Grant Recipients

• 2007 Komen Community Breast Health Grantees (STEP)
• Education
• Screening Coordination
• Support
• Treatment
• 2007 Komen Clinical Trials Enrollment Grantees (CRAFT)

2007 Komen Community Breast Health Grantees (STEP)

Education

Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline and Support Program
Offers breast health education targeting uninsured and undocumented Latina and African American women throughout Long Island.

Hillary Rutter, LCSW
Director
516-877-4313
rutter@adelphi.edu
www.adelphi.edu/nysbreastcancer

The Bronx Health Link
Provides educational outreach to teenage Latina women, their mothers, and their grandmothers, and support services for uninsured and recent immigrant women diagnosed with breast cancer in the Bronx.

Joann Casado
Executive Director
718-590-2648
execdirtbhl@aol.com
www.bronxhealthlink.org

Brooklyn Hospital Center
Offers bilingual outreach, breast cancer screening, diagnosis and treatment to uninsured and low-income Latina and African American women in Brooklyn.

Nereida Borrero
Project Coordinator, Redes en Accion
718-250-8394
nereidaborrero@yahoo.com
www.tbh.org

Charles B. Wang Community Health Center
Offers breast health education and screening coordination to low-income, underinsured and linguistically isolated Asian-American women in New York City, with a specific emphasis on Chinatown.

Rebecca Sze
Director of Women’s Health
212-966-0228 x 506
rsze@cbwchc.org
www.cbwchc.org

Haitian American Cultural and Social Organization
Provides education, screening coordination, and support services for Haitian undocumented, uninsured, and immigrant women in Rockland County through targeted outreach and partnerships with community organizations.

Rose Leandre
Executive Director
845-352-5897
ralgraf1@aol.com
www.hacso.org

Korean Community Services
Offers culturally- and linguistically-appropriate breast health education and screening coordination to un- or underinsured Asian women with a focus on the Korean community throughout New York City.

Jinny Park
Public Health Program Director
212-463-9685
jpark@kcsny.org
www.kcsny.org

Medical and Health Research Association of New York City
Offers culturally and linguistically appropriate breast health education and clinical breast examinations for Urdu-speaking South Asian immigrant women in Queens.

Marci Rosa
Deputy Director of Collaborative Programs
646-619-6524
mrosa@mhra.org
www.mhra.org

Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Offers bilingual screening coordination to African American, Latina, and Caribbean women in Manhattan who have received breast health education from the Witness Project of Harlem and Esperanza I Vida.

Lina Jandorf
Research Assistant Professor
212-659-5506
lina.jandorf@mssm.edu
www.mssm.edu

St. John’s Riverside Health System
Provides education, screening coordination, patient navigation, and support services to uninsured and undocumented Latina and African American women in Westchester.

Linda Bohan
Director of Community Outreach
914-964-7547
lbohan@riversidehealth.org
www.riversidehealth.org

UNITE Health Center
Provides work-site and on-site breast health outreach and screening coordination for current and retired members of UNITE HERE and Local 32 BJ, unions representing very low-wage Latina, Chinese and French Creole workers in the garment, textile, restaurant and hotel industries throughout New York City.

Audrey Lum, RN, MPA
Chief of Clinical Services
212-812-3542
alum@unitehere.org

YWCA White Plains & Central Westchester
Offers culturally sensitive education, screening coordination, and follow-up services for uninsured and undocumented Latina, African American, and Caribbean women in Westchester County.

Jakeline Ramos-Calderon
Program Director
914-428-1130 x 306
jramos@ywcawhiteplains.com
www.ywcawhiteplains.com

 

Screening Coordination

Columbia University Medical Center
Provides screening coordination, diagnostic, and treatment services for underserved Latina, African American, and Caribbean women in Northern Manhattan and the South Bronx.

Karen Schmitt, RN
Director, Columbia University Breast Cancer Screening Partnership
212-851-4517
schmitt@nyp.org
www.nyp.org

Michael Callen-Audre Lorde Community Health Center
Provides targeted education and screening coordination for at-risk, underserved lesbian, bisexual, and transgender women throughout New York City.

Lori Cohen, MPH
Director of Programs
212-271-7211
lcohen@callen-lorde.org
www.callen-lorde.org

North Bronx Healthcare Network
Provides bilingual screening coordination and education for underserved African American, Caribbean, and Latino women and men in the Bronx.

Jean Burg, M.D.
Medical Director
917-992-3657
jean.burg@nbhn.net
www.nyc.gov/html/hhc/html/facilities/northcentralbronx.html

NYU Cancer Institute- NYU School of Medicine
Offers culturally appropriate education and screening coordination for Arab American immigrant women in Queens and Brooklyn.

Claudia Ayash
Program Manager
212-263-2176
Claudia.Ayash@nyumc.org
www.nyuci.org

Outreach for Breast Health Foundation
Offers breast health education, as well as mobile mammography to un- or underinsured African American, Latina, Russian and Polish women throughout New York City.

Mary Solomon
Executive Director
631-581-4171
wondirect@aol.com

Project Renewal
Provides education about breast health, as well as mobile mammography, clinical breast exams and follow-up support, to homeless and uninsured women throughout New York City.

Dr. Brenda Merritt
Director of Primary Care Services
212-620-0340
brendam@projectrenewal.org
www.projectrenewal.org

Ryan-NENA Community Health Center
Provides culturally- and linguistically-appropriate breast health education, screening coordination and treatment to uninsured and undocumented Latina, Chinese and multiethnic women in Manhattan's Lower East Side.

Lesley Cohen
Women's Health Clinic Unit Coordinator
212-477-8548
lcohen@ryan-nena.org
www.ryancenter.org

SHAREing and CAREing
Provides culturally sensitive breast health education, screening coordination, and support services for un- or underinsured African American, Latina, and Caribbean women in Brooklyn and Queens.

Anna Kril
President
718-777-8713
anna@shareing-careing.com
www.shareing-careing.com

Westchester County Department of Health
Offers an expansion of its Cancer Services Program to ensure timely access to breast cancer screening, diagnostic services, and access to treatment for un- or underinsured Latina, African American and Caucasian women in Westchester County.

Maureen Bradley, RN, MS, FNP-C
Program Manager
914-813-5255
mrk1@westchestergov.com

 

Support

Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline and Support Program
Provides bilingual psychosocial support and counseling services for Latina and African American women diagnosed with breast cancer and their families in Nassau County.

Hillary Rutter, LCSW
Director
516-877-4313
rutter@adelphi.edu
www.adelphi.edu/nysbreastcancer

CancerCare, Inc.
Provides financial assistance for transportation, homecare, childcare, pain medication, and chemotherapy and radiation therapy to women with breast cancer throughout New York City.

Jane Levy
Director of Patient Assistance Programs
212-712-8356
jlevy@cancercare.org
www.cancercare.org

Chai Lifeline, Inc.
Offers culturally sensitive psychosocial support, transportation to medical appointments, kosher meals, and daily living assistance for Orthodox Jewish Women throughout New York City.

Toni Cabat, DSW, LCSW
Director of Family Services and Organizational Development
212-699-6634
tcabat@chailifeline.org
www.chailifeline.org

City Bar Justice Center
Provides un- or underinsured Caucasian, Latina, and African American breast cancer patients, survivors, and their families with linguistically appropriate joint legal/social work assistance in all five boroughs of New York City.

Laura Mosiello
Program Director
212-382-4785
lmosiello@nycbar.org
www.nycbar.org

Gilda’s Club New York City, Inc.
Offers on-site psychoeducational workshops and support groups at a senior center in the Bronx for African American and Latina women living with breast cancer.

Migdalia Torres
Program Director
212-647-9700 x 244
mtorres@gildasclubnyc.org
www.gildasclubnyc.org

God’s Love We Deliver
Offers therapeutic meals for African American, Caucasian, and Latina women living throughout New York City diagnosed with and in treatment for breast cancer and their children.

Dorella Walters
Senior Director of Program Services
212-294-8123
dwalters@glwd.org
www.godslovewedeliver.org

Lesbian and Gay Community Service Center
Offers psychosocial support services to lesbian, bisexual, and transgender women with cancer and their caregivers as well as breast health education and culturally competent screening coordination.

Carrie Davis
Program Director
212-620-7310 x 210
cdavis@gaycenter.org
www.gaycenter.org

New York Legal Assistance Group
Provides free legal services to low-income women with breast cancer throughout New York City and trains health professionals and breast cancer patients on relevant legal issues.

Randye Retkin, Esq.
Director of LegalHealth
212-613-5080
rretkin@nylag.org
www.legalhealth.org

Queens Hospital Center
Provides a support group for African American, Asian, and Latino children of un- or underinsured women with breast cancer in Queens.

Elsie Furr
Senior Associate Director
718-883-4136
furrel@nychhc.org
www.queenscancercenter.com

South Fork Breast Health Coalition
Provides transportation to medical appointments and bilingual patient navigation for underserved Caucasian, Latina, and Native American women on Long Island.

Susan Roden
Director
631-726-8606
sroden5080@aol.com
www.southforkbreast.com

The Family Center
Provides legal and social services to un- or underinsured African American, Latina, and Caribbean women with breast cancer and their families in Brooklyn. Services include psychosocial support and guardianship planning for children.

Katherine Hammer
Brooklyn Site Director
718-230-1379 x 105
khammer@thefamilycenter.org
www.thefamilycenter.org

 

Treatment

Open Door Family Medical Centers
Provides access to screening, diagnosis, treatment, and education for low-income, undocumented women of color who attend any of their clinics throughout Westchester County.

Pam Ferrari
Director of Performance Improvement
914-502-1455
pferrari@ood.org
www.opendoormedical.org

Peconic Medical Center
Provides culturally and linguistically appropriate patient navigation and access to breast health screenings, treatment, support services, and education for Latina and African American women on Long Island.

Barbara Flett, RN
Program Director
631-548-6321
bflett@pbmedicalcenter.org

SHARE: Self-Help for Women with Breast and Ovarian Cancer
& St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital
Provides un- or underinsured women receiving breast cancer treatment at St. Luke’s with the joint support of a patient navigator and a breast cancer survivor-patient navigator.

Ivis Sampayo
Director, LatinaSHARE
212-719-0364 x 248
isampayo@sharecancersupport.org
www.sharecancersupport.org

Sharon Rosenbaum Smith, MD
Medical Director of the Comprehensive Breast Service
212-523-5743
srsmith@chpnet.org
www.slrsurgery.org

 

2007 Komen Clinical Trials Enrollment Grantees (CRAFT)

Columbia University Herbert Irving Cancer Center
Bilingual project staff will focus on increasing outreach, recruitment, and retention of minority patients for breast cancer clinical trials being conducted at the Herbert Irving Cancer Center, and survey these patients on the barriers to enrollment in clinical trials.

Victor Grann, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology, & Health Policy Management
212-305-9529
vrg2@columbia.edu

Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Staff will focus on recruiting African-American women into clinical trials at the Breast Cancer Behavioral Center at Mount Sinai School of Medicine to investigate the effectiveness of culturally tailored breast cancer genetic counseling and telephone-based genetic counseling.

Lina Jandorf
Research Assistant Professor
212-659-5506
lina.jandorf@mssm.edu
www.mssm.edu

NYU Medical Center
Staff from the research, clinical, and immigrant health centers at NYU and Bellevue Hospital Center will work on increasing access to breast cancer clinical trials for immigrant and Limited English Proficient women.

Francesca Gany, MD, MS
212-263-8897
fg12@nyu.edu
www.med.nyu.edu.cih