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Information about all aspects of finances affected by a serious health condition. Includes income sources such as work, investments, and private and government disability programs, and expenses such as medical bills, and how to deal with financial problems.
Information about all aspects of health care from choosing a doctor and treatment, staying safe in a hospital, to end of life care. Includes how to obtain, choose and maximize health insurance policies.
Answers to your practical questions such as how to travel safely despite your health condition, how to avoid getting infected by a pet, and what to say or not say to an insurance company.

Initial Donors

City of New York -- Judy and Steven Gluckstern -- Carol and Hank Goldberg -- Goldman Foundation -- Willard and Lillian Hackerman - Johns Hopkins Medical Center - Bill Raiford -- MItchell and Louis Shulman Charitable Trust

Staff

The Builders:

  •  Chief programmer: Jayson Burns, Tryacom, Inc.
  • Programming and application development: Preston Mark Stone, Stateless Interactive
  • Supervisor/Coordinator: Gerry Oxford (A volunteer!)

Programming:

  • Preston Mark Stone
  • Systems: Gerry Oxford (A volunteer)

Content Input:

  • Head: Catherine Merritt
  • The team: Patricia Barber-- Emily Drake --David Kuehler --Therese Kusmeniz -- Darlene Mahnken -- Kent Lam

Graphics:

  • Logo, Home Page, Individual Home Page and Sub Pages: Warwick Lobban, London, England (A volunteer!)
  • Touch up work: Sarah Wu -- Alan Barnett
  • Layout: John Guido, Tryacom, Inc.

Legal: Scolaro, Shulman, Cohen, Fetter & Burstein, Syracuse, NY (Pro Bono)

Accounting: Bernard Dikman, CPA, New York, NY

Insurance: Jay Brodsky, Dewitt Stern Group, New York, NY

Volunteer Board Of Directors

  • Michael E. Rudder, President, KRh Thermal Systems, Irvine, CA
  • Barry M. Shulman, Esq., , Scolaro, Shulman, Cohen, Fetter & Burstein , P.C., Syracuse, NY

Volunteer Writers

  • Credit: Joseph Daniel 
  • Family and Medical Leave Act, State Laws: Lisa Gerson, Esq. 
  • Hospitals: Herbert Spiers, PH.D.
  • Media: Elizabeth Griffin and Marissa Schwartz

Volunteer Advisors And Editors

  • Advance Directives: Laura Mosiello, New York City
  • Bankruptcy: Richard G. Smolev, Esq., Kaye, Scholer, LLP, New York City
  • Benefits: Jacques M. Chambers, Los Angeles
  • Benefits: Susan Margolis, Price Waterhouse Coopers, LLP, New York City
  • Cancer: 
    • Samuel Waxman, M.D.
    • Edward Ambinder, M.D. 
    • Peter Pressman, M.D. (Breast Cancer)
    • Laura Porter, M.D. (Colorectal cancer)
  • Coordination of Benefits: David Morosan
  • Estate Planning: David J. Stoll, Esq., Partner and Marci Tempesta, Kaye Scholer, LLP, New York City
  • Family and Medical Leave Act:  Lisa Gerson, Esq., McDermott Will & Emergy, LLP, New York City
  • Finance: Peg Downey, Money Plans, Silver Spring, MD
  • Financial Planning: David Petersen, Affording Care, New York City
  • Hospice: Helen Beum, Portland, OR
  • Hospital: Skip Moskey, Meadowshire Communications, Limerick, ME
  • Health Insurance: Lindsey Resnick , Chicago IL
  • Investments: Samuel Wasserman, Matrix USA, LLC
  • Legal (general): Barry Shulman, Scolaro, Shulman, Cohen, Fetter, & Burstein, Syracuse, NY
  • Medicaid: Thomas McCormack, Washington, D.C.
  • Social Security Disability Insurance: Jane Zanca
  • Tax: General: Richard Scolaro, Esq., Scolaro, Shulman, Cohen, Fetter & Burstein, Syracuse, NY
  • Tax: Medical Deductions: Dexter Samida, Esq., Sherman & Sterling, New York City
  • Viatical and Senior Settlements: Chris Conway, Legacy Benefits, New York City

Volunteers Before Launch

Edward Ambinder, M.D. -- Jeffrey Banks -- Chris Boneau -- Cheryl Brantner -- Lindsey Brass -- Jacques Chambers -- Jerry Chasen, Esq. -- Peter Chatzky -- Ellen Coleman -- Jay Corcoran -- Joseph Daniel -- Marck DeLeeuw -- Richard Feldman, Esq. -- Sally Fisher -- Focus Group Members of Gilda's Club, New York City -- Focus Group Patients at Johns Hopkins Medical Center, Baltimore, MD - Lisa Gerson, Esq. -- Willard Hackerman -- James Haigney -- John Haigney - Charles Hamlen -- Stan Herman -- David Kuehler -- Therese Kusmierz -- Terry Langbaum -- Donald M. Lefari, Esq. -- Warwick Lobban -- Lynn Luckow -- Shana Maidel -- Kevin McCabe -- Tom McCormack -- Larry Miller -- David Morosan, Esq. -- Skip Moskey -- Michael Mulitz, Esq. -- Jon Nathanson-- Dave Nimmons -- Michael Novin -- Meret Oppenheim -- Gerry Oxford -- Joe and Cathy Perpich -- Lisa Peterson -- Ronald Pullen --Michael Rudder -- Dexter Samida -- Jeffrey Scheer, Esq. -- Rick Scrimale -- William Shelton -- Barry Shulman, Esq. -- Debrah Shulman -- Susan Solomon -- LInda and Howard Sterling -- Herb Spiers, Ph.D. -- Kim Thiboldeaux -- Caroline Villiers -- Dr. Samuel and Marion Waxman -- Jane Zanca -- Sheila Zubrod

Volunteers After Launch

Alan Barnett -- Louis A. Bradbury - Todd Drake -- Elizabeth Hare -- Gerald Oxford -- Matthew Zachary

Volunteers: Videos: Communicating With Your Doctor

Writer, Director, Producer: Meret Oppenheim 

Line Producer: Noam Kari  -- Director of Photography: Corydon Wagner -- Gaffer: Sarah Berg  -- Grip: Clayton Harley -- Grip: Anna Lipman -- Production Assistant: Robin Dellabough -- Production Assistant:  Anna Lipmann -- Editor: Anthony Sylvester

Talent: Craig Bannister -- Judy Brilliant -- Melanie Collup -- Brenda Crawley -- Erik Ferguson -- Silvana Jakich -- Ian Jarvis -- Lisa Jarvis -- Ingrid Kullberg-Bendz --Jon Laskin --Christie Lee -- Robert Levithan -- Dennis McGeady -- Meret Oppenheim -- Robert Oppenheim -- Ann Parker -- Deborah Pautler -- Paul Stephens -- Faith Wu