Group Support Contacts In Zip Code Order

Original list 4/5/99 courtesy of Tina Baca, Preventive Medicine Research Institute
(Thanks to Peggy Weston Byrd for scrubbing this list in February 2003)

NOTE:
(1) Some groups (*) may no longer be in existence
(2) Some groups are of intentionally limited size and are not open to new members
(3) This list does not include all existing groups.
(4) Square brackets [] indicate individuals looking for groups, but did not want to start one
(5) Some zip codes are incomplete - the general area is indicated by the first 3 digits (e.g. "105xx")
 

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In February 2006, we received this information on these support groups in Florida. We have not verified that they are Ornish, but if you check them out, let us know what you think. As always, HFL does not endorse these or any programs. They are presented here as a resource, for your information.

-Long Boat Key (between Tampa and Sarasota) Jody Wisby    (941)383-0641

-Broward General Medical Center - "Take Heart" program  ($120)/month

1 hour stress management, 1 hour exercise, 1 hour support group and then out to dinner
(954)355-5456  Roberta, Secretary                         
                                               
Peg Evans-Facilitator
4:00-7:30 every Wednesday
1600 S. Andrews Avenue, Ft. Lauderdale,Fl  33316      

01262
Interested in starting Western Mass. group
Allan Blau
Stockbridge, MA
blau@mindspring.com
 
02906
John Marcoux*
283 George Street
Providence, RI

05355
Still meeting after five years. Flexible meetings: "as-needed-call-up-and-get-together-basis."
This works due to low numbers; do not feel the need to meet regularly.
Joanne & Robert Finkel
P.O. Box 150
Wardsboro, VT
802/258-2589
sha@together.net

07901
Roberto Roberti*
70 Tulip St.
Summit, NJ 07901
908/273-3573

08540
Princeton Dean Ornish Group, Princeton, NJ (updated 10-05)
Every other week: 13 members
Contact: Henry Powsner
powsner@patmedia.net

[085xx
Looking for group
Princeton, NJ
Mikel2624@aol.com]

10003
Charles Leighton
The Heart Group
(several grps NY & NJ)
Suite 209
New York, NY
212/388-2555

105xx, 125xx, 126xx
Dutchess. Putnam counties
Poughkeepsie, NY
Still meeting weekly after 5 years with 12 members and spouses.
Contact: Eli Cohen
e_b_cohen@yahoo.com

11364
Henry Zanger*
Cynthia Zanger
64-33 211th St.
Bayside, NY

11733
Arthur Bernstein
Edith Bernstein
8 Brewster Hill Rd.
Setauket, NY
Meets monthly and six couples attend regularly.
516/751-6757

[142xx
Looking for group
Buffalo, NY
fdinan@aol.com]

[142xx
Looking for group
Buffalo, NY
http://bihr@email.msn.com]

14617
Edward Ehlers
305 Pinecrest Dr.
Rochester, NY
716/336-9847
561/747-3707

20854
Morton Frome
Beth Frome
8909 Copenhaver Dr.
Potomac, MD
Meeting since 1993, every Sunday evenings for meditations, poluck dinners and group support.
11 members and open to new participants
301/738-9900
frome@erols.com

220xx
Looking for group, undecided about starting one
Cheri Bohman
Fairfax, VA
cheri1@erols.com

30068
Kathy Higgins
Alan Jeglinski
1534 East Bank Drive
Marietta, GA
kmhiggins@mindspring.com
(group inactive)

30338
Fred Rueff*
Marsha Rueff
Opened "Treetops Macrobiotic Bed & Breakfast"
Still the Ornish contact for the area.
Like to think of themselves as healthy - and they are!
1130 Trailridge Lane
Dunwoody, GA
707/396-9413
707395-7177 (fax)

373xx
Possibly to start group
Bude Van Dyke
Monteagle, TN
threestones@Blomand.net

44321
Philip Bronowitz*
4488 Westview Drive
Copley OH

44460
George Morris, Jr.*
Theresa Morris
2120 Pearce Cir.
Salem, OH

45039
Ed Beck
8627 Pond Ridge Drive
Maineville, OH
513/683-1824

48301
Debra Steinberg
6060 Franklin Rd.
Bloomfield Hill, MI
248/626-5110

558xx
Willing to help start group
Duluth, MN
graden@ttinet.com

56728
Would like to start new group
Brenna Kerr, LRD
Hallock, MN
brenna@rural-access.com

60402
(looking for existing group or willing to start one)
Arthur Hart
Berwyn, IL
cgciris@aol.com

60405
Bruno Cortis, M.D., F.A.C.C.
7605 1/2 W. North Avenue
River Forest, IL
No longer running a group. Now writing and speaking.
Wrote a book: "The Spiritual Heart"
708/366-7200

60525
Leon Le Beau
Diane LeBeau
5 Cascade Dr.
Indian Head Park, IL
708/246-0163
708/246-0255 (fax)

60558
Jeanne Stanis
Raymond Stanis
4038 Lawn Avenue
Western Springs, IL
There are six people in this group.
708/246-2430

705xx
based at Lafayette General Medical Center
Lafayette, LA
zjn9812@usl.edu

730xx
Will start group if others interested
Laurie McCullough
Norman, OK
laurie_mccullough@yahoo.com

[75941
Looking for group
H. Spencer Knutson
Diboll, TX
hknutso@templeinland]

941xx, 949xx
Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
Meets Thursdays from 9 a.m.-Noon
Daniel Stein
San Franciso, CA
dstein@pacbell.net

94703
Paul Panish
Anna Belle Panish
1343 Carlotta Ave.
Berkeley, CA
510/527-1437

89119
Chris Johnson
Desert Springs Hospital
2075 East Flamingo Rd.
Las Vegas, NV

90049
Meets monthly, 5-6 members
Jerald Medway
315 South Westgate Ave.
Los Angeles, CA
310/476-5885

[906xx, 926xx
Looking for group
Hugh Davis
La Habra, CA
hdavis99@hotmail.com]

91250
San Fernando Valley area (north of L.A.)
Eric Kasum
(661)297-6174

Los Angeles area
Pat Serio
(626)339-7227

917xx
Looking for group, or will start one
Penny Fox
Claremont, CA
pennyfox@gte.net

94114
Two groups for the past ten years meet both weekly and every three weeks.
John Cardozo
Phyllis Cardozo
31 Sharon Street
San Francisco, CA
415/863-6313

97223
Bill Gazeley*
Patty Gazeley
7034 SW 83rd
Portland, OR
503/246-4535

97405
Meeting for the past nine years! Now has 18 members who meet for sharing and stretching.
Bill and Camille Kievith
3277 Onyx P1.
Eugene, OR
541/345-9970
541/344-9576
wkievith@aol.com

980xx,981xx,982xx
Belleview meets weekly with 2 members.
Seattle meets weekly with 10 members.
Jerry E Hassenstab
15519 66th Avenue SE, Snohomish, WA 98296

jh4yoga@yahoo.com
Phone:  
 

98115
Seattle, WA, group meets on Wednesdays.
Chris Prenovitz
2814 NE 80th Street
Seattle, WA

98226
Bellingham, WA, meets on Wednesdays.
Bill DeSelover
1203 Sudden Valley
Bellingham, WA

CANADA
ADOPT (Adhere to Dean Ornish Program Today)
Meeting since 1994 on Tuesdays for three hours. 8 members.
Stop by the group when you're in Toronto!
Evan Church
136 Collier St.
Toronto, ON
M4W 1M3
416/962-5863
evanchurch@sympatico.ca
Web Site: http://evanchurch.tripod.ca/adopt.htm

CANADA
Andre Lapierre, MD*
Maisonneuve Rosemount Hosp.
5415 Boul. De l’Assumption
Montreal, Quebec

[AUSTRALIA
Looking for group
Melbourne, Australia
morry@bagsonly.com.au]

INDIA
Starting a group
New Dehli, India
vivekkhosla@vsnl.com

INDIA
Would like to start group
R.K.PALHAN
New Dehli, India
rkpalhan@nde.vsnl.net.in

INDIA
Would like to start a group
Dr.Ashvin Bhatt, M.D.
KHAMBHAT 388620, India
surforum@usa.net

INDIA
Looking for group, maybe to start one
Makarand Khanolkar
Mumbai, India
mkhanolkar@hotmail.com

14736
Erie, PA area now four years with up to eight participants.
Tuesdays 7-8:30 p.m. Come join us if you're in the area!
Tifanie Wells
P.O. Box 234
230 Shadyside Road
Findley Lake, NY
716/769-6511
wellstt@aol.com
 

The contacts below are no longer running support groups
Those who want to start a new group are indicated by **.
30068
Kathy Higgins
Alan Jeglinski
l534East Bank Drive
Marietta, GA
kmhiggins@mindspring.com

53147
Ronald Anderson
1309 West Main Street
Lake Geneva, WI
414/249-0479

89117
Ted Harmon
Corienne Harmon
8104 Kinsella Way
Las Vegas, NV
702/364-9240

91001
Larry Mallet
Yush-Mei Mallet
5305 Palm Drive
La Canada, CA
818/790-3731
818/354-6021

CANADA
Guy Coutanche
201-590 Beverly St.
Thunder Bay, Ontario

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