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UOAA List of Affiliated Support Groups

Here you can locate the UOAA support group closest to you. Select your state below, but remember, the nearest group may be in a neighboring state. Some “non-local” groups that serve the entire U.S. are in the first section of the list. Each group is listed by location, group number, contact person and contact phone number. Just click on the contact’s name to send an e-mail.

If the group’s name appears in blue, there is a website associated with the group – just click the group name. (If you belong to an affiliated group that has a website but we haven’t linked your site from this page, please let us know so we can add a link to your site.)

The number of UOAA affiliated groups is more than 280 and we hope it will continue to grow – we add them to this page as they join. If you belong to an ostomy or continent diversion support group that hasn’t joined yet, please affiliate your group with us!

If you do not see in the following list a support group that is close to your location, please contact the UOAA office at 800-826-0826 or via e-mail to inquire whether an unaffiliated group might be known to us. Bear in mind that we are not able to maintain current contact information for groups that do not elect to affiliate with UOAA.

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OUTSIDE U.S.

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VIRTUAL (NON-LOCAL) GROUPS
Continent Diversion Network #032 Lynne Kramer 215-637-2409
GLO Network #105 Fred Shulak 773-286-4005
Pull-thru Network #060 Bonnie McElroy 205-978-2930
Teen Network #012 Jude Ebbinghaus 860-445-8224
Thirty Plus Network #018 Kathy DiPonio 586-219-1876
Young Ostomate & Diversion
Alliance of America (YODAA)
#043 Cheryl Ebbinghaus 860-705-0631
Friends of Ostomates Worldwide–USA #239 Ival Secrest 520-508-6330
Osto Group #178 Stephanie Sullivan 877-678-6690
Mason Lindley Miracle Foundation #027 Chuck Lindley 336-229-9346
Quality Life Association #246 Judy Schmidt 352-394-4912
ALABAMA
Birmingham #125 Lyn Hayes 205-907-3406
Huntsville #052 William Whatley 256-881-3111
Montgomery #226 Paul Williamson 334-271-3563
Tuscaloosa #149 Sandra Lammon 205-759-7358
ARIZONA
Bullhead City (Colorado River) #254 Patricia Meyers 928-754-3320
Mesa-East Valley #099 Sheila Kollenberg 480-451-3815
Phoenix #144 Marie Walker 623-846-0816
Southeast AZ #073 Billy Shelton 520-378-2487
Tucson #086 Sandra Rogers 520-731-3460
ARKANSAS
Central Arkansas #039 Jim Moore 501-985-1327
Hot Springs #081 Sandy Berg 501-922-0284
River Valley #173 Donald Ditlevson 479-484-5618
Twin Lakes #215 Evelyn G. Osborn 870-424-3059
CALIFORNIA
Antelope Valley #062 Ann T. Wright 661-269-9509
Chico area #129 Bob Eicher 530-342-6873
Contra Costa #001 Harry Tse 925-682-1303
Hemet-San Jacinto #133 Bob Parish 951-659-5229
Inland Empire #109 Sandee Green 951-789-0811
Long Beach #101 Joyce Elsa 562-422-3056
Los Angeles #148 Bob Hamburg 818-337-8416
Monterey (Community Hosp) #222 Alex Cruz-Tokar, RN 831-622-2613
Napa Valley #072 Paul Woodworth 707-224-6872
Nevada County #177 Sam Eustice 530-432-2389
North San Diego County #010 Roy Galli 760-294-3150
Orange County #069 Teri Stickel 714-637-7971
Palm Springs #187 Grace Powell 760-770-8696
Placerville #059 Sherron West 530-823-9677
Sacramento #038 James McGee 916-362-7275
Saddleback Valley #102 Phil Trask 949-837-6645
San Diego #200 Marilyn Deitrich 619-223-2966
San Francisco (Golden Gate) #098 Francis Lundy 415-388-6374
San Gabriel Valley #103 Shirley Chadwick 626-332-4216
Santa Barbara #094 Fern Halperin 805-964-4118
Silicon Valley #126 Peggy Martinez 408-532-0440
Solano #082 Rochelle Stacey 707-447-0384
Sonoma County #023 Richard Brady 707-546-1326
Southern Alameda County #201 Fred L. Hodsoll 510-656-0468
Visalia-Tulare #110 Beverly Rudd 559-624-0557
COLORADO
Denver Metro #106 Rosy Probst 303-986-2394
Grand Valley #186 Edgar A. Schneider 970-434-9880
Northern Colorado #085 Jim Parker 970-353-4879
Pikes Peak #160 Marilyn Thiel 719-338-6218
Wheat Ridge (Exempla Med Ctr) #280 Kathy Reimanis, WOCN 303-425-2510
CONNECTICUT
Central CT #037 Gail Smuda 860-628-8291
Hartford #016 Mary Babbitt 860-568-8173
Meriden-Middlesex #048 Helen Coty 203-265-0278
New London County #182 Ruth Connelly 860-445-0826
Southern Fairfield County #119 Patricia Childs 203-762-8836
Waterbury Area #024 Bob Baker 860-868-2311
DELAWARE
Delmarva Friends #166 Lynda Dunham 302-644-8899
Wilmington #170 Frank Hough 302-239-5907
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Metropolitan Washington #029 Anastasia Johnson 301-218-7559
FLORIDA
Broward County #019 Wendy Lueder 954-537-0662
Charlotte County #155 Roger Wilson 941-743-7285
Citrus County #055 Frank Yetner 352-341-0005
Clearwater #004 Joan Chambers 727-595-9656
Collier County (Naples) #112 Ken Schena 239-263-4957
Coral Springs Hosp (Caring & Sharing) #264 Patty Paxton-Alan CWOCN 954-344-3094
Gainesville #100 Nelson Griffiths 352-376-8703
Indian River County #234 Peggy Pfalzgraf 772-567-4311x4032
Jupiter #245 Phyllis Hunt 561-746-1252
Lake County #277 Lorraine Brown 352-242-8707
Ocala/Marion County #151 Karen Franco 352-237-4790
Orlando/Central FL #040 Shelley Dittmer 407-332-4922
Palm Beach #250 Barbara Nussbaum 561-491-8142
Polk County #008 Bill Schmidt 863-858-7583
SaraTee (Sarasota) #132 Isabella Mallon 941-921-3817
South Bay Hosp (near Tampa) #188 Sara O’Neal 813-634-3301x1733
South Brevard County #169 Nancy Walle 321-254-3976
South Palm Beach County #113 Irwin Goldman 561-733-7594
St Petersburg (Continent Ostomy) #251 Bill Ninnis 727-825-1495
Tarpon Springs (Helen Ellis Memorial) #267 Laura Krave 727-452-4410
Venice #021 Robert Cohen 941-484-0607
GEORGIA
Atlanta #142 Bobbie Brewer 770-952-4906
Macon (Middle Georgia) #233 Sam Wilson 478-477-8337
HAWAII
Hawaii Island #214 Linda Dusek Ravenell 808-982-9510
IDAHO
Boise Area #068 Earl Silverstein 208-939-7292
Lewiston ID / Clarkston WA #134 Mary Summers 208-743-8119
ILLINOIS
Arlington Hts (NW Community Hosp) #266 Diane Davis-Zeek 847-618-3222
Aurora #157 Joe Rundle 630-879-5295
Bloomington-Normal #089 Sandra Snyder 309-828-3836
Carbondale (SIH Memorial Hosp) #231 Debra Newbolds 618-549-0721x65616
Champaign & Urbana #283 Duane Buhr 217-583-3307
Chicago Area #093 Jane Michnik 847-287-4599
Chicago SW Suburban #224 Edna Wooding 708-423-5641
DuPage County #091 Bret Cromer 630-499-9528
Granite City (Gateway Med Ctr) #209 April Kuhlman,RN,CWOCN 618-288-7474
Kankakee #022 Charlie Grotevant 815-949-1551
  • Joliet (Outreach Grp) #022 Nora Needy 815-838-1929
  • Morris (Outreach Grp) #022 Norma Arnsdorff 815-942-4229
Lake County #150 Barb Canter 847-394-1586
Peoria Area #141 Sharon Mollenhour 309-699-9448
Quad City #046 Mary Gloeckner 309-779-2803
Quincy Area #257 Ronald Daniels 217-833-2165
Salem (Township Hosp) #229 Kaytie Torango 618-526-9626
Springfield (Capitol) #273 George Dahmm 217-732-6234
Sterling Area #135 John Ordean 815-625-7971
West Central IL #147 Carrie Carls 217-479-5769
Wheaton (Great Diversions) #240 Anthony Giordano 630-462-1749
INDIANA
Central Indiana #058 Gene Alvarez 317-889-5636
Elkhart Area #183 Bob Peters 574-534-7494
Lutheran Hosp (Ft Wayne) #051 Michelle Witte 260-435-7430
Valparaiso #225 Sarah Grcich, WOCN 219-263-7092
IOWA
Cedar Rapids/Iowa City #171 Carol Haack 319-530-6749
Central IA #255 Nancy RaeAnn Miller 641-868-2120
Des Moines (Heart of IA) #219 Jim Johnson 515-277-5309
Fort Madison (Community Hosp) #223 Laurie Lampe, RN 319-376-2223
Keokuk #057 Rita Hickey 319-463-7047
Sioux City (Siouxland) #248 Richard Lindblom 712-251-2453
Spencer #247 Deb Theesfeld 712-426-4771
KANSAS
Fort Scott #015 Gareth D. Reed 620-223-0246
Hutchinson #042 Patsy Studt 620-662-5705
Kansas City #031 Elaine Granberg 913-236-4577
KENTUCKY
Lexington (Bluegrass Chapter) #181 Phyliss Roll 859-219-1701
Louisville Area #107 John Mikkalsen 502-339-7568
Owensboro Area #096 Lisa Mayfield 270-233-4278
Paducah #079 Glenda Dye 270-554-8348
LOUISIANA
Baton Rouge #263 Laurie Hood 225-381-6355
New Orleans Area #272 Jeanne Wright 504-864-1991
Rapides Parish #137 Michael O'Brien 318-640-8833
Shreveport-Bossier #066 Duane Ebarb 318-688-4830
MAINE
Portland #064 Paul Brady 207-934-4055
Waterville #084 Susan Gurney 207-861-3350
MARYLAND
Anne Arundel County #095 Paul Rossi 410-647-6171
Baltimore #145 Emily Stoner 410-243-0751
Chesapeake Potomac Home Health #108 Amber Fowler 800-656-4343x227
Cecil County #235 James Rea 410-398-0170
Metro Maryland #279 M. Scott Bowling 301-946-6661
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston area #208 Beth Meltzer-Abelow 508-270-4656
  • Attleboro #208 Debbie Florio 508-286-4155
  • Continent Procedures #208 Donna Loehner, RNET 781-273-5100
  • Framingham #208 Pat Ebberling, RN/ET 508-383-1238
  • Gay & Lesbian #208 Bill Bonomi 617-734-1193
  • Newcomers/Peer Support #208 Beth Abelow 617-522-0920
  • North Shore #208 Lisa Scanzillo 978-538-1964
  • Northwest #208 Donna Loehner, RNET 781-273-5100
  • Ostomy Adventure Group #208 Shaughn Thomas 617-395-1251
  • Pull-Thru Group #208 Linda Alexander, CWOCN 617-638-5752
  • South Shore #208 Deborah Oakes 781-340-8134
Cape Cod #044 R.L. Dwyer 508-394-5618
Springfield #163 Robert Landers 413-786-0505
MICHIGAN
Detroit Area #218 Dennis Uren 248-852-2876
Flint Area #271 Phyllis W. Hall 810-655-8545
Lansing #028 Barb Schmidgall 517-282-4539
Macomb County #071 Carol Wheatley 586-381-3244
Mid-Michigan #049 William Kienitz 989-463-3752
Saginaw Tri-County #268 Robert Bloom 989-845-4440
MINNESOTA
Albert Lea/Austin #282 Stacy Palmer 507-383-6041
Duluth Area #244 Barbara Roubal 715-392-8498
Minneapolis #090 Mike Carlson 952-948-5170
South Central MN #045 Edward Schaus 507-934-2089
St. Paul #007 Eileen C. Bohrer 651-455-6467
  • Chisago City (Outreach Grp) #007 James Gits 651-429-1274
  • Stillwater (Outreach Grp) #007 Dallas Zimmerman 651-439-2075
MISSISSIPPI
Jackson #041 Delbert Oliver 601-956-8521
MISSOURI
Cape Girardeau #275 Linda Wessel,RN,CWOCN 573-651-5844
Joplin #067 Ken Meistad 417-781-5970
Kansas City #031 Elaine Granberg 913-236-4577
Mid-Missouri #213 Betty Jo Leonard 573-635-3561
Springfield #127 Nancy Witt 866-630-0201
St. Louis #124 LeeAnn Barcus 636-751-3899
MONTANA
Great Falls #221 Pat Hilgendorf 406-454-2211
NEBRASKA
Kearney #230 Marlys Bauer 308-237-3407
Lincoln #153 John Stevens 402-310-3496
North Platte #220 Cynthia (Cindy) Einspahr 308-534-1147
Omaha #185 Marilyn J. Schiltz 402-397-4796
NEVADA
Las Vegas #116 Elizabeth Mauck 702-452-5427
Reno #053 Dody Gustafson 775-857-4327
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Dover (Wentworth-Douglas Hosp) #252 Sue Gonet 603-740-2832
Seacoast (Exeter Hosp) #253 Jerra Sullivan 603-580-7285
NEW JERSEY
Bayonne #191 Lawrence Pilarski 201-339-5251
Essex County #017 Paula Von Rosendahl 973-239-1616
Middlesex County #026 Charles McDevitt 732-572-3298
Morris County #075 George Salamy 908-879-1229
North Jersey #063 Charles Priesing 973-633-9840
Somerset County #120 Ed Wheeler 908-534-7897
Southern New Jersey #002 Ken Aukett 856-854-3737
Warren County #033 Cathy Kiley 610-252-4777
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque #139 Susan Mueller 505-830-2135
NMVAHCS (NM Veterans) #128 Theresa Nussbaumer 505-265-1711
NEW YORK
Binghamton (Lourdes Hosp) #269 Joan Kupetsky 607-798-6169
Chautauqua County #202 Robert S. Williams 716-483-0738
Genesee Valley #161 Joan DeMay 315-333-5116
Long Island/Nassau #123 Aileen Gould 516-759-0734
Mid-Hudson #006 Paulette Reda 845-297-0587
New York Colostomy Society #080 Marge Scannell 718-884-1639
New York Ileostomy Assoc. #097 Diane Watkin 212-864-1968
Niagara Frontier #034 Martin Quinn 716-839-4259
Orange County #118 Carolyn Demarmels 845-343-1863x8503
Rockland County #117 Debra L. Siddi, RN 845-368-5277
Schenectady #212 Terri Pittman 518-243-3501
Staten Island and Brooklyn #136 Theresa Alessi 718-356-7505
Suffolk County #146 Sarah Kraft 631-209-2006
Syracuse (Crouse Hospital) #195 Heidi H. Cross 315-470-7300
Twin Tier #050 Peggy Ledin 607-796-6097
Westchester #121 Jean Kelly 914-699-8476
NORTH CAROLINA
Cabarrus County #175 Dennis Compton 704-933-0884
Charlotte #078 Carla Mellon 704-863-6524
Mason Lindley Miracle Foundation #027 Chuck Lindley 336-229-9346
Sandhills #070 Gloria Tanner 910-215-8086
Triangle (Raleigh area) #167 Dan Wiley 919-477-8363
NORTH DAKOTA
Minot #020 Penny Hansan 701-852-6108
OHIO
Akron Area #104 Eric Floyd 330-773-9904
Central Ohio #196 Virgil/Nancy Hager 614-989-4885
Cincinnati Area #199 Howard Rechel 513-881-2547
Cleveland #122 Laurie Mann 440-347-0973
Clinton County Area #154 Kevin Kmett 937-382-3910
Dayton #025 Nancy Folino 513-754-1052
Lorain County #083 Judith N. Hlas 440-926-2243
Mid Ohio Valley #210 Vickie Taylor 304-861-1010
OKLAHOMA
Lawton-Fort Sill #009 James A. Rice 580-536-9950
North Central OK #011 Bob Baumel 580-765-0050
  • Enid #011 Larry Boyer 580-402-1883
  • Ponca City #011 Bob Baumel 580-765-0050
  • Stillwater #011 Bill Drew 405-372-3464
Oklahoma City #111 LaVerna Reid 405-341-5330
Tulsa #152 Kay Pugh 918-446-8542
OREGON
Bend - Central OR #192 WOCN, St Charles Hosp 541-318-4940
Lane County #056 Andy Gottesman 541-484-2307
Portland (Oregon OA) #211 Caroline Uphill 503-644-5331
PENNSYLVANIA
Armstrong County #241 Sandra Kapp 724-545-9172
Central PA #005 Grace Lepperd 814-944-2766
Clearfield Hospital #238 Peg Barnes 814-765-6161
Gettysburg/Hanover #261 Eleanor Smith 717-352-7788
Harrisburg #236 Lorring Gross 717-232-1412
Lackawanna County #168 Bill Shrader 570-254-6323
Lancaster County #092 Tracy Harbold 717-293-1327
Lower Bucks County #180 Dennis Hickey 215-638-3297
Mercer County #204 George Yurkon 724-962-5451
Northeastern PA Susquehanna Valley #281 Ellen Tyree RN,CWOCN 570-214-4901
Philadelphia #193 Stanley Cooper 215-487-2584
Pottstown Area #198 Norman D. Yocom 610-323-2530
Riddle Hospital - Media PA #189 Dee Foster, CWOCN 610-627-4273
RHODE ISLAND
Rhode Island #003 Don Fowler 401-461-4405
SOUTH CAROLINA
Charleston Area #270 Mary Ellen Millhouse 843-766-4528
Florence #047 Cindy Jones Norris 843-674-5645
Lowcountry #258 Harvey Shatz 843-548-0693
North Strand #174 Regina Holmes 843-716-7579
SOUTH DAKOTA
Mitchell Area #207 Dorthey Muilenburg 605-946-5264
TENNESSEE
Chattanooga #054 W.B."Bill" Johnson 423-877-1988
Clarksville #260 Janice E. Mossman 270-522-9200
Maury Regional Hospital #206 Nancy Scott 931-388-0850
Middle Tennessee #179 Robert Howell 615-409-6070
Nashville #176 Alan Ashendorf 615-662-7639
Tri-City Regional #014 J. Ronald Winter 423-542-2433
Upper Cumberland #242 Jean McMahon 931-456-3634
TEXAS
Abilene (Hendrick Med Ctr) #131 Charlotte L. Allen 325-670-4302
Austin #143 Carol Laubach 512-339-6388
Brownwood (Heart of TX) #217 Joan Countess 325-643-5820
Canton (U-CAN-2) #228 Suzanne Lindley 903-567-7719
Central Texas #088 Ted Hodge 254-771-3846
Concho Valley (San Angelo) #265 Andy Andrae 325-653-5159
Dallas #164 Dave Darnell 972-931-9651
Fort Worth #216 Connie Dankesreiter 817-561-1961
Houston Area #130 Terry Marriott 713-668-8433
Longview #165 Barb Williams 903-759-9830
Lubbock (South Plains) #259 Kristi Berry RN, WOCN 806-787-9330
Southeast TX Golden Triangle #203 Don Schram 409-769-3476
South TX (San Antonio) #190 Diane Armstead 210-684-2775
Tyler Area #237 Jim Plyler 903-561-7425
West Texas #087 Weldon Dawson 432-550-6462
UTAH
Ogden #205 Cory Ercanbrack, WOCN 801-387-5146
Salt Lake City #262 Linda Neiswender, RN,WOCN 801-662-3693
St George #274 David Pehlke 435-688-2889
VIRGINIA
Charlottesville #162 Kathy Doby 434-975-4710
Northern VA #065 Donna A. McHugh 703-802-3457
Prince William County #276 Donald H. Bennett 703-670-4773
Roanoke Valley #172 John Webb 540-563-1496
Shenandoah Valley #114 Roy J. Derrow 540-350-2427
WASHINGTON
Lewiston ID / Clarkston WA #134 Mary Summers 208-743-8119
Mid-Columbia (Richland) #278 Wayne Pelly 509-735-1005
Olympia #232 Cathy Erickson 360-427-7215
Seattle #035 Miriam Williams 206-367-0814
Skagit Valley Hospital #285 Cathy Schaeffer, CWON 360-424-2600
Snohomish County #036 Cathryn Dihle 425-337-7221
Tacoma Bremerton #115 Steve Strizic 253-531-9288
Whidbey Island #284 Vern Olsen 360-678-5019
WEST VIRGINIA
Charleston Area #243 Doug Milgram 304-965-0122
Mid Ohio Valley #210 Vickie Taylor 304-861-1010
WISCONSIN
Beloit Memorial Hospital #030 Karen Draves, RN 608-363-5705
Chippewa Valley #138 Judith Lippold 715-834-8976
Duluth (MN) Area #244 Barbara Roubal 715-392-8498
Green Bay Area #077 Chris Demeuse 920-499-8742
Jefferson County #227 Carl/Betty Schroeder 920-478-2498
Tri State WI #159 Lois Buss 608-781-0879
Waukesha #256 Bruce Thompson 262-549-1959
OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES
Bermuda #156 Lynn John 441-236-6272
Puerto Rico #158 Martha Velez de Nieves 787-762-3314
Trinidad & Tobago #249 Charmaine Edwards 868-669-6229
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