RE: Delaware Support Group List
Please let me know if there are any additions or changes to the current list. Please update phone numbers and email addresses. Hope to see you at the meetings. The resources and information is invaluable. ((HUIGS)) Elissa
PMRI (PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE & REHABILITATION INSTITUTE)
When: Varies (Usually the First Monday & Third Saturday of the Month)
Affiliated with Christiana Institute of Advanced Surgery (CHRIAS)
Location: PMRI-Christiana Care,
Contact: 302.661.3000
ST. FRANCIS BARIATRIC
When: Last Tuesday of the Month at 6 pm – 7:30 pm
Affiliated with CHRIAS and
Location:
Contact: Maryellen Sparks Phone: 302.421.4121 Email: [email protected]
ST. FRANCIS BARIATRIC
When: Second Tuesday of the Month at 6pm – 7:30 pm
Affiliated with CHRIAS and
Location:
Contact: Maryellen Sparks Phone: 302.421.4121 Email: [email protected]
DOWNSTATE DOWNSIZERS (RNY & Lap Band)
When: Third Tuesday of the Month at 7:00 pm
Location:
Contact: Carrie Bronersky Phone: 302-659-5597 Email: [email protected]
GREAT BEGINNINGS SOUTH (LAP Band)
When: Last Thursday of the month at 7:00 pm
Location:
2nd Floor (waiting room)
Contact: Lucy Knappenberger Phone: 302.593.9865 E-mail: [email protected]
HEALTHY BEGINNINGS: THE JOURNEY AFTER WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY
When: Second Thursday of Every Month at 7:00 pm
Location:
Contact: Nicki Zimmerman Email: [email protected] Phone: 610.322.8282
Jim Simmons Email: [email protected] Phone: 856.299.6962
Elissa Hart Email: [email protected] Phone: 302.475.0950
NEW BEGINNINGS
When: Second Thursday of Every Month at 7 pm – 9 pm
Location: St Peter’s Episcopal Church 22 Union Street, Smyrna, DE 19977
Contact: Ginger Barkley Phone: 302.653.5971 Email: [email protected]
HEALTHY JOURNEY
When: Third Tuesday of Every Month at 7pm – 8:30 pm
Location: Victory Christian Fellowship
Phone: Church Line (Recording Only) 302.324.5400 ext. 1211
Contact: Desiree Dowling Email: [email protected] Phone: 302-328.8989
Faye Sappington Email: [email protected] Phone: 302.886.3683
NEW LIFE WLS EAST
When: First Wednesday of the month at 7pm
Location:
Contact: Joanne Hammond Phone: 302.947.0417 Email: [email protected]
NEW LIFE WLS WEST
When: Third Thursday of the month at 7pm – 8:30pm
Location: Trinity United
Contact: Jennifer Rosen Email: [email protected]
Heather O’Connor Email: [email protected] phone: 302.536.1870
Revised 5.12.2008
Band Support Group is the 2nd Tuesday of each month from 6-7:30PM (focuses is on pre- & post-op Adjustable Gastric Band patients) This is an open support group lead by the bariatric coordinator & dietitian.
Our new Support Group is for post-ops only is the 2nd Wendesday of each month from 6-7:30PM (focuses is on post-op Adjustable Gastric Band or Bypass patients) This is an open support group lead by our medical director & surgeon Gail Wynn MD, our psychologist Lisa Slade-Martin PhD, the bariatric coordinator & dietitian.
Open Support Group is the last Tuesday of each month from 6-7:30PM (focuses is on pre- & post-op Adjustable Gastric Band & Bypass patients) The format has recently changed to an open support group lead by the bariatric coordinator & dietitian. If there are 4 Tuesdays in a month it is the 4th, if there are 5 Tuesdays in the month it is the 5th.