SUPPORT GROUPS FOR NTM AND BRONCHIECTASIS PATIENTS
Did you know most people with
NTM also have Bronchiectasis?
NTM also have Bronchiectasis?
The use of contact information (names, emails, phone numbers) of any NTM & Bronchiectasis Support Group, on this page or anywhere else on our website, is strictly for persons interested in contacting support group leaders and volunteers for support and information ONLY. This contact information SHOULD NOT be taken from our website for solicitation or commercial use.
For any other inquiries including market research, clinical study or trial recruitment, please contact NTM Info & Research at 305-901-4686 (ext 126, or 132), or email ntmmail@ntminfo.org.
If you want to start a support group in your area or become a group leader, please email ntmmail@ntminfo.org.
For additional support please contact NTMir Ambassador Linda Esposito at PatientAmbassador1@ntminfo.org.
REGIONS NOT MENTIONED BELOW: Receive support no matter where you live by contacting Patricia Kemp at ntmmail@ntminfo.org
| Español / Spanish Speaking NTM/BE Support Group | |
| Group Leader | Email Address |
|---|---|
| Ivette Ruiz |
SpanishGroup@ntminfo.org |
| Maria Gutierrez |
SpanishGroup@ntminfo.org |
| Extrapulmonary/Disseminated NTM | |
| Group Leader | Email Address |
|---|---|
| Amy Leitman | ntmmail@ntminfo.org |
| Men's Group for Patients & Caregivers | |
| Group Leader | Email Address |
|---|---|
| John Torrence | MenWithNTM-BE@ntminfo.org |
| NTM / BE UNDER 50 YEARS OLD | |
| Group Leaders | Email Address |
|---|---|
| Kelly & Raegan | ntm-beunder50@ntminfo.org |
| State | City | Group Leader | Email Address | Care Center Sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country: Australia | ||||
| Country-wide | Debbie Wooster | Australia@ntminfo.org | ||
| Country: Canada | ||||
| Ontario | Toronto | Esther Steinberg | Canada@ntminfo.org | |
| Country: International | ||||
| Country-wide | Mairead Kennedy | Ireland2@ntminfo.org | ||
| Country-wide | Siobhan Devaney | Ireland1@ntminfo.org | ||
| Country: New Zealand | ||||
| Country-wide | Susan Woodard | NewZealand@ntminfo.org | ||
| Country: United States | ||||
| Alabama | Laurel Eiler & Susan Cutler | Southeast@ntminfo.org | UAB Birmingham | |
| Alaska | Cynthia Flora | PacificNW@ntminfo.org | ||
| Arizona | Ana King & Pam Riches | ntmmail@ntminfo.org | Mayo Clinic Arizona; Norton Thoracic Inst. (Study Training) | |
| Arkansas | Laurel Eiler | southeast@ntminfo.org | ||
| California | Central Valley | Marilyn Siebert & Meg Hadcock | centralvalleyca@ntminfo.org | |
| California | Los Angeles | Amy Corneau & Andrea Smith | LosAngeles@ntminfo.org | USC; Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital; UC Irvine |
| California | Palm Springs | Bev Miller, Debbie Breslawsky & Margaret Fritz | PalmSpringsCA@ntminfo.org | UCSD; UC Irvine |
| California | San Francisco | Charles Darwall & Laurie Eagle | SanFrancisco@ntminfo.org | UCSF; Zuckerberg SF; Stanford; UC Davis |
| California | South Bay Area | Missy Von Luehrte & Hanaa Hammoudeh | SouthBayCA@ntminfo.org | Stanford |
| Colorado | Pam Riches | ntmmail@ntminfo.org | NJH | |
| Connecticut | Debbie Breslawsky & Gina Rowe | Connecticut@ntminfo.org | U Conn; Yale | |
| Delaware | Linda Sernoff | ntmmail@ntminfo.org | ||
| District of Columbia | Linda Sernoff | CapitalArea@ntminfo.org | ||
| Florida | East / Space Coast | Leslie Wasserman & Marian Finnk | ntmmail@ntminfo.org | |
| Florida | Naples | Leslie Wasserman & Marian Finnk | Naples@ntminfo.org | USF |
| Florida | South Florida / Miami | Su Fink | MiamiFL@ntminfo.org | Cleveland Clinic FL; UM |
| Florida | St. Petersburg / Tampa | Leslie Wasserman & Marian Finnk | Atlanta@ntminfo.org | Mayo Clinic FL |
| Georgia | Brenda Evers & Laura Kelly | Atlanta@ntminfo.org | Emory | |
| Hawaii | Honolulu | Deb Pirtle & Gerry Allen | Hawaii@ntminfo.org | |
| Hawaii | Kailua-Kona | Susan McCree | Kona@ntminfo.org | |
| Idaho | Ana King & Pam Riches | ntmmail@ntminfo.org | ||
| Illinois | Laura Spensley | CentralMidwest@ntminfo.org | Northwestern | |
| Indiana | Laura Spensley | CentralMidwest@ntminfo.org | ||
| Iowa | Ana King & Pam Riches | ntmmail@ntminfo.org | U Iowa | |
| Kansas | Kate Boyd | KS-NEsupport@ntminfo.org | KUMC | |
| Kentucky | Pam Riches | ntmmail@ntminfo.org | ||
| Louisiana | Laurel Eiler | Southeast@ntminfo.org | LSU | |
| Maine | Donna Dewedoff & Kristina Holman | ntmmail@ntminfo.org | ||
| Maryland | Linda Sernoff | ntmmail@ntminfo.org | Johns Hopkins | |
| Massachusetts | Bonnie Perkel & Cathy Chandick | Boston@ntminfo.org | BIDMC; MGH | |
| Michigan | Ann Arbor/SE Michigan | Marty Carr | SEMichigan@ntminfo.org | U Mich |
| Michigan | Kalamazoo/SW Michigan | Cathy Meeuwsen | SWMichigan@ntminfo.org | |
| Minnesota | Merritt Goldthwait | ntmmail@ntminfo.org | Mayo Clinic Rochester | |
| Mississippi | Southeast | Laurel Eiler | Southeast@ntminfo.org | |
| Missouri | Ana King & Pam Riches | ntmmail@ntminfo.org | Washington U St. Louis | |
| Montana | Cynthia Flora | PacificNW@ntminfo.org | ||
| Nebraska | Kate Boyd | KS-NEsupport@ntminfo.org | UNB | |
| Nevada | Ana King & Pam Riches | ntmmail@ntminfo.org | ||
| New Hampshire | Donna Dewedoff & Kristina Holman | NewHampshire@ntminfo.org | Columbia; Montefiore; Northwell; Bellvue, NYU | |
| New Jersey | Donna Dewedoff & Kristina Holman | NewJersey@ntminfo.org | U Rochester; Westchester | |
| New Mexico | Ana King & Pam Riches | ntmmail@ntminfo.org | ||
| New York | Betsy Glaeser & Mamie Balestra | NYCBG@ntminfo.org | Columbia; Montefiore; NYU; Bellvue | |
| North Carolina | Bonnie Borresen | NorthCarolina@ntminfo.org | ||
| North Dakota | Patricia Kemp | ntmmail@ntminfo.org | ||
| Ohio | Laura Spensley | CentralMidwest@ntminfo.org | Cleveland Clinic; Univ of Cincinnati | |
| Oklahoma | Patricia Kemp | ntmmail@ntminfo.org | ||
| Oregon | Cynthia Flora | PacificNW@ntminfo.org | OHSU | |
| Pennsylvania | Patty Yost | Philadelphia@ntminfo.org | Jefferson; Temple; Penn | |
| Rhode Island | Debbie Breslawsky & Gina Rowe | ntmmail@ntminfo.org | ||
| South Carolina | Chris Heuple & Kay Melba | SouthCarolina@ntminfo.org | MUSC | |
| South Dakota | Patricia Kemp | ntmmail@ntminfo.org | ||
| Tennessee | Laurel Eiler | Tennessee@ntminfo.org | Vanderbilt | |
| Texas | Mary Kay Bonham | ntmmail@ntminfo.org | Baylor Dallas; Baylor Houston; Pulm Sleep Ctr Weslaco; UT Tyler; UT San Antonio; UTSW | |
| Utah | Ana King & Pam Riches | ntmmail@ntminfo.org | Intermountain Schmidt Clinic | |
| Vermont | Donna Dewedoff & Kristina Holman | ntmmail@ntminfo.org | UVM | |
| Virginia | Leslie Lytle | virginia@ntminfo.org | UVA; VCU | |
| Washington | Cynthia Flora | PacificNW@ntminfo.org | Providence (Spokane) | |
| West Virginia | Leslie Lytle | Virginia@ntminfo.org | UVA; VCU | |
| Wisconsin | Marty Carr | ntmmail@ntminfo.org | ||
| Wyoming | Patricia Kemp | ntmmail@ntminfo.org | ||
| Extrapulmonary/Disseminated NTM | |
| Group Leader | Amy Leitman |
| Email Address | ntmmail@ntminfo.org |
| NTM / BE UNDER 50 YEARS OLD | |
| Group Leader | Kelly & Raegan |
| Email Address | ntm-beunder50@ntminfo.org |
| Español / Spanish Speaking NTM/BE Support Group | ||
| Group Leader | Ivette Ruiz Maria Gutierrez |
|
| Email Address | spanishGroup@ntminfo.org | |
| Country: Australia | |
| State | Country-wide |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Debbie Wooster |
| Australia@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | |
| Country: Canada | |
| State | Ontario |
| City | Toronto |
| Group Leader | Esther Steinberg |
| Canada@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | |
| Country: International | |
| State | Country-wide |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Mairead Kennedy |
| Ireland2@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | |
| State | Country-wide |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Siobhan Devaney |
| Ireland1@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | |
| Country: New Zealand | |
| State | Country-wide |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Susan Woodard |
| NewZealand@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | |
| Country: United States | |
| State | Alabama |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Laurel Eiler & Susan Cutler |
| Southeast@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | UAB Birmingham |
| State | Alaska |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Cynthia Flora |
| PacificNW@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | |
| State | Arizona |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Ana King & Pam Riches |
| ntmmail@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | Mayo Clinic Arizona; Norton Thoracic Inst. (Study Training) |
| State | Arkansas |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Laurel Eiler |
| southeast@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | |
| State | California |
| City | Central Valley |
| Group Leader | Marilyn Siebert & Meg Hadcock |
| centralvalleyca@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | |
| State | California |
| City | Los Angeles |
| Group Leader | Amy Corneau & Andrea Smith |
| LosAngeles@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | USC; Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital; UC Irvine |
| State | California |
| City | Palm Springs |
| Group Leader | Bev Miller, Debbie Breslawsky & Margaret Fritz |
| PalmSpringsCA@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | UCSD; UC Irvine |
| State | California |
| City | San Francisco |
| Group Leader | Charles Darwall & Laurie Eagle |
| SanFrancisco@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | UCSF; Zuckerberg SF; Stanford; UC Davis |
| State | California |
| City | South Bay Area |
| Group Leader | Missy Von Luehrte & Hanaa Hammoudeh |
| SouthBayCA@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | Stanford |
| State | Colorado |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Pam Riches |
| ntmmail@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | NJH |
| State | Connecticut |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Debbie Breslawsky & Gina Rowe |
| Connecticut@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | U Conn; Yale |
| State | Delaware |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Linda Sernoff |
| ntmmail@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | |
| State | District of Columbia |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Linda Sernoff |
| CapitalArea@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | |
| State | Florida |
| City | East / Space Coast |
| Group Leader | Leslie Wasserman & Marian Finnk |
| ntmmail@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | |
| State | Florida |
| City | Naples |
| Group Leader | Leslie Wasserman & Marian Finnk |
| Naples@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | USF |
| State | Florida |
| City | South Florida / Miami |
| Group Leader | Su Fink |
| MiamiFL@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | Cleveland Clinic FL; UM |
| State | Florida |
| City | St. Petersburg / Tampa |
| Group Leader | Leslie Wasserman & Marian Finnk |
| Atlanta@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | Mayo Clinic FL |
| State | Georgia |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Brenda Evers & Laura Kelly |
| Atlanta@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | Emory |
| State | Hawaii |
| City | Honolulu |
| Group Leader | Deb Pirtle & Gerry Allen |
| Hawaii@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | |
| State | Hawaii |
| City | Kailua-Kona |
| Group Leader | Susan McCree |
| Kona@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | |
| State | Idaho |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Ana King & Pam Riches |
| ntmmail@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | |
| State | Illinois |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Laura Spensley |
| CentralMidwest@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | Northwestern |
| State | Indiana |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Laura Spensley |
| CentralMidwest@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | |
| State | Iowa |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Ana King & Pam Riches |
| ntmmail@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | U Iowa |
| State | Kansas |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Kate Boyd |
| KS-NEsupport@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | KUMC |
| State | Kentucky |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Pam Riches |
| ntmmail@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | |
| State | Louisiana |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Laurel Eiler |
| Southeast@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | LSU |
| State | Maine |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Donna Dewedoff & Kristina Holman |
| ntmmail@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | |
| State | Maryland |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Linda Sernoff |
| ntmmail@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | Johns Hopkins |
| State | Massachusetts |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Bonnie Perkel & Cathy Chandick |
| Boston@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | BIDMC; MGH |
| State | Michigan |
| City | Ann Arbor/SE Michigan |
| Group Leader | Marty Carr |
| SEMichigan@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | U Mich |
| State | Michigan |
| City | Kalamazoo/SW Michigan |
| Group Leader | Cathy Meeuwsen |
| SWMichigan@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | |
| State | Minnesota |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Merritt Goldthwait |
| ntmmail@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | Mayo Clinic Rochester |
| State | Mississippi |
| City | Southeast |
| Group Leader | Laurel Eiler |
| Southeast@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | |
| State | Missouri |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Ana King & Pam Riches |
| ntmmail@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | Washington U St. Louis |
| State | Montana |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Cynthia Flora |
| PacificNW@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | |
| State | Nebraska |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Kate Boyd |
| KS-NEsupport@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | UNB |
| State | Nevada |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Ana King & Pam Riches |
| ntmmail@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | |
| State | New Hampshire |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Donna Dewedoff & Kristina Holman |
| NewHampshire@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | Columbia; Montefiore; Northwell; Bellvue, NYU |
| State | New Jersey |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Donna Dewedoff & Kristina Holman |
| NewJersey@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | U Rochester; Westchester |
| State | New Mexico |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Ana King & Pam Riches |
| ntmmail@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | |
| State | New York |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Betsy Glaeser & Mamie Balestra |
| NYCBG@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | Columbia; Montefiore; NYU; Bellvue |
| State | North Carolina |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Bonnie Borresen |
| NorthCarolina@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | |
| State | North Dakota |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Patricia Kemp |
| ntmmail@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | |
| State | Ohio |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Laura Spensley |
| CentralMidwest@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | Cleveland Clinic; Univ of Cincinnati |
| State | Oklahoma |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Patricia Kemp |
| ntmmail@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | |
| State | Oregon |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Cynthia Flora |
| PacificNW@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | OHSU |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Patty Yost |
| Philadelphia@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | Jefferson; Temple; Penn |
| State | Rhode Island |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Debbie Breslawsky & Gina Rowe |
| ntmmail@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | |
| State | South Carolina |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Chris Heuple & Kay Melba |
| SouthCarolina@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | MUSC |
| State | South Dakota |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Patricia Kemp |
| ntmmail@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | |
| State | Tennessee |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Laurel Eiler |
| Tennessee@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | Vanderbilt |
| State | Texas |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Mary Kay Bonham |
| ntmmail@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | Baylor Dallas; Baylor Houston; Pulm Sleep Ctr Weslaco; UT Tyler; UT San Antonio; UTSW |
| State | Utah |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Ana King & Pam Riches |
| ntmmail@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | Intermountain Schmidt Clinic |
| State | Vermont |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Donna Dewedoff & Kristina Holman |
| ntmmail@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | UVM |
| State | Virginia |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Leslie Lytle |
| virginia@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | UVA; VCU |
| State | Washington |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Cynthia Flora |
| PacificNW@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | Providence (Spokane) |
| State | West Virginia |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Leslie Lytle |
| Virginia@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | UVA; VCU |
| State | Wisconsin |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Marty Carr |
| ntmmail@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | |
| State | Wyoming |
| City | |
| Group Leader | Patricia Kemp |
| ntmmail@ntminfo.org | |
| Care Center Sites | |
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