Florida State Resource Center

Florida COVID-19 Response

Mayo Clinic Liver Transplant Program

Mayo Clinic’s liver transplant doctors and surgeons use proven innovations to successfully treat people with liver failure and other complications of liver conditions. Their expertise with living-donor transplant, a fast-track recovery process and multi-organ transplants are part of why people turn to the Mayo Clinic Liver Transplant Program.

Phone: 904-956-3206
Email: transplant-fla@mayo.edu
Website: https://www.mayoclinic.org

Tampa

LifeLink Foundation

LifeLink HealthCare Institute
409 Bayshore Boulevard
Tampa, FL 33606

LifeLink Foundation is a non-profit community service organization dedicated to the recovery of an increasing number of high quality organs and tissue for transplantation therapy. The Foundation attempts to work in a sensitive, diligent, and compassionate manner with donor families to facilitate the donation of desperately needed organs and tissues for waiting patients.

Phone: 813-253-2640 (800-262-5775)
Web: www.lifelinkfound.org

Bradenton

Tampa Bay Hepatitis & Liver Disease Support Group

Manatee Memorial Hospital
220 90th Avenue North East
Bradenton, FL

Meets: First Tuesday of every month from 7-9pm
Phone: 941-776-8135
Email: dvrbarnes@msn.com

Contact Debbie Barnes for more information.

Miami

Solid Organ Transplant Support Group

Miami Transplant Institute
Highland Professional Building
7th Floor Conference Room
1801 NW 9th Avenue
Miami, FL   33136

Meets: April 15th, May 20th and June 17th from 2:00p.m. – 3:00p.m.
Phone: 305-355-5000
Email: molly.bowdon@jhsmiami.org

For more information please call or e-mail Molly Bowdon, MS, RDN

Safety Harbor

Tampa Bay Hepatitis & Liver Disease Support Group

Mease Countryside Hospital
3231 McMullen Booth Road
Meeting Rooms 1,2,&3
Safety Harbor, FL 34695

Meets: 4th Thursday of every month from 7-9pm
Phone: 727-535-1498
Email: runyonc2001@yahoo.com

Contact Cindy Runyon for more information.

Transplant Caregivers Support Group

Tampa General Hospital
1 Tampa General Circle
B104 in the cafeteria
Tampa, FL 33606

We believe caregivers affected by transplantation should have the opportunity to understand the journey ahead and how to best prepare for the journey. For more information, contact Stanley Genstein 813-260-3723 or Pattie Jones 661-406-3494 or Evie Agustin Colon Legon* 813-348-9726. *Se Habla Español.

Meets:5:30 PM to 7:00 PM on the 2nd Wednesday of every month
Phone: 813-260-3723 (661-406-3494)
Web: https://www.tgh.org/
Email: sgenstein@tampabay.rr.com

Contact Stanley Genstein, Pattie Jones and Evie Agustin Colon Legon (SE Habla Espanol) for more information.

Weston

Cleveland Clinic Transplant Support Group

Cleveland Clinic
3100 Weston Road
3rd Floor Conference Room
Weston, FL 33331

Upcoming Dates:
September 20th, 1-2:30 PM
October 18th, 1-2:30 PM

Meets: Third Thursday of Every Month – 1-2:30 PM
RSVP By Phone: 954-659-5133

Weston

To evaluate the safety and tolerability of GS-4997 in combination with prednisolone versus prednisolone alone in subjects with severe AH

Cleveland Clinic Florida

Clinical diagnosis of severe AH based on all of the following:

Inclusion:

• History of excessive alcohol consumption during the past 3 months
• Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≥ 50 U/L
• Onset of jaundice within the past 3 months
• Maddrey’s DF ≥ 32 <60 at Screening, based on local laboratory results

Exclusion:

• HIV Ab positive
• Positive urine screen for amphetamines, cocaine or opiates (ie, heroin, morphine) at
  Screening
• Cessation of alcohol consumption for more than 2 months.

Phone: 954-659-5133 (954-659-5888)
Web: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/study/NCT02854631?term=alcoholic+hepatitis&rank=34&show_locs=Y

Contact Xaralambos Zervos, DO for more information.

Miami Research Associates
305-598-3125

Orlando Clinical Research Center
407-240-7878

University of Florida Center for Clinical Trials
352-265-0763
1-888-635-0763

University of Miami Center for Liver Disease Clinical Trials
305-575-3172
305-243-5787