ATA Alliance for Thyroid Patient Education

Thyroid Patient Support Organizations: Collaborating with the ATA

ATA members have long served as advisors, consultants, and speakers for thyroid patient support organizations. As an association, ATA has been working ever more closely with several highly regarded patient organizations. Through the work of the Patient Education and Advocacy Committee, ATA has initiated the ATA Alliance for Thyroid Patient Education . The ATA Alliance for Thyroid Patient Education will support patient education and public awareness of thyroid disease.

Other Helpful Sites

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
www.aace.com

Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health
www.cc.nih.gov

American Association of Endocrine Surgeons
http://www.endocrinesurgery.org

Hormone Foundation (promoting understanding of hormones and disease)
www.hormone.org

Magic Foundation (support and education to families of children with growth disorders)
www.magicfoundation.org

National Cancer Institute
I-131 Thyroid Dose/Risk Calculator for NTS Fallout
http://ntsi131.nci.nih.gov/

Thyroid-Cancer.net (Johns Hopkins Thyroid Tumor Center)
www.thyroid-cancer.net

New thyroid discoveries for
--prevention
--diagnosis
--treatment

Light of Life Foundation
(for patients with thyroid cancer)
PO Box 163
Manalapan, NJ 07726
phone: (toll free) 1-877-LOL-NECK (565-6325)
phone: 732 972-0461
fax: 732 536-4824
email: info@checkyourneck.com
website: www.checkyourneck.com

The Light of Life Foundation, founded in 1997, strives to improve the quality of life for thyroid cancer patients, educate the public and professionals about thyroid cancer, and promote research and development to improve thyroid cancer care.

Graves' Disease Foundation
400 International Drive
Williamsville, NY 14221
Toll Free: 1 877-NGDF-123
Office: 716 631-2310
Fax: 716 631-2822
Website: www.NGDF.org

The Graves' Disease Foundation (GDF), an international health agency is dedicated to finding the cause and cure of Graves' disease.

The Foundation provides patient services, public education, professional education, and funds research. Its patient programs include a toll-free hotline that provides individual counseling, a website, and 'bulletin board' where anyone can ask questions about the disease. The Graves' Disease Foundation offers support groups that provide educational, psychological and emotional assistance to patients and family members afflicted with Graves' disease.

ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors' Association, Inc.
P.O. Box 1545
New York, NY 10159-1545
phone: (toll-free) 877 588-7904
fax: 630 604-6078
e-mail: thyca@thyca.org
website: www.thyca.org

ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors' Association, Inc., founded in 1995, is an all-volunteer nonprofit organization, guided by a medical advisory council of renowned thyroid cancer specialists, offering support and information to thyroid cancer survivors, families, and health care professionals worldwide.

Thyroid Foundation of Canada
797 Princess Street, Ste 304
Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L 1G1
phone: (613) 544-8364
1-800-267-8822 (IN CANADA)
fax: 613 544-9731
website: www.thyroid.ca

The Thyroid Foundation of Canada/La Fondation canadienne de la Thyroïde was founded in 1980 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Its goals are to promote awareness and education about thyroid disease and raise funds for thyroid disease research. The web site offers patient education materials in both English and French.