Hepatitis C Support Group : Hepatitis C : NYC DOHMH

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene


	Office of Viral Hepatitis Coordination NYC Viral Hepatitis Support Groups Brooklyn l Manhattan l Bronx l Queens l Staten Island All areas ~ Tele-chat Hep: 411 is a toll-free educational group where you can hear from medical experts and other people with hepatitis C. It's held every Tuesday from 7 to 7:30 pm, PT, and it completely confidential. Ask questions if you want, or just listen in, privately. Dial: 1-800-391-1709 Enter Code: 888185 Hepatitis C Multi Cultural Outreach Weekly Toll Free Telephone Support Group Tuesdays 7- 8 PM Central Time Contact: Johanna Blanding -Koskinen (816)442-8089 or Hep C-MO website and register for weekly reminders which will arrive by email. Brooklyn Hepatitis C HIV Co-Infection Management Support Group Every First and Third Wednesday of the month 1:00 P.M - 2:00 P.M. Pierre Toussaint Family Health Center 1110 Eastern Parkway Brooklyn, New York 11213 First Floor Conference Room Contact: Mr. De'Andre T. Banks, MHS dbanks@kingsbrook.org (718) 735-1900 Ext. 2142 Kings Pharmacy Brooklyn Hepatitis C Support Group 1st Wednesday of the month @ 5-7 PM Kings Pharmacy ~ 357 Flatbush Ave. Brooklyn Facilitator: Sweta Chawla PharmD, MS, CDE 718-230-3535 Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served NY Methodist Hospital HCV Support Group* 1st Tuesday of the month @ 6-7:30 PM 506 Sixth Street between 7th & 8th Ave. Park Slope ~ Executive Dining Carrington Pavilion entrance F Train to Seventh Avenue. B67 (Seventh Ave.), B63 (Fifth Ave.), B75 (Smith St.), and B69 (Vanderbilt Ave.) Contact: Betty Vega (347-661-5300) email at BettyV444@aol.com Refreshments will be served. VA Hospital Hepatitis Support Groups* Friday's @ 12:00 - 1PM VA New York Harbor HCS Brooklyn Campus 800 Poly place Brooklyn NY 11209 ~ Room: POD D Contac: Dr. Ayse Aytaman Ayse.Aytaman@va.gov Facilitator: Dr Shalini Sehgal (Liver Team Psychologist) Group is open to VA Hospital patients on therapy or being evaluated for therapy, after Liver Team evaluation VOCAL ~ Voices of Community Advocates & Leaders ~ NY Users Union ~ Hepatitis C Group* Every Thursday: 2-3 PM 80 A Fourth Avenue Brooklyn, 11225 Contact: Louie Jones (718) 802-9540 or (347) 585-6011 jones@nycahn.org This group is drug user friendly, open to those who use drugs and those who identify with drug use. back to top Manhattan Lower East Side Harm Reduction Center* HCV Support Group ~ Every Friday 12noon-1PM HIV/HCV Coinfection Support Group ~ Last Friday of the month @ 2PM-3PM Lower East Side Harm Reduction Center 25 Allen Street New York, NY 10002 Contact: Ajani Benjamin (212) 226-6333 x119 Must have Intake at LESHRC to attend Group. Healthy meal will be served. Chinatown Asian Liver Health Support Group* HBV Group in Chinese Languages Last Thursday of the month 6-7:30 PM NY Public Library 33 East Broadway, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10013 Facilitator: Arline Loh, (646) 962-4731 arline.loh@gmail.com Open to the public. Refreshments provided Mount Sinai Hepatitis C - HIV Monthly Support Group* 2008 Meeting Dates: August 11, Sept 15, Oct 13, Nov 10, Dec 15, 2008 Time: 2-3 pm 17 East 102nd Street – 3rd floor East- Conference Room Group Facilitator: Jeffrey Weiss, PhD (212) 659-9107 Jeffrey.Weiss@msnyuhealth.org Group Eligibility: HIV/HCV coinfected patients of Mount Sinai Hospital * $4 metro card provided St. Vincent's Hepatitis C Support Group 3rd Tuesday of the month @ 6:15 PM St. Vincent's Hospital 170 West 12th Street (off 7th Ave, SE Corner) Coleman Building, Room 1249 Facilitator: Lillian de Mauro lilliandem@gmail.com Open to anyone impacted by or interested in Hepatitis C. Refreshments provided. Midtown Manhattan Hepatitis C Support Group* Last Wednesday of the month @ 6:15 PM NYU Medical Center ~ 560 1st Ave. (between 30th and 31st) ~ Smilo Conference Room A Facilitators: Leena Hong, PA lkithong@hotmail.com, & Ronni Marks ronnimarks@nyc.rr.com Open to patients, friends and families from all other offices and hospitals. Refreshments provided. Positive Health Project, Inc. Hepatitis C Groups* 301 West 37^th Street, 3^rd Floor, New York, 1001 HCV Support Group Fridays, 1-2pm Group Facilitator: Nelson Gonzalez (212) 465-8304 x14 Group Eligibility: HCV+, drug user or sex worker * Metrocard & lunch provided HCV Support Group (Provided by LOLA grant) 1^st and 3^rd Tuesday of every month till June 30^th, 2009 from 1-2pm Group Facilitator: Celia Velez, Robert Childs Contact Person and phone number: Robert Childs, 212.465.8304x16 Group Eligibility: HCV+, drug user or sex worker Metrocard & lunch provided Weill Cornell Medical College Hepatitis C Support Group* 1st Wednesday of the month, 4-5 PM 1305 York Ave (70th and York), 2nd Floor Conference Room New York, NY 10021 Contact: 646-962-5392 Open to the public, Refreshments provided. Mt. Sinai Hepatitis C Support Group* 3rd Wednesday of the month 6-7:30 Guggenheim Pavilion Facilitated by: Viktoriya Khaitova, RPA-C & David Motamed, RPA-C. Call: (212) 241-5736 Open to the public, Refreshments provided. LOLA HCV and Pre/post Liver Transplant Support Group* 3rd Wednesday of the month New York Blood Center ~ 310 East 67th Street, New York, NY Please call to confirm attendance: (718) 892-8697. Open to the public. Food & refreshments provided. New YorkHarm Reduction Educators Hepatitis C Support Groups* Tuesdays at 11 AM 1991-A Lexington Ave, Manhattan (Between 121st & 122nd) Contact: Donald Davis (718) 842-6050 Metro cards are given to the first 10 people to sign-up for the group back to top Bronx CitiWide Harm Reduction HCV Groups* 226 East 144th Street Bronx, New York 10451 Hep C positive living group Wednesdays: 2:30pm - 3:30pm Facilitator: Paul Contact: Fred Johnson (718) 292-7718 ext. 228 Hep C treatment group (in Spanish) Thursdays: 2pm -3pm Facilitator & Contact: Andres Andino (718) 292-7718 ext. 259 Hep C treatment Group Fridays: 10am- 11am Facilitator & Contact: George Santana (718) 292-7718 Montefiore Hepatitis C Support Group Third Thursday of the Month 6-7 PM Montefiore Hospital ~ 3400 Bainbridge Ave 2nd Floor Conference Room, Bronx 10467 Contact: Mara Tushaj mtushaj@montefiore.org (718) 920-8353 New York Harm Reduction Educators Hepatitis C Support Groups Wednesdays at 11 AM 953 Southern Blvd. Room #302, Bronx Contact: Donald Davis (718) 842-6050 Group is limited to 10 people. Metro cards are given to the first 10 people to sign-up. back to top Queens Neighborhood and Family Clinic Hepatitis C Support Group* Wednesdays @ 11:00 AM 3711 ~ 33rd Street Long Island City, Queens Contact: Jerome Hooker LPN (718) 433-1629 Open to any one with Hep C diagnosis. Lunch is provided back to top Staten Island Community Health Action of Staten Island HIV-HCV Coinfection Support Group* 4th Thursday of the month @ 1-2 PM 56 Bay Street, Staten Island, NY 10301 ~ 6th Floor Conference Room Facilitator: Joe Grossman ~ Harm Reduction Program @ Staten Island University Hospital To attend: Contact: Barbara Sullivan (718) 808-1314 ~ Sullivan@sihealthaction.org back to top