Thank you to our dedicated medical professional national members for helping us advance our mission to support, educate, empower, and advocate for individuals who have—or will have—ostomy or continent diversion surgery. The commitment of our members strengthens the national voice and influence of the ostomy community and helps ensure better outcomes for all.
Our 2025-2026
Medical Professional National Members
Sarah Aagesen
Ashlen Richelle Angelo
Holly Arena
Colleen Benson
Vera M Berry
Bonnie Melissa Boie, RN, COCN, CWCN, WOCN
Ellen Bompane
Karen Brady
Stacey Brown
Whitney Brown-Tompkins
Agnes Brugger
Kimberly Cay
Lisa Caylor
Julie Elizabeth Chabot
Melissa Chadwick
Linda Coulter
Julia Anne Cox
Justine Creegan
Lea Crestodina
Mary Ann Dewsnap Flignor, RN, MCH,CLC
Mikaela Brook Dillon
Bhrea S Dobson
Jungbeen Estepa
Margaret Falkenburg
Wendy Farrell
Julie Gilliam Flippen
Christine Freeman, BSN, WCC, CWOCN
Giselle Garza
Barbara J. Gates
Elizabeth Lynette Gunn
Cynthia Hilton
Sara Hollenbeck
Rebecca Hutchison
Rachael Hynek
Barbara Hammett Irwin, RN
May Ishikawa MSN, FNP-C, CWON
Melisa James
W. Renee Jenkins
Jeanne H Johnson, CWON
Jeanne H Johnson, CWON
Bonnie Ella Johnston
Gloria Keehn
Madeline Kranz
Melissa Kreisel
Elizabeth Kulling
Jan Landry
Sherry Leib
Carolyn Lord
Becky Mallonee, RN, CWOCN
Becky Mallonee, RN, CWOCN
Alisha Ryan Markun
Melissa Matsick
Jamie May
Bethany McDade, AGPCNP-BC, CWON
Missy McGraw
Megan Miller
Sarah Mohr
Jeannine Moore
Katherine Morehouse
Sandy Murray
Dr. Mayumi Nakagawa
Christa Overhage
Sandra Pacitto
Elizabeth Ann Palen
Laura Maria Parra Jaramillo
Kent I Phillips
Anita Prinz
Karen Leigh Reed
Shirley Remy-Sosa BSN, RN, WSOC, CDP
Kendra Rice, BSN, RN, WCC, OMS
Andrea Rogers
Suzanne K Rose
Mary Joy Cruz Santos
Laurel Scarioni
Diego Schaps
Janell Schoenfeld, RN, BSN, CWOCN
Shane England
Rachel Elizabeth Shearon
Susan Shumar
Susan Yael Siegel
Jessica Silverman
Katherine Skiffington
Peter and Phyllis Sova
Vawn S Taylor
Matthew Robert Tolliver
Andrea Tomczak
Kelly Ann Toporek
Andrea Michelle Torok
Lisa Trainor
Elizabeth Cardenas Van Ess
Kimberly A. Vaughan-Little
Natasha Vilchez
Margaret Waltz
Barbara Wieloszynski
Erin Young
Contact Us
United Ostomy Associations of America
P.O. Box 2293
Biddeford, ME 04005-2293
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. Visit UOAA Virtual Ostomy Clinic provided by The Wound Company for non-emergency, virtual ostomy support.
