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United States -- Other Countries

 

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U.S. Chapters exist in the following states. For non-U.S. affiliates, see below.

Please write to info@vhl.org for more information about local services in your area, or send mail to the local contact person by clicking on the hotlink below. If you do not receive a timely reply, please send your request again to info@vhl.org. All contacts are volunteers, who may sometimes be temporarily unavailable. Thank you.

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International Affiliates

VHL Family Alliance services are available in local language in the following countries. Groups are forming in Germany, Switzerland, Israel, New Zealand, Hungary, Poland, and other countries. If you do not receive a timely reply from the local contact, please send your request again to info@vhl.org. All contacts are volunteers, who may sometimes be temporarily unavailable. Thank you.

 

Canada  www.vhlcanada.ca/

Jill Shields, Chair
4227 Hamilton Rd.
Dorchester, ON  N0L 1G3 Canada
Phone: +1-519-268-1567
E-mail: canada@vhl.org
Susan Lamb, Co-Chair/Secretary
Windsor, Ontario,
Phone: +1-519-735-0236
E-mail: canada@vhl.org
  Treasurer:
Sylvia Honselaar, B.Admin, CGA 
London, Ontario
E-mail: sylvia_cga@yahoo.ca
Chapters:
Northern Ontario:
Tania Durand, Northern Ontario
Phone: +1 (613) 622-7976
E-mail: tania@igs.net
Quebec:
Paul Bonneau, Quebec
Phone: +1 (514) 684-2365
E-mail: paul.bonneau@sympatico.ca
British Columbia:
Michelle Elliott
Phone: (604) 538-3425
E-mail: Muggy63@shaw.ca
 

Australia

Phone/fax Sydney: +61 (2) 9475 1441

In Queensland, Jennifer Kingston, +61 (7) 3254 1489 or 0411 105 102
Jennifer & Bruce Kingston
36 Refinery Parade
New Farm    QLD    4005
Australia

In New South Wales: Paul and Gay Verco, +61 (2) 9999 3641

In Western Australia: Michael Walker, +61 (8) 9206 0349

In Victoria: Ros Leydon, +61(3) 9510 7464

Belgium

Chris Hendrickx (she speaks English, Flemish, Dutch, German, and French)
Dorpstraat 127a
Emblem (near Antwerp)
B-2520 Belgium
Phone: +32-3-658-0158
E-mail: vhl.familie@skynet.be
Website: http://www.vhl.org/belgie

Brazil

J. C. Casali da Rocha, Oncology (Portuguese, Spanish, English)
Medical Director Nat Tumor Bank
INCA Rua Andre Cavalcanti,37-2andar
Rio de Janeiro, RJ
BRAZIL
Phone: +55-21 3233-1338
E-mail: jcrocha@inca.gov.br
Website: http://www.inca.gov.br

Britain

Mary Weetman (English)
Bury, England

Phone: +
44 (0)1204-886112
or London
+44 (0)20 7681-1796
E-mail: uk@vhl.org
Website: http://www.vhlcg.co.uk or http://www.vhl-europa.org and click on the British flag

Chile, South America

Pierre Jacomet, Director (Spanish, English, French)
VHL Family Alliance - Chile
Santa Luisa 295, Apt 41, Renaca
Vina del Mar, Chile
Phone: +56 32 833951
E-mail: chile@vhl.org
Website: http://www.alianzavhl.org

Croatia

Website: http://www.vhl-europa.org/hr/

Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland

Vibeke and Richard Harbud (English, Danish)
Veddelev
Fiskervejen 10
Roskilde 4000 Denmark
Phone: +45 4676 7033
Fax:
+45 3288 8275
E-mail: harbud@c.dk
Website: http://www.vhl-danmark.dk
includes a Forum for VHL in Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, or English

Finland

Website: http://www.vhl-danmark.dk
includes a Forum for VHL in Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, or English

France

Gilles Brunet, Président; Hélène Sultan, Trésorier
VHL France

16 rue Marie Laurencin

75012 Paris, FRANCE
Tél et Fax: 04 50 64 15 65

Courriel: france@vhl.org
Website: http://www.vhl.org/fr

Germany

VHL-Selbsthilfegruppe 
Gerhard Alsmeier (German, English)
Rembrandstrasse 2
Meppen
D-49716 Germany
Phone: +49-5931-929552
E-mail: g.alsmeier@hippel-lindau.de
Website: http://www.hippel-lindau.de/
includes a Forum for VHL in German and English

In Köln: Florian Hofmann

Holland

Belangenvereniging Von Hippel-Lindau
Ronald Westerlaken
Middenmolenlaan 25
2807 DL Gouda
Phone/Fax: +31-182-515058
E-mail: info@vonhippellindau.nl
Website: http://vonhippellindau.nl

Hungary

Dr. Helga Süli-Vargha (Hungarian, German, English, Russian)
H-1518, P.O. Box 32, Budapest 112  Hungary
Fax: +36-1-2090602
E-mail: suline@para.chem.elte.hu

Iceland

Website: http://www.vhl-danmark.dk includes a Forum for VHL in Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, or English

Ireland

Gloria Proby
County Wexford
Phone: +353-402-37232
E-mail: riverfieldfarmhouse@eircom.net  

Italy

M. Luisa Guerra (English, Italian)
Loc. Malvicina, 19
Gavi (AL) 15066 Italy
Phone: +39 143 643 220
Fax: +39 143 643 572
E-mail: lellavhl@tin.it
Website: http://www.vhl.it/

Japan

Hanako Suzuki (English, Japanese)
Chairperson, Japan
Phone: +81.88.880.2402
E-mail: japan@vhl.org
Website: http://www.vhl.org/japan

New Zealand

Jon and Valerie Johnson (English)
3B Luana Way
Howick, Auckland,  New Zealand
Phone/Fax: +64 (9) 5348098
E-mail: jon.and.val@xtra.co.nz

Norway

Website: http://www.vhl-danmark.dk includes a Forum for VHL in Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, or English

Poland

Dr. Karol Krzystolik, Dept of Genetics (English, Polish)
Pomeranian Academy of Medicine
al. Powstancow Wlkp. 72
Szczecin 70-111 Poland
Phone: +48 91 4661298
Fax: +48-91 4828 450
E-mail: poland@vhl.org

Portugal

Website: http://www.vhl-europa.org/p/

South Africa

Markus van Vuuren
+27(0)82-779-5019
southafrica@vhl.org

Dr. Lizette van Rensburg
+27(0)12- 319-2636

Spain

Karina Villar, M.D.
Allianza espańola de familias de von Hippel-Lindau (A.E.F.-VHL)
Centro Civic Rogelio Soto-Apartado nº5
C / Campoamor, 93-95
08204 Sabadell - Barcelona
Tel: +34-93-712-3989 o +34.61-605-0514
Otro teléfono: +34-60 768 0759
E-mail: alianzavhl@alianzavhl.org
Website: http://www.alianzavhl.org

Sweden

Website: http://www.vhl-europa.org/sw/
http://www.vhl-danmark.dk includes a Forum for VHL in Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, or English

Switzerland

Erika Trutmann
Alte Kantonstraße 6
CH-6440 Brunnen
Fax: +41 41 820 63 73
Telefonischer Kontakt: Regula Eggenschwiler +41 55 445 20 91
E-mail: info-ch@vhl-europa.org
Website: http://www.vhl-europa.org/switzerland/

Turkey

Website: http://www.vhl-europa.org/tr/

[Last updated 10-Jul-2008 JWG]