Free Cancer Support - The Wellness Community

about us

Our Purpose

The Wellness Community - South Bay Cities offers a free program for cancer patients, and their families and loved-ones. Our goal is to help as many cancer patients as possible recover from the physical and emotional effects of cancer to the greatest extent possible. Our psychological support and educational programs are designed to address the loss of control, hopelessness and social isolation that cancer patients and their families often experience.
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Executive Staff

Administrative Staff

Program Staff (Click HERE for photos and bios)
Rita Aron, MFT
Anne Clary, MFT
Maria Gallo, MA, Spanish Speaking Outreach

Steven Lottenberg, MD, PsyD

Linda Neal, MFT
Ruth Schriebman, MFT
Pamela Stephan, MFT
Christine Winkler, PhD, MFT

Michelle Kobayashi, Graduate Trainee
Anne Karin Nelson, Graduate Trainee

Board of Directors

L.J. Stogsdill, President
Kyle Kazan, Vice President
Christine Campisi, Vice President/Secretary
James Packard, CPA, Vice President/Finance

Matthew Accardo
Kerry Brentlinger

Michael Fiore

Edward Frankel
Daniel Hovenstine, MD
Laura Kauls, CPA
Robert McCaman

Ed McKenna, Sr.
Don Mehlig
David Milam
Donna Morita
Jane J. Netherton

Wade Nishimoto, MD
Patricia Sacks, MD
Rebecca Weintraub, Ph.D.

Honorary Directors
Harold H. Benjamin, PhD, In Memoriam
Norman Cousins, In Memoriam

Founders
Elise Asch
Jean McMillan
Tom Simko, MD
Joost van Adelsberg, MD
Anne Clary, Founding Facilitator

Professional Advisory Board
Daniel Hovenstine, MD, Chairperson, Radiation Oncology
Fikret Atamdede, MD, Gynecology/Oncology
Paula Bauer, RN, MSN,
Mary Byrne, RN, MSN
Kathleen Calderon, RN, MSN, MFT
David Chan, MD, Oncology
Lisa Fisher, MD, Obstetrics/Gynecology
Melanie Friedlander, MD, Surgery
Susan Goodlerner, MD, Dermatology
Garth Green, MD, Radiation Oncology
John Link, MD, Medical Oncology
Eric N. Milefchik, MD, Internal Medicine & ID
James Mollenkamp, MD, Urology
Paul Murata, MD, Family Practice
Wade Nishimoto, MD, Hematology/Oncology
Richard C. Palmer, MD, Psychiatry
Joy G. Paul, MD, Urology
Christine A. Petti, MD, Plastic/Reconstruction Surgery
Jenny Xiuqing Ru, MD, Hematology/Oncology
Marianne Ryan, MD, Surgery
Patricia Sacks, MD, Radiology/Nuclear Medicine
Gerald I. Schiff, MD, General Surgery
Thomas G. Simko, MD, Radiation Oncology
Joost van Adelsberg, MD, Internal Medicine
James Waisman, MD, Medical Oncology
Fredrick Wolk, MD, Urology