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
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Executive Director/CEO

Judith K. Opdahl

Email: jkopdahl@aol.com

Phone: 310-376-3550, ext. 25

Program Director

Tom May, LCSW, ACSW

Email: tmay@wellnessandcancer.org

Development Director

Lyla Knudson

Email: lylaktwc@aol.com

Phone: 310-376-3550, ext. 30

Phone: 310-376-3550, ext. 22

Administrative Staff

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Program Staff

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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, RArt
Christine Winkler, PhD, MFT
 

Shelley Hardy, Graduate Intern

Tracy Pilger, Graduate Intern

Linda Tesar, MA, Post-Graduate Intern
Heather Tomilowitz, Graduate Intern
Ann Wallace, Graduate Intern
 

Board of Directors

L.J. Stogsdill, CPA, President/Chairperson; Development
Kyle Kazan, Sr. Vice President
Christine Campisi, Vice President/Secretary
James Packard, CPA, Vice President/Treasurer

Kerry Brentlinger
Stanley Corbett

Michael Fiore

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

Ed McKenna, Sr.

Don Mehlig
Donna Morita
Jane J. Netherton
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
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

updated January 3, 2008

 

109 W. Torrance Boulevard
Redondo Beach, California 90277
Phone: 310-376-3550     

Fax: 310-372-2094
E-Mail: info@wellnessandcancer.org

A FREE program of emotional support, education, and hope for people with cancer and their loved ones

                             

OUR MISSION is to help people affected by cancer enhance their health and well-being through participation in a professional program of emotional support, education, and hope - all completely free of charge.

The Wellness Community

 

South Bay Cities
109 West Torrance Boulevard
Redondo Beach, California 90277
Phone: 310-376-3550
Fax: 310-372-2094
E-Mail: info@wellnessandcancer.org

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South Bay Cities, All Rights Reserved