Buffalo, NY

This group is sponsored by the Leukemia Lymphoma Society. For more information contact Teresa Wiech, LMSW by e-mail at teresa.wiech@roswellpark.org, or Frank Brown at frank.brown@roswellpark.org.

Long Island/Nassau County

This group meets on the 4th Thursday of each month from 7:00?9:00 p.m. at St. Peter?s RC Church, 1327 Port Washington Blvd., Port Washington, NY 10050 (1/3 mile north of Main St., on right). For more information, please contact Carmen Scibetta at 516-316-1574 or by E-mail at: carm814@optonline.net.

Long Island/Suffolk County

This group meets on the 1st Saturday of each month from 7:00?9:00 p.m. at Southside Hospital, 301 East Main Street, Bayshore, New York. For more information, please contact Bill & Helen Kruger at 631-581-3226 or by E-mail at: wkruger210@optonline.net.

New York City/Manhattan

This group meets the 3rd Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at St. Vincent's Comprehensive Cancer Center, 325 West 15th Street (between 8th and 9th Avenues). Contact Mike Katz at 917-692-4167 / Email: mike@myeloma.org or Dixie Beckham, LCSW at (212) 604-6095/Email: dbeckham@salick.com.

New York City/Manhattan

A comprehensive education and support group is offered at New York Presbyterian/Cornell University for multiple myeloma patients and caregivers. Facilitated by Linda Halperin, LCSW and Chelsea Chin, LMSW, the group meets monthly from 6:00 ? 8:00 p.m. in room A126 at NYPH/WC. For exact dates and more information, please call 212-746-3964 or visit http://www.myelomacenter.org.

Northeast New York Area/ Burlington, Vermont

This group meets on the 3rd Tuesday of the month from 5:00-6:30 p.m. at Hope Lodge, East Avenue, Burlington, Vermont. For more information, please contact Kay Cromie at 802-655-9136 or by E-Mail at KGCromey@aol.com; or JoAnn Nielson, RN at 802-847-5649 or by E-Mail at JoAnn.Nielson@vtmednet.org.

Rochester

This group meets the 4th Tuesday of the month from 6:00-7:30 p.m. at Gilda?s Club 255 Alexander Street, located between East and Monroe Avenues across from Park Avenue, Rochester, NY. For more information, please contact Mary Casselman, Program Director, at mcasselman@canceraction.org.

White Plains/Lower Westchester

This group meets on the first Wednesday of each month from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Gilda's Club, 80 Maple Avenue, White Plains, NY. Facility phone # 914-644-8844. Contact: Mike Katz at 917-692-4167/Email: katz.mike@myeloma.org or Dean Gallea at 914-631-1417/Email: d.gallea@ieee.org.