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March 2008

TNA Support Group Meeting Calendar

Check back for more activities as they're added

April

1

Jacksonville, FL

Pittsburgh, PA - Cancelled due to weather - rescheduled in April

2

Brockton, MA

8

Chicago, IL

Denver, CO

Raleigh, NC - Cancelled

10

Waco, TX

12

Detroit, MI

15

Buffalo, NY

Modesto, CA

Pendleton, IN

Twin Cities, MN

Tampa Bay

16

Kansas City, MO

29

Tucson, AZ

31

Nashville, TN

 

 

North East Florida TNA Support Group

Saturday, March 1, 2008

1:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Memorial Hospital

3625 University Boulevard

Community Meeting Wing

Jacksonville, FL

Program: To be announced

Contact: Patty Hill – 904/285-5307 or Charlie Doolittle – 904/797-2382

 

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Pittsburgh Area TNA Support Group - Cancelled due to weather - rescheduled in April

Saturday, March 1, 2008

10:00 AM

Allegheny General Hospital

320 East North Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA 15212

Cafeteria Meeting Rooms

Program: Supporting one another

Contact: Sandra at 724-352-9187 or mamawjafra@zoominternet.net

Bring a guest

 

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Eastern Massachusetts TNA Support Group

Sunday, March 2, 2008

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Brockton Hospital Assembly Room

680 Centre Street

Brockton, MA 02302

Program:  To be announced

 

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Chicago TNA Support Group

Saturday, March 8, 2008

10:00 AM - 12:00 NOON

Swedish Covenant Hospital

Foster Ave. (5200 N) California Ave. (2800 W)

Chicago, IL

Titus Johnson Room

Program:  To be announced

Contact: John or Aimee 815-886-2808, Betty 219-464-4316

 

 

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Colorado TNA Support Group

Saturday, March 8, 2008

11:00 AM

St. Anthony’s Central Hospital

4231 West 16th Avenue

Denver, CO

Auditorium B

Directions:  Two blocks north of West Colfax on Quitman Street

Parking available in Parking Lot 4, which is on the hospital's EAST side and is close to where you enter the building to get to Auditorium B. Free courtesy parking tokens will be provided by our TNA support group to attendees who park in Parking Lot 4.

Program:  Dr. Natalie Serkova, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Radiology at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center. She will present an update on preclinical and diagnostic imaging technologies for diagnosis and treatment of TN

Immediately following the meeting, there will be a tour of the Rocky Mountain Gamma Knife Center (located at the hospital) for those who wish to attend and learn more about the gamma-knife treatment that some people have used for TN.

 

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Carolinas TNA Support Group

Saturday, March 8, 2008 - Meeting cancelled

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Rex Cancer Center

4420 Lake Boone Trail

Raleigh, NC  27607

Program:  To be announced

For more information, email C.J. Harris at: cjh914@aol.com

 

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Waco, TX TNA Support Group

Monday, March 10, 2008

6:00 PM to 7:00 PM        Dinner in Hospital’s Magnolia Restaurant  

7:00 PM to 8:30 PM        Meeting in Auditorium                                           

Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center

3000 Herring Avenue

Waco, TX  76708

Program: Jane Boles, TNA Executive Director & CEO

R.S.V.P.  Mary Ann Lippe 254-857-9166 or ImaJoy Jansky 254-836-1108

 

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Suburban Detroit TNA Support Group

WEDNESDAY, March 12, 2008

6:00 PM

Beaumont Hospital

3601 West 13 Mile Road

Royal Oak, MI 48073

Classroom 2 – Administration Building – Lower Level

Dr. Brian Copeland – Midland Neurosurgeon

For more information, contact:

T. A. Guith (1-248-643-9131; tagdude@webtv.net)

Lynn Ruppe (1-313-882-8769; LRRuppe@aol.com)

 

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Buffalo TNA Support Group

Saturday, March 15, 2008

12:00 NOON - 1:30 PM

Olympic Restaurant

4611 Genesee Street

Cheektowaga, NY 14225

Directions: Genesee Street near Transit Rd. across from Buffalo Airport

Program:  To be announced

Contact: kittymhart@aol.com

 

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Central Valley, CA TNA Support Group

Saturday, March 15, 2008

1:00PM - 3:00 PM

Stanislaus Surgical Hospital

1421 Oakdale Rd

Modesto, CA

Program: TN/Facial Pain

Contact: Carol 209-531-2232

Other: Free handouts, Library of DVDs/Books/Tapes, etc

 

 

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Central Indiana TNA Support Group

Saturday, March 15, 2008

10:00 AM

Trinity Life Center

5900 State Road 13 South

Pendleton, IN 46051

(1.5 miles north of I - 69 on State Road 13)

Program: Dr. Aaron Cohen, Neurosurgeon from the Indy Neurosurgical Group

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Twin Cities TNA Support Group

Saturday, March 15, 2008

10:30 AM to 12:00 NOON

North Memorial Hospital

Pine Crest Room

3300 Oakdale Avenue North

Robbinsdale, MN

Tel: 763-520-5200

Program:   Medications-Medical Management of TN

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Tampa Bay TNA Support Group

Saturday, March 15, 2008

2:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Helen Ellis Hospital

1395 South Pinellas Avenue

Alternate Route 19 (also called South Pinellas Ave.)

Blue Room

Tarpon Springs, FL

Program:  To be announced

Water and juice provided

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Kansas City TNA Support Group

Sunday, March 16, 2008

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

St. Joseph Hospital Community Center

1-435 & State Line

Kansas City, MO

Program: Panel of 3 Support Group members with recent successful MVDs

Contact:  Jean 913-491-1133

 

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Tucson, AZ TNA Support Group

Saturday, March 29, 2008

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Woods-Memorial Public Library

3455 North 1st Avenue

Small meeting room

Tucson, AZ

Directions: 1st Avenue south of Prince on west side of road

Program: Review of TNA website

Contact: Angela at 520-877-2236 or alohasorensen@yahoo.com

 

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Nashville, TN TNA Support Group

Monday, March 31, 2008

6:30 PM

St. Thomas Hospital

Conference Room A

Guest Speaker: Bo Sebastian Speaking on Hypnotherapy

 

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