Transplant Guide
Support Groups within California
- Cardiac Transplant Support Group
3300 Narvaez Ave. #139
San Jose CA 95136-1213
Contact: Donna R. DeCamp
Phone: (408) 269-9196
- A Change of Heart Cardiac Support Group
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian
301 Newport Blvd. Box Y,
Newport Beach CA 92658-8912
Contact: Barbara Eklund
Phone: (714) 760-5871
- Cin-Tom Livert Support Group of the North Valley
1825 Delmar Ave.
Redding CA 96003
Contact: Cindy Steffen
Phone: (916) 241-0715
- Friday Family Group
California Pacific Medical Center Pacific Campus
2333 Buchanan St.
San Francisco CA 94120
Contact: Joyce Toohey/ Marjorie Davis
Phone: (415) 923-3514
- The Gift of Life Family Support Group
4064 East North Ave.
Fresno CA 93725
Contact: Mike & Diane Watson
Phone: (209) 497-8328
- Heart Transplant Support Group
Santa Teresa-Kaiser Hospital
260 International Circle
San Jose CA 95119
Contact: Janet Stevenson
Phone: (405) 972-6428 - Heart/Lung Transplant Support Group
USC-University Hospital
1500 San Pablo
Los Angeles CA 90033
Contact: Dorothy Rocha
Phone: (213) 342-8759
- Heart/LungPediatric Transplant Group
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
4650 Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90027
Contact: Dorothy Rocha
Phone: (213) 669-4148
- Inland Empire Transplant Support Group
2738 South Cucamonga Ave.
Ontario CA 91761-6910
Contact: Donna Gloss
Phone: (909) 923-7114
- Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Support Group
Stanford University Medical Center
300 Pasteur
Stanford CA 94305
Contact: Miriam Beinin
Phone: (415) 723-6934
- Kidney Support Group of Orange County
P.O. Box 10
Seal Beach CA 90740
Contact: Mary Heisick
Phone: (310) 430-0786
- Kidney Transplant Support Group
St. Bernardine Medical Center
2101 North Waterman Ave.
San Bernardino CA 92404
Contact: Mina Garza
Phone: (909) 881-4429
- Kidney Transplant Support Group
Sharp Memorial Hospital
7901 Frost St.
San Diego CA 92123
Contact: Judith Wolfe
Phone: (619) 541-3393
- Kidney Transplant Support Group
University of California San Francisco Medical Center
9 Long
San Francisco CA 94143
Contact: Dr. Roger Lauer
Phone: (415) 665-6229/ (415) 476-8345
- Liver Disease & Transplant Support Group
Green Hospital of Scripps Clinic
10666 North Torrey Pines Rd.
La Jolla CA 92037
Contact: Richard Hellman/ Lou Ann Bierman
Phone: (619) 554-9210
- Liver Disease Support Group
Memorial Hospital Professional Bldg.
1800 Coffee Rd. Rm. 63
Modesto CA 95355-2705
Contact: Gail Johnson/ Ruby Sand
Phone: (209) 527-0522, (209) 599-5494
- Liver Disease Support Group
St. Bernardine Medical Center
2101 North Waterman Ave.
San Bernardino CA 92404
Contact: Martha Jorgenson/ Pat Fold
Phone: (909) 881-7101, (310) 855-2641
- Liver Disease Support Group
Meet for coffee 5 pm Friday evenings at Starbucks in Westlake Village (between Vons and Save-On)
Contact: Patty/Anita
Phone: (805) 495-5168, (818) 597-1764
- Liver Transplant Support Group
California Pacific Medical Center
2333 Buchanan
San Francisco CA 94115
Contact: Marjorie Davis
Phone: (415) 923-3323
- Liver Transplant Support Group
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
8635 W. 3rd Street Suite 590W
Los Angeles CA 90048
Contact: Stacey Blum
Phone: (310) 855-2641
- Liver Transplant Support Group
Stanford University Medical Center
300 Pasteur H0315
Stanford CA 94305
Contact: Rae Ann Berry
Phone: (415) 723-5581
- Liver Transplant Support Group
UCLA Medical Center
10833 LeConte Ave.
Los Angeles CA 90024-1729
Contact: Ron Furuyama
Phone: (310) 825-5921
- Liver Transplant Support Group North-Bay: Sonoma, Marin and Napa
Kaiser Permanente – Internal Medicine 2-B or
A West Office Building
Santa Rosa, CA
Contact: Betty/ Carol
Phone: (707) 838-4857, (707) 253-8631
- Multi-Organ Transplant Support Group
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Medical Social Work
8700 Beverly Blvd. Rm. 4520
Los Angeles CA 90048
Contact: Marcia Penido
Phone: (310) 855-4446
- Northern California Organ Transplant Support Group
1098 East First Ave.
Chico CA 95926
Contact: Jeanne Leube
Phone: (916) 342-3664
- Patient/Family Support Group
Sharp Memorial Hospital
7901 Frost St.
San Diego CA 92123
Contact: Linda Hutkin-Slade
Phone: (619) 541-3393
- Pediatric Transplant Family Support Group
Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital
Stanford University Medical Center
725 Welch Rd.
Palo Alto CA 93404
Contact: Chris Dong
Phone: (415) 497-8672
- Redding Area Heart Transplant Group
California Pacific Medical Center
Pacific Campus
2333 Buchanan St.
San Francisco CA 94120
Contact: Joyce Toohey
Phone: (415) 923-3514
- Sacramento Area Transplant Support Group Liver
6757 Iowa Ct.
Granite Bay CA 95746-9334
Contact: Ann Linnekens
Phone: (916) 791-1697
- Santa Rosa Memorial Kidney Transplant Group
Northern CA Kidney Transplant Center
P.O. Box 522
Santa Rosa CA 95402
Contact: Sharon Adams
Phone: (707) 525-5297
- St. Vincent Heart Transplant Support Group
St. Vincent Hospital
2131 West 3rd St.
Los Angeles CA 90057
Contact: Josie Fuentes/ Harvey Shackett
Phone: (213) 484-7676
- The Beat Goes On
UC Irvine Medical Center
Department of Clinical Social Work
101 City Drive
Orange, CA 92668
Contact: Lisa Wellington
Phone: (714) 456-6644
- Transplant Support Group
UCLA Medical Center
10833 LaConte Ave.
Los Angeles CA 90024
Contact: Sharon Zelin
Phone: (310) 825-6024
- Transplant Support Group
Loma Linda University Medical Center
11234 Anderson St.
Schuman Pavilion Rm. A-611
Loma Linda CA 92354
Contact: Ruth Salazar-Peeters
Phone: (909) 824-4252
- TRIO Los Angeles
P.O. Box 24797
Los Angeles CA 90024-0797
Contact: Tina Haramis
Phone: (213) 486-4567
- TRIO Orange County
2720 N. Gaff Street
Orange CA 92665
Contact: Diane Barilone
Phone: (714) 637-3034
- TRIO San Francisco Bay Area
PO Box 160154
Cupertino CA 95016-0154
Contact: Jeff Groteboer
Phone: (408) 496-2726
- Hispanic/ Latino TRIO L.A.
20227 E. Evening Breeze Dr.
Walnut, CA 91789
Contact: Manuel Reyes
Phone: (909) 598-7334
- 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
Phone: (619) 543-5730
- UCSD Kidney Transplant Support Group
University of California San Diego Medical Center
200 West Arbor Dr.
San Diego CA 92103-8918
Contact: Maria Hegelson
Phone: (619) 543-5730
- United Liver Association
11646 W. Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Contact: Francine Pierce Jackson
Phone: (310 914-8252
- 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
California Heart Center
8670 Wilshire Blvd.
2nd Floor
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
P (310) 248-8300
F (310) 248-8333