If you have specific questions or need to share or compare information about your unique situation, you are welcome to call our dedicated volunteer Telephone Lifeline members.

Patients and caregivers who are willing to share their experiences in specialized areas volunteer to take these calls. In each case, the persons listed below have personal and often extensive experience in the area for which they are listed.

Please understand that those listed are not doctors or medical professionals, and they do not give medical advice or treatment recommendations. However, they often have researched their condition or situation, and may be able] to assist you in accessing better information or refer you to experts in specific treatments.

If you are a patient with some experience in a specific condition, and would like to volunteer to help with the Telephone Lifeline, please contact Jack Gelber, Lifeline Coordinator at (212) 995-9613 or jackgelber@msn.com. We are especially in need of non-English speakers and Lifeline volunteers in other countries where we do not have IWMF Chapters or contacts. If you can, please make a difference and volunteer.

 

Newly Diagnosed

Guy Sherwood (765) 282-4377

Norm Spector (858) 454-6313

Sallie Moore (516) 795-3746

Rituxan

Neil Massoth (201) 444-6253

Charles Vassollo (201) 947-6977

Allen Weinert (603) 863-5347

2CdA

Norm Spector (858) 454-6313

Bernard Swichkow (305) 665-5303

Fludarabine

Peg Horton (254) 874-8820

Jack Gelber (212) 995-9613 (with Rituxan)

Marty Kopin (310) 390-1546

Stem Cell Transplant

Howard Donley (916) 422-9562

Davell Hays (530) 295-1344

Gregg Jarrett (630) 243-8121

Splenectomy

Kathleen Ugenti (631) 427-8265

Oral Cytoxan

Lou Birenbaum (314) 961-5591

Plasmapheresis

Fred Bickle (805) 492-4927

Arlou Brahm (203) 264-7995

Watch and Wait

Reg Morgan (509) 633-1579

Renee Paley-Bain (914) 277-7851

Polly Oldberg (513) 932-7486

Diagnosed at Young Age

Nobby Riedy (650) 879-9104

Bob Bailey (770) 664-8313

Latest Research

Bert Visheau (Canada) (905) 528-1789

Caregiving

Lynn Bickle (805) 492-4917

Brad Alexander (972) 529-2002

UNITED KINGDOM Lifeline

Rituxan Nigel Pardoe 0208 840 9812

Pardoe@aol.com

Fludarabine

Ken Rideout 1278 782108 Ken@4rosetree.fs.co.uk

Stem Cell Transplant

Pam Bell 1403 267164 Abel92698@aol.com

Chlorambucil

John Povall 1606 833022 jpovall@mmm.com

Opthamology

Terry Betts 01992 583643 tjb-planning@freeuk.com

FRANCE and French Speakers