Sacramento Area Liver Transplant Support Group

A Self Help & Educational Support Group for Post, Pre & Family / Care-Giver Support. Located at Sutter/Roseville Medical Center. The corner of Roseville Parkway and No.Sunrise, 1 Medical Plaza Drive in Roseville. Conference Center A on the 2nd Floor.

For more information contact.....
Ann Linnekens at (916) 791-1697; e-mail ALinnekens@surewest.net
6757 Iowa Ct.
Granite Bay CA 95746-9334
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Barbara Young (916) 635-5522
Sally & Fred Zealor (916) 421-9590

Place	Dates	Time
Sutter / Roseville Medical Center, 1 Medical Plaza Drive, Roseville, CA Conference Center A (on the second floor)	Second Sunday of each month 2pm to 4:30pm ---- Year 2005 Schedule ---- January 9 February 13 March 13 April 10 May 15 Jun 12 Jul 10 Aug14 Sep 11 Oct 9 Nov 13 Dec 11	2:00 - 4:30 P.M

Sacramento Renal Transplant Support Group

The Sacramento Renal Transplant Support group meets the third Wednesday of the month from 7:00PM to 9:00 PM at the Sacramento Medical Foundation Blood Center at 1625 Stockton Blvd. Education about kidney transplant and the medical follow up involved as well as support from those who have had similar experiences. Other organ transplant recipients are welcome as are family members.

For more information contact.....
Cathy Burke at 734-5094

* Topics Vary

Place	Dates	Time
Alhambra Annex of the Sacramento Medical Foundation Blood Center 1525 Alhambra Blvd. Sacramento, Ca. 95816 Sierra Tahoe Room	Third Wednesdays of each month	7:00 - 9:00 P.M

Other Liver Support Groups in No. Calif.

• Greater Modesto Support Group - Meets the 4th Sunday of each month at 7 p.m. For more information call (209) 599-5818
• Fresno Area Transplant Support Group - Meets the 2nd Saturday of each month at 10 a.m. For more information call (209) 497-8328
• Oroville Support Group - Meets the 2nd Monday of each month at 7 p.m. For more information call (530) 533-5698
• Redding Support Group - Meets the 3rd Wednesday of each month, from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. For more information call (530) 241-0715

More Liver Information / Links

• UC Davis Transplant Program
• UC San Francisco Liver Transplant Program
• Northern Californian Chapter of the American Liver Foundation
• Diseases of the Liver -This resource is an alphabetical list of liver diseases and conditions with hypertext links to files at this site, or to other sites, that provide relevant information.
• Hepatitis Mutual Support - Lot's of Liver info...
• Transplant Awarness Inc. (TAI) - Offers T-shirts, Organ donor stamp lapel pins and key rings, etc.
• Current Inc. - Offers Imprinted Checks, "Share Your Life -- Share Your Decision. Be An Organ Donor"
• SangStat Medical Corporation, is a specialty pharmaceutical company dedicated to improving the lives of organ transplant recipients and their families. They are launching a new Cyclosporine called SangCya.
• More Liver Information - Click here for more Liver related sites from the Yahoo Search Directory

Transplant Organizations

• American Liver Foundation - national, voluntary non-profit health agency dedicated to preventing, treating and curing hepatitis and all liver diseases through research, education and support groups.
• American Liver Foundation - Northern California.
• American Liver Foundation - Delaware Valley Chapter, PA - support group chapter events related liver links.
• American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) - organization of physicians and biomedical scientists with an interest in the liver and its diseases.
• Biliary Atresia & Liver Transplant Network - BALT - empowering the hearts and minds of children with liver disease, their families and the medical professionals who care for them.
• Biliary Atresia & Paediatric Liver Transplant Support Group - Support group for all children with liver disease.
• Canadian Liver Foundation
• LifeSharers.com - Organ Donor Network
• PBC Foundation, The - charity supporting sufferers of the Liver Disease Primary Biliary Cirrhosis.