Woman to Woman Peer Mentor Program

If you’ve recently been diagnosed with a gynecologic cancer, we’re here to help.

Woman to Woman Program Sites

Founding Program Site

The Mount Sinai Hospital – New York, NY
Physician Champion: Stephanie Blank, MD
Program Coordinator: Rachel Justus, LCSW and Jilian Levinson LCSW, OSW-C

Active OCRA Program Sites

Alabama

Laura Crandall Brown Foundation – Birmingham, AL
Physician Champion: Monjri Shah, MD
Program Coordinator: Betsy Fetner

Colorado

Sue’s Gift – Colorado Springs, CO
Physician Champion: Dirk Pikaart, MD
Program Coordinator: Sherry Martin

Connecticut

Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven – New Haven, CT
Physician Champion: Elena Ratner, MD
Program Coordinator: Ruth Ann Ornstein

Florida

University of Miami – Miami, FL
Physician Champion: Matthew Schlumbrecht, MD
Program Coordinator: Teresa Neira, PhD, LCSW

Illinois

Northwestern Memorial Hospital – Chicago, IL
Physician Champion: Emily Hinchcliff
Program Coordinator: Dara Belarmino

Kansas

University of Kansas Cancer Center – Kansas City, KS
Physician Champion: Lori Spoozak, M.D., MHS, FACOG
Program Coordinators: Sarah Clouse RN, MSN and Malia Opat, LMSW

Massachusetts

Dana Farber Cancer Center** – Boston, MA
Physician Champion: Nadine McCleary, MD, MPH
Program Coordinator: Maritza Nassif and Rebecca Spelman
**this program is a partnership with Dana Farber’s One to One program

Below the Belt Women’s Cancer Outreach* – Barnstable, MA
Program Coordinator: Diane Riche

Mississippi

St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital – Jackson, MS
Physician Champion: Christen Haygood, MD
Program Coordinator:Jennifer Boone, RN, BSN, OCN and Jimmie Wells, RN, OCN, MSN

Missouri

St. Louis Ovarian Cancer Awareness – St. Louis, MO
Physician Champion: David G. Mutch, MD
Program Coordinator: Robyn Hunter and Susan Robben

New York

Hope for Heather* – Syracuse, NY
Program Coordinator: Frieda Weeks

Stony Brook University Cancer Center – Stony Brook, NY
Physician Champion: Michael L. Pearl, MD
Program Coordinator: Linda Bily

Western New York Ovarian Cancer Project – Buffalo, NY
Partner Hospitals: Roswell Park Cancer Institute and CCS Oncology
Program Coordinator: Kathleen Maxian

North Carolina

Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center – Charlotte, NC
Physician Champion: J. Matthew McDonald, MD
Program Coordinator: Elyse Adams, LCSW

Ohio

Ovarian Cancer Alliance of Greater Cincinnati* – Cincinnati, OH
For a mentor in the Greater Cincinnati area please contact Tracy Moore at 212-268-1002

Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine – Philadelphia, PA
Physician Champion: Anna Jo Smith, MD, MPH, MSc
Program Coordinator: Laura Quilley, RN, BSN, OCN

Rhode Island

Lifespan – Providence, RI
Physician Champion: Don Dizon, MD
Program Coordinator: Cheryl Murray, CT-LCSW, RI-LICSW

Tennessee

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center – Nashville, TN
Physician Champion: Alaina J. Brown, MD, MPH
Program Coordinator: Carla Amato-Martz, MSW

Wisconsin

Wisconsin Ovarian Cancer Alliance – New Berlin, WI
Partner Hospital: Aurora West Allis Medical Center
Physician Champion: Elizabeth Dickson Michelson, MD
Program Coordinator: Ashley Schneider

Program Sites in Development

These OCRA Woman to Woman Programs are in development or on pause due to COVID 19. If you live near, or are being treated by, any of these sites and would like to match with a Woman to Woman Mentor, please fill out the contact form for the National Mentoring Program.

Arkansas

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences – Little Rock, AR
Physician Champion: Kristin Zorn, MD
Program Coordinator: Mona Dee Nutt

Florida

Cancer Advocacy Resources Education (C.A.R.E.) – Melbourne, FL
Physician Champion: John Bomalaski, MD
Program Coordinator: Alice Spinelli

Georgia

Northside Hospital – Atlanta, GA
Physician Champion: Guilherme Henrique C. Cantuaria, MD, PhD
Program Coordinator: Kymberly Duncan

Maryland

Johns Hopkins University – Baltimore, MD
Physician Champion: Stephanie Wethington, MD
Program Coordinator: Nancy Farruggia

New Jersey

Cooper University Hospital – Camden, NJ
Physician Champion: David P. Warshal, MD
Program Coordinator: Lisa McLaughlin
Holy Name Medical Center – Teaneck, NJ
Physician Champion: Sharyn Lewin, MD
Program Coordinator: Courtney Lozano, MSW, LSW
University Hospital – Newark, NJ
Program Coordinator: Marisol Rivera

New York

New York-Presbyterian Hospital – New York, NY
Physician Champion: Jason D. Wright, MD
Program Coordinator: Lynette Williams

Pennsylvania

Abington Memorial Hospital – Abington, PA
Physician Champion: Mark Shahin, MD
Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC – Pittsburgh, PA
Program Coordinators: Sara Maloney and Jennie Pabst

Tennessee

University of Tennessee Medical Center – Knoxville, TN
Physician Champion: Larry C. Kilgore, MD
Program Coordinator: Lindsay Brezina, LMSW

*These sites are in partnership with the OCRA national Woman to Woman site and are not affiliated with a hospital.

Find a Virtual Peer Mentor

If you’d like to talk to someone, and you’re not near one of our hospital or community-based program sites, we can connect you with someone through our national mentoring program. You can request a mentor by email, phone or online—whatever works for you—and we’ll match you with a mentor who’s right for you.

Email: womantowoman@ocrahope.org
Phone: 212-268-1002

Here’s how it works:

Step 1: Fill out the below form, telling us a little about yourself, your medical history, and your preferences. Do you want to talk to a mentor your own age? With your religious background? Knowing this information helps us find the best possible mentor for you to talk to.
Step 2: We match you based on your preferences and availability. If you’d like, we can send helpful informational materials about gynecologic cancers straight to your home too.
Step 3: We will virtually introduce you to your survivor mentor, who is a trained volunteer and a gynecologic cancer survivor, just like you.

Ready to get started? Fill out the below form and we’ll be back in touch. If you do not hear back from a member of the OCRA team within 1 business day, please email womantowoman@ocrahope.org

If you have any questions or concerns about participating in Woman to Woman, please email us at womantowoman@ocrahope.org.
Name*
First Last
Email*
Phone*
Address*
Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country
Date of Birth
Marital Status
Sexual Orientation
Do you have children?
Age(s) of children
Language(s) spoken
Religion
Race/Ethnicity
How would you like a Woman to Woman mentor to contact you?*
Tell us about your "real" life*
Are there specific issues you'd like to talk about or not talk about? If so, please explain.
Please list the top factors you'd like us to consider when choosing a mentor to match you with.*
Is there anything else we should know that will help us make a good match?*
Type of cancer*
Date of diagnosis*
Cancer stage at diagnosis*
Age at diagnosis*
Hospital/Medical center where you are being treated*
Please tell us about your cancer journey so far. Include information about your disease, treatment, side effects, where you were in your life when diagnosed and where you are now.*
Are you using any other practices/therapies to help you cope?*
How did you hear about Woman to Woman?*
Would you like to receive patient materials at the address provided?*
By submitting this survey you agree to keep confidential all personal information obtained while participating in Woman to Woman*

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Woman to Woman Program Sites

Founding Program Site

Active OCRA Program Sites

Program Sites in Development

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