STATE & LOCAL CHAPTERS OF MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONS

If you know of a medical organization with a chapter in Florida AND a Web site or Web page that does not appear on this list, please email us a link at health@miamiherald.com.

• Advocacy Center for Persons with Disabilities of Florida
• ALS Association Florida Chapter
• Alzheimer's Association Southeast Florida Chapter
• Al-Anon/Alateen South Florida
• Alcoholics Anonymous in Miami
• Alcoholics Anonymous in Broward
• Alcoholics Anonymous in Palm Beach County
• American Heart Association Greater Southeast Affiliate (serves Florida)
• American Liver Foundation Gulf Coast Chapter (state of Florida)
• American Lung Association of Florida
• American Parkinson’s Disease Association – South Florida Chapter
• Arthritis Foundation Florida Chapter
• Best Buddies Florida
• Brain Injury Association of Florida
• Breast Cancer Network of Strength South Florida
• Breastfeeding Coalition of Palm Beach County
• Broward Gold Coast Down Syndrome Organization
• Celiac Disease Foundation Palm Beach County support group
• Children and Adults with ADHD South Broward & North Dade Chapter
• Children and Adults with ADHD North Broward Chapter
• Children and Adults with ADHD Palm Beach Chapter
• Children's Heart Foundation -- Florida Chapter
• Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America Florida Chapter
• Cystic Fibrosis Foundation -- South Florida office
• Cystic Fibrosis Foundation -- Palm Beach office
• Diabetes Research Insititute at University of Miami
• Down Syndrome Association of Miami
• Easter Seals Disability Services South Florida
• Epilepsy Foundation of Florida
• Family Network on Disabilities of Florida
• Florida Autism Connection
• Florida Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association
• Florida Allergy Asthma and Immunology Society
• Florida Brain Tumor Association
• Florida Breast Cancer Coalition
• Florida Consumer Action Council for Mental Health, Inc.
• Florida Council Against Sexual Violence
• Florida Council for the Blind
• Florida Council on Aging
• Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling
• Florida Department of Children and Families
• Florida Developmental Disabilities Council
• Florida Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
• Florida Health Freedom Action
• Florida Hospices and Palliative Care
• Florida Independent Living Council
• Florida Institute for Family Involvement
• Florida KidCare
• Florida Network of Youth and Family Services
• Florida Pain Initiative
• Florida Poison Information Center Network
• Florida Partnership for Access to Sickle Cell Services (PASS) Program
• Florida Planned Parenthood
• Florida School for the Deaf and Blind
• Florida Spinal Cord Injury Resource
• Florida Substance Abuse Program Office
• Foundation Fighting Blindness – Florida chapters
• Gilda’s Club South Florida
• Gold Coast Down Syndrome Organization of Palm Beach County
• Huntington’s Disease Society of America – Florida chapters
• Informed Families of Florida
• Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation – South Florida chapter
• Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation – Greater Palm Beach chapter
• La Leche League of Florida
• League Against Cancer (La Liga Contra El Cancer)
• League for the Hard of Hearing – Florida League
• Learning Disabilities Association of Florida
• Leukemia-Lymphoma Society – Southern Florida chapter
• LifeLink Foundation of Florida (organ and tissue recovery)
• Lupus Foundation of America – Greater Florida chapter
• Lymphoma Research Foundation – South Florida chapter
• March of Dimes Florida Chapter
• Miami Coalition For a Safe and Drug-Free Community
• Mental Health Association of Broward County
• Mental Health Association of Palm Beach County
• Miami Lighthouse for the Blind
• Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
• Multiple Sclerosis Center of Miami
• NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Florida
• National Federation for the Blind of Florida
• National Kidney Foundation of Florida
• National Multiple Sclerosis Society – South Florida Chapter
• National Stuttering Association – Southeast Chapter
• PODS Angels Support Foundation, Inc. of Fort Lauderdale (for parents of Down Syndrome children)
• Possible Dream Foundation (formerly Up With Down Syndrome Foundation)
• Prader-Willi Association of Florida
• Prevent Blindness Florida
• Resolve South Florida (local chapter of the National Infertility Association)
• Ronald McDonald House Charities of South Florida
• Scleroderma Foundation -- South Florida Chapter
• Sickle Cell Miami – Sickle Cell Disease Association of America
• Sickle Cell Foundation of Palm Beach
• South Florida Crystal Meth Anonymous
• South Florida Intergroup of Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous
• Spondylitis Association of America – Miami Support Group
• Susan G. Komen for the Cure – Miami/Fort Lauderdale
• Susan G. Komen for the Cure – South Florida (serving Greater Palm Beach County)
• Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Treatment Center
• Tourette Syndrome Association of Florida
• Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance of Florida
• United Cerebral Palsy of South Florida
• United Way of Miami-Dade
• Volunteers of America Florida
• The Wellness Community of Greater Miami

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