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Hepatitis C and Co-Infection Support Groups in New York State NEW YORK CITY SUPPORT GROUPS
BROOKLYN Brooklyn Methodist Hospital Hepatitis C Support Group Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, 506 6th Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn Ground Floor, Executive Dining Room, adjacent to cafeteria Facilitator: Smruti Mohanti, MD, Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, srm9006@nyp.org, 718-780-3851 Meets: Third Wednesday of month, 5:30-7:00 PM. Open to all patients. Brooklyn VA Hospital Hepatitis B and C Support Groups VA New York Harbor HCS Brooklyn Campus 800 Poly Place, Room POD D, Brooklyn 11209 Contact: Dr. Shalini Sehgal, Shalini.Sehgal@va.gov Facilitator: Dr. Shalini Sehgal (Liver Team Psychologist) Open to VA patients, after liver team evaluation. Time: Fridays 12:30-1:30 VOCAL - Voices of Community Advocates and Leaders - NY Users Union - Hepatitis C Group 80 A Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 11225 Contact: Louie Jones, louie.vocal@gmail.com, Meets: Thursdays, 2-3 PM. Drug user friendly. Open to drug users and those who identify with drug use. Russian Hepatitis C Support Group Kings Highway Library. 2115 Ocean Ave, Brooklyn 11229 Contact: Gregori Romenski, greg@livercare.org. 718-395-9120 Meets: Last Tuesday of every month. 6pm. Language: Russian BRONX Boom Health(Citi wide Harm Reduction) Hepatitis C Groups 226 East 144th Street, Bronx 10451 HepC Positive Living Group Contact: Wianna Frias , WFrias@boomhealth.org, 718 292 7718 EXT 430 Meets: Wednesday, 1:30-2:30 PM- HepC Treatment Group Contact: George Santana, gsantana@boomhealth.org, 718 292 7718. Meets: Friday, 1:30-2:30 PM Hep C Education and Support Group Contact: Julia 718-7718 Meets: Tuesdays, 1:30-2:30 PM Montefiore Hepatitis C Support Group Montefiore Medical Center, 3400 Bainbridge Avenue Second Floor Conference Room, Contact: Mara Tushaj mtushaj@montefiore.org 718-920-8353 Meets: Third Thursday of month, 6:00-7PM St. Ann's Corner Harm Reduction Hepatitis B and C Support Group (Bilingual English/Spanish) 886 Westchester Ave, Ground floor, Bronx 10459 Contact: 718 585 5544 ,Ivette Melendez imelendez@sachr.org Meets: Tuesday 2-3 PM. MANHATTAN MSBI HCV SUPPORT GROUP Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center 10 Union Square East(4th Ave) Phillips Ambulatory Care Center Conference Room 1 on the second floor Facilitators-Ronni Marks HCV Advocate and Mary Olson,DNP,ANP Contact: RMarks@CHPNET.ORG AIDS Service Center of New York Hepatitis C-HIV Co-Infection Support Group 41 East 11th street (between University Place and Broadway), 5th Floor, Manhattan Contact: Diane, diane@ascnyc.org, 212 645 0875 x 334 Meets: Mondays, 5-6 PM Open to people with HIV,HCV, or co-infected. Medical documentation required. Lower East Side Harm Reduction Center (LESHRC) Hepatitis C and Co-Infection Support Groups 25 Allen Street, Manhattan 10002 Contact: Ajani Benjamin, ajani@leshrc.org, 212 226 6333 x 119. HCV Group Meets: Wednesdays, 4 PM. HIV-HCV Co-Infection Group Meets: On a 10 week cycle, call for information. Members must be living with HCV and complete a LESHRC evaluation. A meal is provided. Weill Cornell Medical College Hepatitis C Support Group 1305 York Avenue (70th and York), 4th Floor-Waiting Area,Manhattan 10021 Facilitators- Arielle Schweitzer,R.N.- ARS3001@@med.cornell.edu,and Marlene Feron-Rigodon,R.N.- MAF@med.cornell.edu Meets: First Tuesday of month, 5:30 PM. Contact phone-646-962-4040 Open to all. Refreshments are provided. Bellevue Hospital Hepatitis C Support Group - Bellevue Hospital, 462 1st Avenue (between 27th and 28th Street) Conference Room. Facilitators: Bellevue Hospital Hepatitis Clinic Providers Meets: . Open to everyone. Contact- New Group to Be Announced Mount Sinai Division of Liver Diseases Hepatitis C Support Group East Building, 1425 Madison Avenue and 98th Street, Room 1184, Manhattan Facilitator: David Motamed, david.motamed@mountsinai.org. New Group To Be Announced Mount Sinai Primary Care Hepatitis C Program Support Group 1425 Madison Avenue (corner 98th Street), 11th floor, Room 11-84, Manhattan Contact: Natalie Kil - Natalie.kil@mountsinai.org 212 824 7460 Facilitator: Jeff Weiss, PhD, or Catherine Amory,LCSW & Patient Peers - Second Tuesday of the Month, 6:00-7:30 PM. Open to new patients. Refreshments are provided. Mount Sinai HIV/HCV Co-Infection Program Support Group 17 east 102nd Street, East Elevators, Third Floor, Manhattan Facilitator: Jeff Weiss, PhD, jeffrey.weiss@mountsinai.org, 212 824 7422. Meets: Monthly, Monday at noon. Open to new patients. Uptown Manhattan Mt. Sinai HCV Support Group Facilitator: Lillian de Mauro, lilliandem@gmail.com, 607 746 7199 Meets: Third Tuesday of month, 6-8 PM at Mount Sinai, Icahn Medical Institiute, 1425 Madison Avenue (98th Street) 11th floor, RM 11-84 Conference Room Open to all interested in Hepatitis C. Refreshments are provided. Online Support Group- http://peopleunitedbyliver.org/ COPE -Coalition on Positive Health Empowerment Support Group Location: SMART/COPE, 307 East 116th Street (Between 1st and 2nd Avenues) Contact: gsearson@smartuniversity.org or call Malta at 646-271-5043 MEETS: Every First and Third Thursday of Month, Time: 4pm-5:30pm Positive Health Project, Inc., Hepatitis C Groups Housingworks 301 West 37th Street, Third Floor, Manhattan Facilitator:Andrew Bonfrancesco, A.Bonfrancesco@housingworks.org Meets: Fridays, 1-2 PM. Group eligibility, HVC plus drug user and/or sex worker. Lunch is Provided. New York Harm Reduction Educators Hepatitis C Support Groups , Tuesdays 12-1:00 ,1991-A Lexington Avenue, Manhattan (between 121st & 122nd). Contact:718-842-6050 or 212-828-8464 Jerome Sanchez, email jsanchez@nyhre.org,, NYC - Pre-Post Transplant Educational Workshop New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbian University Medical Center - Directions Hammer Health Sciences Building 701 W 168th St @ Fort Washington Lower Level LL-204 New York, NY 10032 Meets: Thursdays from 4:00-5:20pm For Pre-Post Transplant Patients and their caregivers. Please contact Aimee Muth to confirm your attendance. Contact Aimee Muth for more information.Phone: 212-305-1884 NYC - Post Transplant Support Group New York Presbyterian Hospital - Milstein Hospital Building - Directions 177 Fort Washington Avenue 7 Hudson South - Reemtsma Conference Room 213 New York, NY Meets: First and Third Thursday of every month; 10:00-11:30AM The Post-Transplant Support Group meets twice a month to share experiences, ideas and mutual support for recipients and their families. Contact Aimee Muth for more information. Phone: 212-305-1884 NYC - Transplant Support Group The Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute at Mount Sinai Hospital - Directions One Gustave L. Levy Place New York, NY 10029 Meets: Thursdays 1pm This support group is open to all patients and patient's family members who are pre or post liver and/or kidney transplantation. Entrance on 1468 Madison Ave.; (100th St. and Madison Ave.); Guggenheim Pavillion; Floor: 9 Center, Patient Lounge Phone: (212) 241-7944 QUEENS Jamaica Queens Hepatitis C Support Group Help/PSI 105-04 Sutphin Blvd., Queens Contact: Ira Weiss, iweiss@projectsamaritan.org, 718 725 5000 Meets: Last Wednesday of month, 4-5 PM. STATEN ISLAND Every Third Thursday of Month Staten Island University Hospital -475 Seaview Ave. Main entrance of SIUH Hospital) (ASK SECURITY IN LOBBY FOR DIRECTIONS) Facilitator: Steve Loggins- 718-226-3826 or Moshe Moses 212-465-8304 EXT#4822, mmoses@housingworks.org Education on Risk Reduction Group for People with HCV and/or HIV 380 Van Duzer Street, Staten Island 10301 Facilitator: Barbara Sullivan, barbara.sullivan@chasiny.org, 718 808 1355 Meets: Tuesday, 11- 12 noon. Refreshments are provided. PLAINVIEW, LI American Liver Foundation Hepatitis C Support Group North Shore University Hospital, Second Floor Classroom, 888 Old Country Road, Plainview, NY Contact: Gina Pollichino, RN, gpollichino@yahoo.com, 631 754 4795 Meets: First Monday of month SUPPORT GROUPS IN NEW YORK STATE ALBANY Albany GI Consultants Hepatitis C Support Group Albany Gastroenterology Consultants, 1375 Washington Avenue S., Albany 12206 Contact: yfuller@hotmail.com Meets: Check website- www.albanygi.com BINGHAMTON Dragon Slayers Hepatitis C and Co-Infection Support Group Contact: Elisa Harris 607-798-1706 EHarris@stapinc.org Meets: First Saturday of the month- Call for information DELHI Hepatitis B and C Support Group O'Connor Hospital, Route 28 Contact: Lillian de Mauro, 607 746 7199 Meets: Second Tuesday of month,6-7 PM. Check first. Family and friends welcome ITHACA TCPP HCV Networking Group Contact: Elisa Harris- 607-798-1706, EHarris@stapinc.org First Saturday of the month, Call for information. VALHALLA Hepatitis C Support Group Westchester Medical Center, Behavioral Health Building, Valhalla, NY 10595 Contact: Mimi, 914 493 7641 Meets: Every other Wednesday, 6:00-8 PM Open to all diagnosed with Hepatitis C in the mid-Hudson Valley, call for information. WILLIAMSVILLE Hepatitis C Support Group Erie Community College, North Campus, School of Dental Hygiene, Community Room Main and Youngs Road, Williamsville, NY Contact: Karen Mackert, kmackert@buffalomedicalgroup.com, 716 631 2517. MIAMI,FL Gastro Health- Hepatitis C Support Group Contact-Ariana Belsky- 786-456-8677 or Abelsky@gastrohealth.com Meets every two months (May,August,November, and February) 3rd Monday of month at 7pm. Two locations- South Miami, 7500 SW 87th Avenue, Suite 200 North Miami, 16855 NE 2nd Avenue, Suite 202 |