LOLA's Support Group "Goodwill Speakers"

     LOLA is extremely proud to highlight our “Good Will Speakers.” We thank them for their unselfish
     contribution, time and expertise.

David Bernstein
Chief, Digestive Disease Institute
North Shore University Hospital

Dr. Norbert Brau, MBA, FACP
Director, Viral Hepatitis Program
Bronx VA Hospital

Nicola Briggs
Tai Chi Instructor




Damaris Carriero
MS, ANP, C, AA HIVS, AARCN




Dr. Andrew De La Torre
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Newark University Hospital


Scott R. Eckardt PT
Executive Director
Sound Body Physical Therapy


Stephen P. Esposito,
MD, PC

Hepatobiliary Associates of New York


Isabel Fiel
Associate Professor of Pathology
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine


Scott L. Friedman
Fishberg Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Liver Diseases
Mount Sinai School of Medicine


Josephine Hernandez








Dr. Milan Kinkhabwala
Chief, Division of Transplant
Director Abdominal Organ Transplantation
Montefiore Medical Center



Dr. Patricia Lopez
Division of Liver Disease
Mt. Sinai Medical Center






Claudia McCormack, LAC
Accupuncture/
Herbology


Dr. Lisa Orzick
Chief of Gastroenterology Department
Harlem Hospital

Dr. Melissa Palmer
Hepatologist



Carmela Perez
Licensed Psychologist



Miriam Perez
Public & Professional
Education Specialist
NY Organ Donor Network

Dr. Manuel Rodriguez
Transplant Surgeon and Hepatobiliary Surgeon
Westchester Medical Center

Gary Rosard
Holistic Health and Nutrition



Bernard L. Rosen
Public Affairs Specialist
Social Security Administration

Ana Rufino
Public Affairs Specialist
Social Security Service





Thomas D. Schiano, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Medical Director, Adult Liver Transplantation
Director, Clinical Hepatology

Myron Schwartz, MD
Professor of Surgery
Director, Surgical Oncology
Associate Director, Liver Transplantation
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Steven M Sepe MD PhD
Director, Medical Affairs
Medical Science Liaison





Dr. Vel Sivapalen
Assistant Professor of
Clinical Medicine
Division of Infectious Disease
Harlem Hospital Center

Arielle Stanford, MD
Paul Janssen Translational Neuroscience Fellow
Assistant in Clinical Psychiatry
Columbia University/NYSPI

David F. Stein
MD, FACP, FACG, AGAF

Riverdale Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases Director of Hepatology, Saint Barnabas Hospital

Dr. Lewis W Teperman MD
Associate Professor
Director of Transplantation
at NYU Medical Center




In addition, a heartfelt thank you to: Helen Adams, Dr. John Reinus, Dr. John Renz, Dr. Mark Russo, and Ms. Karen Schangler.

Jacqueline Vargas
Massage Therapist/
Holistic Healer

Qing Cai Zhang, MD