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Members of the volunteer TNA Support Network provide support and information that empowers patients to make informed decisions about their treatment of TN and related facial pain conditions.  

Serving as one-on-one support for facial pain patients, families, friends and medical professionals in their area, this vital link further strengthens TNA’s ability to provide local information in a timely and accurate fashion. 

The Support Network is an important source of help, hope and encouragement to those suffering from TN and related facial pain. Through discussions with fellow patients, our patients learn not only treatment information but how to more effectively cope with the devastating emotional challenges of this incredibly painful disorder.


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International Support

The Facial Pain Association (formerly The Trigeminal Neuralgia Association) Support Network has been established in many cities in the U.S., Canada, and internationally.   New groups and network patient contacts are constantly being developed, so if you don't see a contact in your area or if you would be interested in becoming involved, please contact Cindy Ezell, TNA Coordinator of Patient Support. 


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ALASKA      
Support Group Telephone Support
 

Anchorage

Bob Aiken

(907) 688-2623

bobaiken@mtaonline.net

 

John Lillie

(907) 248-0486 

   
 

Fairbanks

Audrey Parker

(907) 456-7091

audreyparker@worldnet.att.net

   
 
ALABAMA
Support Group Telephone Support
 

Piedmont

Jane Law-Kirk

(256)447-6026

greatday02@aol.com

 
ARIZONA
Support Group Telephone Support
 

Phoenix

Louise McCage

(623) 934-5653

   

Scottsdale

Roger Levy

(480) 951-2942

rogerlew@q.com

 
   

Tucson

Angela Sorensen *

(520) 877-2236

facialpain.tucson@gmail.com  

Tucson

Charles Panian

(520) 399-2466

mrcpanian@cox.net 

Wendell Bard

(520) 883-2727

bjandwebard@msn.com

 
ARKANSAS
Support Group Telephone Support
 

El Dorado

Nell Channell

(870) 863-7862

tn.channell@sbcglobal.net

   
 

Huntsville

Polly Potter

(479) 738-1355

ppotter@uark.edu

   
 

Van Buren

Carla Pilgrim

(479)788-8901

carcgar@hotmail.com

   
 
CALIFORNIA
Support Group Telephone Support
 

Galt

Annette Nelson

(209) 745-1737

canelson46@sbcglobal.net

   
 

Lodi

Carol Muller

(209) 369-6594

p-cmuller@softcom.net

   

Northridge

Sarah Wolfe

(818) 885-8500, ext. 2565

sarah.wolfe@chw.edu

Sandy Whetsel

redfirebird55@yahoo.com

   

North San Francisco Bay

John Porter

(510) 501-5550

John.C.Porter@uscg.mil

 
   

Orange County

Sandy Whetsel

(714) 279-9717

Deborah Kurilchyk

deborah.kurilchyk@sce.com

Orange County

Linda Stahl-Smith

(949) 589-7877

Claire Castle

(949) 472-127

   

Sacramento

Allan Enis

(916) 774-4792

 
   

San Diego Area

Cherie Sato *

(760) 729-8987

ticnewsandiego@yahoo.com

 
   

San Francisco / San Jose

Bennett Bloomfield

(650) 573-6292

chiefbmb@yahoo.com

 

Emily Diaz

(408) 846-0618

iemily@mac.com

 
   
 

San Gabriel Valley

Terah Biszantz

(626) 967-2921

terahb@earthlink.net

   

Santa Barbara / Oxnard

Susan Kline

(805) 988-7599

skline@chw.edu

 
   

Stockton-San Joaquin County

Carlin Lagrutta *

(209) 464-7171

carlin.stockton.tna.support@comcast.net

 

Carol Belluomo

(209) 358-9475

cbelluomo@sbcglobal.net

 
 

Woodbridge

Linda Butler

(209) 334-2453

lbwaldenpond@aol.com

CO
Support Group Telephone Support

Colorado Springs

Sharon Jones      sk_jones@comcast.net

719-632-3457

 
   
 

Lakewood

Elizabeth Kristel

(303) 989-2656

   
 
FLORIDA  
Support Group Telephone Support
 

Bay Pines - West Coast

Dorothy Rainwater, R.N.

(727) 363-1717

dotty33706@aol.com

   

 

Boca Raton

Lillian Schwartz

(973) 992-0969

   

Cape Coral

Tom Bamford

(293) 458-3690

captivamoon@comcast.net

 
   

Coral Gables

Leader needed

Please contact Cindy Ezell at:

cezell@tna-support.org

 
   
 

Lake County

Cheryl Handren

(352) 314-8829

chandren@hughes.net       

   
 

Lake Worth

Joe Benjamin

(561) 642-2827

   

Melbourne

Dennis Farina

(321) 242-8416

Joan Lovitt

(321) 242-2939

joaniern1970@aol.com

 
   
 

Naples

Harriet Hirsch

(239) 643-7182

 

Mary Lou Watson

January thru April

(239) 261-3163

   

Northeast

Leader needed

Please contact Cindy Ezell at:

cezell@tna-support.org

 
   
 

Orlando

Pat Rush

(863) 297-6563

rushgolf@aol.com

 

Rowe Jones

(407) 893-6865

rowe@rowejones.com

   
 

Punta Gorda

Lois Bolger

(941) 639-5874

loismbolger@gmail.com

   
 

Palm Beach

Betty Gordon

(561) 278-6121

Bettygor@comcast.net    

   
 

St. Augustine

Charlie Doolittle

(904) 797-2382

   

Tampa Bay Area

Rohn Harmer

(813) 949-2879

bubbman@aol.com

 

Regina Cook

(352)238-3054

regi1@tampabay.rr.com

 
   
 

West Palm Beach

Ilene Gerber

(561) 624-9494

   

Bilingual Support (Spanish/English)

Delray Beach

Elsa Lescano

(561) 495-9022   

 
GEORGIA
Support Group Telephone Support

 

Atlanta

Gail Pilger

(770) 391-0842

aepilger@comcast.net

 

Patricia Sumerford

(706)579-2499   

patsysumerford@alltel.net

 
IDAHO
Support Group Telephone Support
 

Spirit Lake

Eunice Gillam

(208) 457-9235

 
 
ILLINOIS
Support Group Telephone Support
 

Charleston

Michelle Faires

(217) 549-1172

endtnpain@hotmail.com

   

Chicago Area

John and Aimee Kerkemeyer *

815-886-2808

tnagrp@hotmail.com

Betty Luckett

(219) 464-4316

rblucky@comcast.net

Rochelle Levin

(773) 274-2951

rochelle28@sbcglobal.net

 

   

O’Fallon

Beth O’Toole

(618) 628-3451

tnabetho2L@yahoo.com

O’Fallon

Beth O’Toole

(618) 628-3451

tnabetho2L@yahoo.com

   

Peoria

Eden Blair

(309) 282-6404

esblair@bradley.edu

 
INDIANA
Support Group Telephone Support
 

Hartford City

Jon A. Bell *  

(765) 348-3326

jonalanbell@sbcglobal.net

   

Lapel

Kathleen Hays

(765) 534-5053 

teacherhays50@aol.com 

 
   
   
IOWA
Support Group Telephone Support
 

Clear Lake

Gloria Goerish

(641) 357-5188

goulash@netins.net

 
KANSAS
Support Group Telephone Support

Wichita

Vicki Gordon

(316) 788-3576

kuvicki@aol.com

 
   

Kansas City

Claude and Jean Aldridge *

(913) 491-1133

claude.aldridge@lpl.com

jean.aldridge@frkc.com

 
 
KENTUCKY
Support Group Telephone Support

Lexington

George Zack *

(859) 266-6486 

zack@uky.edu 

 
 
LOUISIANA
Support Group Telephone Support
 

Lake Charles

Del Babineaux

(337) 477-4643

   
 

New Orleans

Linda Flint

tmflint1@bellsouth.net

 
MAINE
Support Group Telephone Support
 

Belgrade

Pat Knight, R.N.

(207) 495-2564

patatcamp@roadrunner.com

   
 

Hartford

Deborah Berman

mountaindeb@yahoo.com

 
MARYLAND
Support Group Telephone Support

Baltimore

Mary Lou Watson

May – Dec

(410)337-7079

Silver Springs

Denise Darling

(301) 933-7071

nise.darling@marriott.com

 
MASSACHUSETTS

Support Group Telephone Support

Boston Area

Christine Canavan *

(508) 588-3566

EasternMATNA@gmail.com 

 
   

 

Leominster

Mary Anderson

(978) 537-7936

meanderson29@verizon.net

   

Springfield

Susan Urban

(413) 739-1789

tnmasg@comcast.ne

 
 
MICHIGAN
Support Group Telephone Support

Metro Detroit

Nell Scribner

(313) 867-7734

nscribner@att.net

 

Lana Updike *

(313) 843-6825

jupdike@comcast.net

 

   

Suburban Detroit 

Tim Guith

(248) 643-9131

tagdude@webtv.net

 

Lynn Ruppe

(313) 882-8769

lrruppe@aol.com

 
   
 

Jackson

Christine Welliver

(517) 787-2818

   
 

Pigeon

Dr. Donald Rogers

(517) 453-3988

   
 

Southwest Michigan

Tom Vanden Heuvel

(616) 403-6527

tomlaur@aol.com

   
 

Toledo

Nancy Barchard

(734) 847-8169

   
 

Upper Michigan

Nina Johnson

(906) 786-9459

ninajohnson@uplogon.com

 
 
MINNESOTA
Support Group Telephone Support

St. Cloud

Mary Hall

(320) 252-4498

marytn@charter.net

 

   

Twin Cities

Mary Lou Peterson

(612) 727-1715

marylou@giftofheritage.com

Twin Cities

Mary Lou Ackelson

(651) 451-624

 
 
 
MISSOURI
Support Group Telephone Support

Kansas City

Claude and Jean Aldridge *

(913) 491-1133

claude.aldridge@lpl.com

jean.aldridge@frkc.com

 
   

St. Louis

David Voracek

(314) 771-6211

UCityDave@aol.com

 

St. Louis

Mary Kate Jensen

(314) 968-2092

jensensnt@aol.com

 

Roxanne Crawley

(314) 921-5769

rbcatdoa@sbcglobal.net

   
 
MONTANA
Support Group Telephone Support
 

Bozeman

John Morris

(406) 587-7809

(406) 587-0772

Helena

Douglas Carpenter

(406) 475-9769

carpendc@juno.com

 
 
NEBRASKA
Support Group Telephone Support
 

Lincoln

Wardell “Dell” Smith

(402) 423-4202

dsmith24@neb.rr.com 

 

Donna Shuster

(402) 477-7656

   
 

Omaha

P.J. Morgan

(402) 397-7775

 
NEVADA
Support Group Telephone Support

Las Vegas

William (Bill) Starr

(702) 263-7716

wisdom3@cox.net

 

 
 
 
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Support Group Telephone Support

Center Harbor

Leader needed

Please contact Cindy Ezell at:

cezell@tna-support.org

Center Harbor

Nikki Clifford-Vachon

(603) 393-6838

sadie1of7@hotmail.com

   
 

Hampton

Claire Way

(603) 926-3958

   
 

Wilton

Diane Nilsson

(603) 878-0967

 
 
NEW JERSEY
Support Group Telephone Support
 

Bogota

Joe Shuler

(201) 488-5027

   
 

Long Valley

Barbara Noffke

(908) 876-3268

b.noffke@comcast.net

   
 

Mount Holly

Lisa Dornisch

(609) 265-0575

Dornischbdog@aol.com

   

 

Ocean County

John Lanzer

(732) 415-7716 or (201) 945-9355

jlanz4@msn.com

 

Josephine Miello

(201) 945-935

   
 

Princeton

Everard Pinneo

(609) 921-0326

   
 

Westwood

Jerry Newman

(201) 664-0163

 
 
NEW MEXICO
Support Group Telephone Support
 

Alburquerque

Lorraine Garcia

(505) 864-7065

emeraldx47@juno.com

 
 
NEW YORK
Support Group Telephone Support


Albany

Carol Bloom

(518) 377-6399

jst1ducky@aol.com

   

Buffalo

Kitty Hart

(716) 839-3429

Kittyhart@aol.com

 

Ellen Goldstein

(716) 883-8187

(716) 523-5236

egpr@aol.com

 
   
 

Elmira

Barbara Winter

(607) 739-7330

   

Long Island

Regina Kearns

(516) 887-2037

 
   

Manhattan

Manhattan

Fred Rosenfeld

(212) 580-9279

 

Rev. Marion Zell Schwartzman

(212) 243-4671

 

Ann Warren

(215) 862-2921

swedishice@aol.com

   
 

Mid-Hudson Area

Tim Curtin

(845) 496-7956

tcurtin@hvc.rr.com

   
 

Queens

Larry Michelotti

(718) 843-7386 after 6pm

   
 

Syracuse

Diane Adams

(315) 637-6632

just_daffodils@hotmail.com

 
 
NORTH CAROLINA
Support Group Telephone Support
 

Asheville

Susan Albu

(828) 658-9840

   

 

Cary

Marge & Larry Oslund

(919) 467-2942

   


Coastal Area

Carol Kroslow

(843) 237-0135

   

              

Greensboro

Joan Stratton

(336) 855-6199

rstrat1995@aol.com

   
 

Hendersonville

Rev. Ronald Greiser

(828) 692-6703

   

Wilmington - Coastal

Anita Davis*

(910) 686-6210

IXIIV@Bellsouth.net

 
 
 
OHIO  
Support Group Telephone Support

Cincinnati Area

Nancy McMahon

(513) 475-8646

mcmahon@mayfieldclinic.com

 

Beverly Wendel

(513) 793-4169

 

Gail Montag

(513) 683-5067

 

   

Cleveland

Sandy Osthoff

(216) 328-0001

SandySOSO@aol.com

 

Susan Freed

(216) 481-6294

Turkfreed@aol.com

Cleveland

Judy Smith

(440) 871-073

   
 

Cleveland Heights

Alan Federman

(216) 321-7010

acf1950@aol.com

 
 
OREGON  
Support Group Telephone Support

 

Enterprise

Molly Murrill *

(541) 426-3749

hubenme@uci.net

   

 

Pacific NW

Ruth Purchase

(503) 842-4938

pacificnwtna@hotmail.com

   
 

Portland

Brenda Dengo

(503) 591-5451

 
 
PENNSYLVANIA  
Support Group Telephone Support

Philadelphia

Sue Remmey

(215) 576-7757

suerem@juno.com

 

Joyce Lewis

(610) 645-0691

Philadelphia

Leon Belancio

(215) 728-1223

 

Lisa Dornisch

(609) 265-0575

Dornischbdog@aol.com

   

Pittsburgh

Sandra Sweesy

(724) 352-9187

mamawjafra@zoominternet.net

 
   
 

Shavertown

Mary Bershee

(570) 696-0613

 
 
PUERTO RICO  
Support Group Telephone Support
 

San Juan

Altagracea Davila

(787) 789-6961

 
 
SOUTH CAROLINA  
Support Group Telephone Support
 

Aiken

Brian & Stephanie Cronin

(803) 514-2158

pilgrim83@atlanticbb.net

   
 

Coastal Area

Carol Kroslow

(843) 237-0135

   
 

Columbia

Karen Herrington

(803) 782-2313/(803) 665-4022

krherrington@sc.rr.com

   
 

Fort Mill

Red Lawhern *

(803) 547-4934   

lawhern@comporium.net

   
 

Orangeburg

Ann Reynolds

(803) 534-4520

 
 
TENNESSEE  
Support Group Telephone Support

Knoxville

Doris Ballew

(865)859--0506 (eve.)

dorisandbob@comcast.net

dballew@lawlerwood.com

 

Jan Bailey

(865) 577-0461

mtnjan311@aol.com

 
   

Murphreesboro

Shirley Luscinski *

(931) 307-9481

sluscins@mtsu.edu

 
   

Nashville, Middle Tennessee

Laura Hillis

(615) 371-3205

LHILLIS@norandal.com

 

Shirley Luscinski *

(931) 307-9481

sluscins@mtsu.edu

 
 
 
TEXAS  
Support Group Telephone Support

Austin

Leader needed

Please contace Cindy Ezell at:

cezell@tna-support.org

 

   
 

Burnet - Hill Country

Joyce Tull

(512) 793-2025

tull@tstar.net

   

Dallas / Forth Worth

Gwen Lias-Baskett *

(972) 396-2930

baskett.gwen@sbcglobal.net

Dallas / Forth Worth

Patti Phillips

(817) 812-3009

txpatti@tx.rr.com

 

Nancy Pickens

(817) 294-0219

eepickens@prodigy.net

   
 

New Braunfels

Bill Hare

(830) 214-6793

harebs@aol.com

   

Houston

Alison Stevens

(281) 584-7402

alison.stevens@hcahealthcare.com

 

Houston

Rhonda Taylor

rhondastaylor@hotmail.com  

 

Deanne Rogers

(713) 868-0990

 

Ann Akins

(409) 935-2315

   
 

Live Oak

Bertha Harvey

(210) 653-1532

bharvey1@sbcglobal.net  

   

Rio Grande Valley

Dan Ponce

(956) 454-0190

danponce89@gmail.com

 
   

San Antonio

Paul Trasatti

(210)276-0321 

Paul.Trasatti@valero.com

 

Guillermo Wolff

(210) 680-1404

gwolff@sbcglobal.net

 
   
 

Tyler

Pam Rowlett

(903) 714-8392

petcrazedrowletts@yahoo.com

   

Waco

Leader needed

Please contace Cindy Ezell at:

cezell@tna-support.org

 
   

 

Whitney

Tracy Knight

(254) 479-0932

Silentwishes07@yahoo.com

 
 
UTAH  
Support Group Telephone Support
 

Drew Pearson

(801) 268-2196

 
 
VERMONT  
Support Group Telephone Support
 

Quechee

Jean Raymond

(802) 295-6564

jcraym@gmail.com

 
 
VIRGINIA  
Support Group Telephone Support

Falls Church - Northern

Sher Cuzzivoglio

(703) 379-1395

novatnsupport@aol.com

 
   

Newport News - Mid-Atlantic

“Jack” Burns

(757) 413-2020

j.burns47@verizon.net

Stephen Goolsby
(804) 273-8909
swgoolsby@comcast.net
   

Richmond - Mid-VA

Stephen Goolsby
(804) 273-8909
swgoolsby@comcast.net

 
   

Salem -South West

Stephen Goolsby
(804) 276-8909
swgoolsby@comcast.net

 
 
 
WASHINGTON DC  
Support Group Telephone Support

Frank Della Penna *

(301) 983-1167

frankdp1@aol.com

Denise "Nise" Darling

(301) 933-7071

nmcj@verizon.net  

 
 
WASHINGTON STATE  
Support Group Telephone Support

 

Gardiner

Nell Wilson

(360) 797-7575

   

Seattle

Cathie Whitesides *

(206) 525-6869

cathiewhitesides@comcast.net

 

Carol Freedman *

(425) 823-8711

cfreedman@wwdb.org

Seattle

Lynn Bollinger

(253) 852-4492

bollingerlm@comcast.net

   

Tacoma Area

Byron Dodge

(253) 265-3615

 

Keyra McLaughlin

KeyraMcLaughlin@fhshealth.org

 
 
 
WEST VIRGINIA  
Support Group  
Beckley Area  

Michelle Dawn McGuire

(304) 252-9930

sowvtngroup@yahoo.com

 
   
WISCONSIN  
Support Group Telephone Support
 

Eastern Area

Marge Brouillard

(920) 733-8648

   
 

Fond du Lac

Bonnie Fiebig

(920) 922-8854

   

Milwaukee

Alexandra & Mary Sczesny

(414) 525 - 2242

sewitnsupport@aol.com

 
   
 

Southwest Area

Clara Huston

(608) 326-6989

dalehuston@mchsi.com

 
 
WYOMING  
Support Group Telephone Support

Pinebluff

Alice Theobald

(307)245-3431 

theo2253@rtconnect.net

 
   
 

Worland

Coleen Wilson

(307) 347-6584

meadowlark@rtconnect.net