Kankakee Ostomy Association

Meetings are held at 2:00 PM the last Saturday of February, April, August, and October in the Board Room of Riverside Medical Center, 350 N. Wall St., Kankakee, IL 60901 (map). A June picnic and December Holiday Party bring the total meetings per year to 6.

Charlie Grotevant
President: 815-252-1551

Nursing educators and advisors:

Riverside Medical Center
Kathy Dahn, RN, Karen Kowalski, RN and Kelly Myers, RN:
815-933-1671, Ext. 4233
Presence St. Mary’s Hospital
Amy Golyshko, CWOCN:
815-937-2030

Contact Us

United Ostomy Associations of America
P.O. Box 2293
Biddeford, ME 04005-2293

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Call us toll-free at: 1-800-826-0826.
Our Information Line hours are Monday-Friday, 9am to 3pm EST. If you have an emergency, please dial 911 or contact your local medical professional.

Please understand that UOAA is a private, nonprofit, advocacy and informational organization. We are not a medical facility and we do not have medical or legal professionals on staff. Therefore, UOAA does not provide Medical, Mental Health, Insurance or Legal Advice.

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