Talbot, MFT, RN. |
Santa
Barbara County Kidney Transplant Support Group
We are a group of kidney transplant medical personnel,
donors, recipients, family members, and caregivers.
We are available at any time for help with kidney
transplant-related questions. Please contact us for
information, or to join our mailing list:
Carol Schroeer (805) 967-8879
Susan Forkush (805) 681-4783
E-mail: eileeny@yardi.com
Web site: www.sbkidney.org |
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San Luis Obispo Area
Kidney
Transplant Assistance Group
Mr. Roy King
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Corner of Nipomo and Pismo
San Luis Obispo, CA
(805) 238-2506
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San Bernardino/Riverside Area
American
Association of Kidney Patients
Ms. Rhonda Brooks
Kaiser Riverside Hospital
Education Trailer 1 and 2
10800 Magnolia Ave.
Riverside, CA 92505
(909) 689-7669
Kidney
Transplant Support Group
St. Bernadine Medical Center
399 E. Highland Ave., Ste. 122
San Bernardino, CA 92404
(909) 881-4429
For patients who have undergone a kidney transplant,
those waiting for a transplant, and their families.
The Amputee Connection-Redlands.
Conference Room 3
Redlands Community Hospital
350 Terracina Boulevard
Redlands, CA
Meets the third Sunday of each month, from 2-4 pm.
For program information, or to arrange for a volunteer
visit, contact Lee Nattress, (909) 794-1179.
The Amputee Connection-Temecula
Valley.
Conference Room, MetLife Office
27349 Jefferson Avenue, Suite 116
Temecula, CA
Meets the third Saturday of each month, from 1:30-3:30
pm.
For program information, or to arrange for a volunteer
visit, contact Lee Nattress, (909) 794-1179.
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Friends
of Polycystic Research Foundation
Cap and Melanie Sweet
Eisenhower Medical Center
3900 Bob Hope Dr.
Rancho Mirage, CA 92270
(714) 523-7831
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1454 Uphill Hills Dr. North
Upland, CA 91784
(714) 523-7831 Lupus
Nephritis Support Group (Bilingual)
Contact: Erlinda
Kaiser Permanente
9985 Sierra Avenue
Fontana, CA
Building 3, 4th floor.
Meets second Tuesday of every month 7 pm - 8:30
pm. Free and open to public.
(909) 427-6340
The Amputee Connection-Riverside.
Dailey Room at the Founders Center
Parkview Hospital Medical Center
3865 Jackson Street
Riverside, CA
Meets the second Sunday of each month, from 2-4
pm.
For program information, or to arrange for a volunteer
visit, call Sam Huang, (909) 686-3442.
ADTAS - Alliance
for Donation, Transplantation, Awareness and Support
Contact: John Mitas (951) 689-2822
Jennifer Sutt
(909) 795-7411
384 West Orange Show Rd.
San Bernardino, CA
Meets on the 1st Thursdayand 3rd
Monday of every month at 6:00 pm.
For more infor, e-mail:
ADTAS@ADTAS.org
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/Kidney-Liver-Pancreas-Support-Group
http://www.freewebs.com/adtas |
Orange County Area
The
Orange County Kidney Support Group
Ms. Mary Heisick
St. Joseph Hospital, Sister Elizabeth Bldg.
First Floor Conference Rm.
1100 W. Stewerd Dr.
Orange, CA 92668
(562) 430-0786
Self-Help
Support Group of Laguna Hills
Ms. Pat Pilkington
22236 Caminito Zaragoza
Laguna Hills, CA 92653
(714) 837-3883
Friends of
the Polycystic Kidney Foundation
Cap and Melanie Sweet
St. Joseph Medical Center
1100 W. Stewert Ave.
Orange, CA 92613
(714) 523-7831
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Western
Medical Transplant Support Group
Ms.Vickie Hirschel
Ms. Laura Gibson
1001 N. Tustin Ave.
Santa Ana, CA 92705
(714) 953-3653
The Amputee
Connection-Moreno Valley.
Administration Suite, off the lobby
Moreno Valley Community Hospital
27300 Iris Avenue
Moreno Valley, CA
Meets the third Sunday of each month, from 2-4 pm.
For program information, or to arrange for a volunteer
visit, contact Tarry Lloyd-Gardner, (909)247-1133.
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