Pediatric Palliative Care and End-of-Life Coalitions
Contact Information – Updated December 2007
California
Children’s Hospice and Palliative Care Coalition
Lori Butterworth
65 Neilson St.
Watsonville, CA 95076
831-763-3070 ext. 204
Los Angeles Children's Comfort ProgramClarke Anderson
UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center
22-464 MDCC
10833 LeConte Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1752
310-825-0731
Northern California Pediatric Palliative Care Collaboration
Christy Torkildson
George Mark Children’s House
2121 George Mark Lane
San Leandro, CA 94578
925-984-3201
Connecticut
Greenwich Coalition for Improving End of Life Care
Paul Drager
P.O. Box 370548
West Hartford, CT 06137-0548
860-543-0036
District of Columbia (D.C.)
District of Columbia Pediatric Palliative Care Collaborative
Susan K. Rogers
1537 30th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20007
202-965-1564
Florida
Suncoast Children's Care Coalition
Stacy Orloff
2640 St. Andrews Dr.
Clearwater, FL 33761
727-523-3457
Massachusetts
Central Massachusetts Partnership to Improve Care at the End of Life
Christine McCluskey
120 Thomas St.
Worchester, MA 01608
508-767-9877
Maryland
Initiative for Pediatric Palliative Care
Deborah Dokken
2802 Blaine Dr
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
301-589-0090
Pediatric Palliative Care Coalition of Maryland
Cynda Rushton
525 North Wolfe St., Box 420
Baltimore, MD 21205
410-614-2223
Maine
The Jason Program
Kate Eastman
13 Industrial Park Road
Saco, ME 04072
207-294-8255
Minnesota
Minnesota Pediatric Palliative Care Coalition
Jody Chrastek
Children's Hospitals and Clinics
2525 Chicago Ave So
Minneapolis, MN 55404
612-183-6996
North Carolina
Kid’s Path –A Program of Hospice and Palliative Care of Greensboro
Marion Taylor
2504 Summit Ave
Greensboro, NC 27405
336-544-5437
Mecklenberg County End-of-Life Coalition
Joyce Conway
Hospice at Charlotte
1420 East 7th Street
Charlotte, NC 28204
704-335-3524
Pediatric Community Alliance
Shannon Bruggen
Hospice & Palliative Care Center
121 Hospice Lane
Winston-Salem, NC 27103
336-768-6157
Pediatric Palliative Care Coalition of North Carolina
Shannon Bruggen
Hospice & Palliative CareCenter
101 Hospice Lane
Winston-Salem, NC 27103
336-768-6157
New York
All Inclusive Care of Children Coalition
Laurie Fazekas
12 Rhoads Drive
Utica, NY 13502
315-731-9629
Ohio
Ohio Pediatric Palliative End-of-Life Network (OPPEN)
Sarah Friebert
Oncology Akron Children's Hospital
One Perkins Square
Akron, Ohio 44308
330-543-3343
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Pediatric Palliative Care Coalition
Meghan O'Donnell
939 Sheridan Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
724-969-2541
South Carolina
Tri-County End-of-Life Coalition
Paula Mellichamp
Hospice of Charleston -Kids Path
3870 Leeds Ave
North Charleston, SC 29405
843-529-3100
Tennessee
Mid-South Biomedical Ethics CenterChristopher Church
Baptist College of Health Sciences
1003 Monroe Avenue
Memphis, TN 38104
901-572-2493
Utah
Children's End of Life Waiver
Lisa Ann Morrise
Bureau of Managed Health Care
P.O. Box 143108
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-3108
801-538-6499
Vermont
Pediatric Supportive Care
Keven Eriksen
Visiting Nurse Association
1110 Prim Road
Colchester, VT 05446
802-860-4420
West Virginia
West Virginia Pediatric Palliative Care Network
Cindi Jamison
PO Box 9022
Morgantown, WV 26506
877-209-8086
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