SUPPORT US
RESOURCES
LOCAL HEALTH CARE
Allegheny Health Network
Allegheny General Hospital
320 E. North Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
412.359.3131
https://www.alleghenyhealthnetwork.com
Allegheny Center for Digestive Health
1307 Federal Street
Suite 301
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
412.359.8900
CaringBridge
Create free, easy websites to help connect friends & family during times of illness, treatment & recovery.
http://www.caringbridge.org/liverfoundation
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
One Children's Hospital Drive
4401 Penn Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
412.692.5325
http://www.chp.edu/CHP/pediatric+liver+transplants
http://www.chp.edu/CHP/hepatology
Excela Health System
UPMC - Center for Liver Diseases
3471 Fifth Avenue, Suite 900
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: 412.647.1170
http://gastroenterology.upmc.com/UPP/LiverDiseasesCenter.htm
UPMC-Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute
UPMC Montefiore
7 South, 3459 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: 412.647.3555 or 877.640.6746
VA Health System
University Drive - Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15240
412.360.6000 or 866.482.7488
Westmoreland Gastroenterology Associates
545 Rugh Street
Greensburg, PA 15601
724.836.5500
Westmoreland Digestive Disorders
443 Frye Farm Road, Suite 200
Greensburg, PA 15601
724.532.2801
SCREENING & TREATMENT SERVICES
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Center for Liver Disease
3471 Fifth Avenue, Suite 900
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: 412.647.1170
Digestive Health and Nutrition
725 Cherrington Pkwy.
Moon Twp., PA 15108
412-262-1000
Allegheny County Federally Qualified Health Centers
1-866-730-2368 or TTY: 412-350-5205
http://www.alleghenycounty.us/dhs/Link/health.asp
allylink@dhs.county.allegheny.pa.us
Westmoreland Gastroenterology Assoc.
545 Rugh St.
Greensburg, PA 15601
724-836-5500
Northside Christian Health Center
816 Middle Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
412-321-4001
Allegheny Health Network-Gastroenterology
320 East North Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Phone: 412.359.3131
Gastroenterology Associates, Inc
5200 Centre Ave., #312
Pittsburgh, PA 15232
412-621-7777
Pittsburgh Gastroenterology Associates
2589 Boyce Plaza Rd.
Upper St. Clair, PA 15241
412-838-0400
Central Outreach
1860 Centre Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
412-471-9806
Allegheny County Health Department
3441 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412-578-8062
GOVERNMENTAL RESOURCES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Viral Hepatitis
www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/index.htm
National Cancer Institute
www.cancer.gov/cancer_information/cancer_type/liver/
Phone: 800.4.CANCER (22-6237)
Email: cancergovstaff@mail.nih.gov
CLINICS
Catholic Charities Free Clinic
212 Ninth Street, 3rd Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
412.456.6911
Pittsburgh Mercy Family Health Center
Pittsburgh Mercy Family Health Center
Services are all free and confidential and include Hepatitis C Testing, Education about Viral Hepatitis, Risk Counseling, Support, and Information about Current Treatment Options. For more information contact Alison Kost, RN, at 412.657.8691 mercybehavioral.org
Drop In Center for Information Concerning Viral Hepatitis
Pittsburgh Mercy Family Health Center
249 South Ninth Street, Pittsburgh PA 15203
Mondays from 10 AM to 4 PM
Services are all free and confidential and include Hepatitis C Testing
Education about Viral Hepatitis, Risk Counseling, Support
and Information about Current Treatment Options.
For more information contact Alison Kost, RN, at 412.657.8691
Pennsylvania Federally Qualified Health Centers
http://www.pachc.com/health_find.html
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
www.mysupportpath.com
www.harvoni.com
www.sovaldi.com
www.viread.com
LOCAL SUPPORT GROUPS
Greater Pittsburgh PBC Support Group
Meets Second Tuesday of the month (weather permitting); Noon - VIP Room
Panera Bread - Waterworks Mall
Phone:724.863.3126
Contact Ellen Kerber (kerber@kerbers.com) for more information.
TRIO-Pittsburgh Chapter Support Group
(Transplant Recipients International Organization)
Meetings on the 3rd Sunday of each month
1:30pm
UPMC Montefiore LHAS Auditorium, 7th Floor next to the Main Lobby
Contact: TRIO at 412.647.7461
Westmoreland County Support Group
Held every other Month on the 3rd Monday of the month at 6:30pm
Hempfield Church of Christ
144 Hugh Black Road
Greensburg, PA 15601
Contact: Antonia & Mike Redigan
724.423.5948
ADVOCACY GROUPS
AbbVie
Gilead Unbranded
HCV Advocate
PO Box 427037
San Francisco, CA 94142
National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
4733 Bethesda Avenue, Suite 750
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
Phone: 301.656.0003
Email: info@nfid.org
Latino Organization for Liver Awareness
http://www.lola-national.org/
P.O. Box 842
Throggs Neck Station
Bronx, NY 10465
Phone: 888.367.LOLA (5652)
Hep C Alert
www.hep-c-alert.org/
660 NE 125th Street
North Miami, FL 33161
877.HELP4HEP
Hep C Connection
www.hepc-connection.org/
190 E Ninth Avenue, Suite 320
Denver, CO 80203
Phone: 303.860.0900
800.522.HEPC
Hepatitis Foundation International
www.hepfi.org/
504 Blick Drive
Silver Spring, MD 20904-2901
Phone: 800.891.0707 or 301.622.4200
Email: hfi@comcast.net
OTHER RESOURCES
Hepatitis Neighborhood
http://www.hepatitisneighborhood.com/default.aspx
Nursing Home Abuse
http://www.nursinghomeabuseguide.org/
Hepatitis Central
www.hepatitis-central.com/
Prevention Point Pittsburgh
907 West Street, #5
Pittsburgh, PA 15221
412-247-3404
National Hepatitis C Coalition
www.nationalhepatitis-c.org/
P.O. Box 5058
Hemet, California 92544
Phone: 951.658.4414
Email: support@nationalhepatitis-c.org
National Insurance Consumer Hotline
800.942.4242
Partnership for
Prescription Assistance
If you don’t have prescription coverage
and can’t afford your medicines, call
1-888-4PPA-NOW, or go to www.pparx.org.
More than 2,500 brand-name and generic medicines are covered. You could get them FREE or NEARLY FREE.