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This award recognizes quality
internet websites that promote sarcoidosis
awareness involving patient support and/or
medical information in a well organized,
well maintained manner.

This designation is given to sites that
meet or exceed strict standards set forth
by Sarcoidosis Online Sites for this award.
They are then added to this Golden Lifesaver Award Library.

To the many physicians, clinicians and website developers who dedicate their time to sarcoidosis research and public awareness, you have our sincere gratitude.

We invite you to visit these award winning websites. (listed alphabetically)

**This award is by nomination only and may not be used without prior approval. If you would like to know how to nominate a website for the Golden Lifesaver Award please contact us via email at: jaysjob@gmail.com for more information.

  • A Guide to Medical Information and Support
    www.geocities.com/HotSprings/1505/guide.html

     

  • American Lung Association
    www.lungusa.org
    Date launched: April 1996
    Website Administrator: Todd Whitley.
      Outline document fact sheet minority prevalence and statistical trends for lung diseases from A to Z. Compare data from your state against others and see the latest trends.
     

  • American Lung Association of Washington
    www.alaw.org/lung_disease/information_and_referral/sarcoidosis/
    Date launched: 1996
    Website Administrator: Kenneth Wohlf.
      The basic facts about sarcoidosis and sarcoidosis resources in Washington state.
     

  • Arthritis Foundation
    http://www.arthritis.org/resource/fs/sarcoidosis.asp
     

  • Chronic Lung Disease Resource on the Cheshire Medical Center Website
    www.cheshire-med.com/programs/pulrehab/rehinfo.html
    Date launched: Original Hospital site 1995
    Website Administrator: Jeffrey P. Newcomer, MD
      Links to key information resources on Sarcoid as well as a threaded lung disease forum and chat room.
     

  • Coriell Research Library Sarcoidosis Resources
    www4.umdnj.edu/camlbweb/sarcoidosis.html  
    Date launched: 1997
    Website Administrator: Betty Jean Swartz
     
    The page was prepared in response to a patron query and posted as a starting point for information on sarcoidosis.
     

  • Doctor's Guide to the Internet
    www.pslgroup.com/docguide.htm
     

  • Dr. Abelson's Conditions Online
    www.drabelson.com/ConditionsS.html 
    Date launched: January 1999
    Website Administrator: Dr. Abelson
      Our site provides access to other websites that have information about sarcoidosis. Our site also addresses a broad range of health care issues and provides treatment information from holistic, traditional, and integrated methodologies.
     

  • Drug InfoNet
    www.druginfonet.com/index.html
     

  • Duke University
    www.duke.edu/
     

  • Edmund's Home Page
    www.edhayes.com/
    Date launched: 1995
    Website Administrator: Dr. Edmund M. Hayes
      Links to key medical information and resources on sarcoid.
     

  • Health Care Information Resources -- Sarcoidosis Links
    www-hsl.mcmaster.ca/tomflem/sarcoidosis.html 
    Date launched: July 1, 1995
    Website Administrator: Tom Flemming
      Collects information of interest to patients, their families, friends and health
    care workers.
     

  • HealthGate
    www.healthgate.com/
     

  • HealthWorld Online
    www.healthy.net/index.html
     

  • Institute for Traditional Medicine Online
    www.europa.com/~itm/patient.htm
     

  • Johns Hopkins Medicine
    hopkins.med.jhu.edu/
     

  • Kipy's Place
    community-1.webtv.net/Kipy1/KipysPlace/
    Date launched: June 1, 1999
    Website Administrator: Karen P. Barwick
      An open and honest look at coping with Sarcoidosis. It contains many links that are interesting and informative.  It offers hope and encouragement in knowing that we are not alone.
     

  • Laurie's Sarcoid Page
    www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/4877/index2.html 
    Date launched: 1997
    Website Administrator: Laurie McGee
      Site involves dealing with sarcoid by personal experience and was created by someone who surfed the net alot in finding info. and support for this disease. I wanted to contribute also.

  • Let's Breathe Sarcoidosis Page
    www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Spa/3513/
    Date launched: April 8, 1998
    Website Administrator: Brenda Harris
      A general overview of Sarcoidosis.  It provides links to other medical and sarcoidosis websites.
     

  • Loyola University Chicago
    www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/Radio/sarc/sarc.htm
     

  • Luvshelby's Sarcoidosis Page
     http://lynnmcneill.spaces.live.com/

    Date launched: December 1998
    Website Administrator: Susan Kennelly
      Describes what it is like to have sarcoidosis from the personal view.
     

  • Marilyn's Sarcoidosis Support
    home.att.net/~twin663/wsb/index.html
    Date launched: November of 2000
    Website Administrator: Marilyn (Lynn)
      My web site addresses all aspects of sarcoidosis. I chat with and e-mail a lot of fellow sufferers. The message board helps me know how my site is doing overall. This is my only outreach since I am confined to my home and cannot attend my local support meetings anymore.
     

  • Mayo Clinic
    www.mayo.edu/
     

  • Medinex
    www.medinex.com
    Date launched: March 1998
    Website Administrator: Dave Paquin
      Medinex currently has several certified sites that deal with sarcoidosis; we hope to continue to add more as time goes by.
     

  • Mike's Information Pages
    members.aol.com/_ht_a/mikespages/sarcoid.html
    Date launched: January 1999
    Website Administrator: Mike Haskins
      Overview of sarcoidosis: what is it, what causes it, who gets it, what are the symptoms, how is it diagnosed, how is it treated, etc.
     

  • MUSC Sarcoidosis Center
    www.muschealth.com/sarcoidosis/
    Date launched: May 10, 2000
    Website Administrator: Marc A. Judson, M.D.
      Patient education, research studies, support group information, description of sarcoidosis, medical description of pulmonary sarcoidosis, links to other sites.
     

  • My Life with Sarcoidosis
    www.geocities.com/lynneberle
    Date launched: August 1999
    Website Administrator: Lynn Eberle
      This site describes what it is like living with sarcoidosis, the tests that are done and the medicines that are used.
     

  • My Life with Sarcoidosis - Donna G.
    lifewithsarcoidosis.homestead.com/DonnaG.html
    Date launched: January 16, 2001
    Website Administrator: Donna G Sheridan
      My personal story of life with Sarcoidosis. From the diagnosis, to the hurt and pain of betrayal by friends and family and my everyday struggles. My hope is to help others not feel lost and alone.
     

  • My Story: Living with Sarcoidosis
    www.geocities.com/Wellesley/Atrium/1310
    Date launched: August 1999
    Website Administrator: Roberta Fernalld
      Information, sharing how we all cope, friendship, reaching out to others in pain, pain management, stresses of fatigue, etc
     

  • National Jewish Medical and Research Center
    www.nationaljewish.org/
     

  • National Sarcoidosis Resource Center
    www.nsrc-global.net/
    Date launched: 1996
    Website Administrator: Robert Conroy
      Professionals or anyone that has an interest in sarcoidosis. Our primary focus is education, available resources, networking and promoting public awareness.
     

  • No Air To Go
    noairtogo.tripod.com/ 
    Date launched: May 1999
    Website Administrator: S. Wood
      General info on diagnosis, treatment, who gets it, etc
     

  • Österreichische Sarkoidoseseite
    members.aon.at/paf/Sarkoidose.htm
    Date launched: November 1998
    Website Administrator: Peter A. Fischer
      Information, a forum for questions, and links
     

  • Pain.com - a world of information on pain
    www.pain.com
    Date launched: February 1997
    Website Administrator: Ryan Springer
      Lists of pain clinics and links to pain resources
     

  • Pain Management Online
    www.painmngt.com/
     

  • Patients Online Self Help - P.O.S.H.
    freespace.virgin.net/ellie.vi/index.htm
    Date launched: December 1998
    Website Administrator: Ellie Parker
      Self help by way of communication with others with similar problems, to keep a register of Sarcoid Patients in the UK.
     

  • PharmInfoNet
    pharminfo.com/pin_hp.html
     

  • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation HealthWeb
    www.galter.nwu.edu/index.cfm
     

  • Roentgen Online Sources of Information
    roentgen.gdl.iteso.mx/rsna.html#informatics
     

  • RxList The Internet Drug Index
    www.rxlist.com/
     

  • Santa Barbara Lupus & Rheumatic Diseases Group Home Page
    www.silcom.com/~sblc/sarcoid.html
    Date launched: February 18, 1998
    Website Administrator: Pamela Gross
      Our sarcoidosis page provides a list of links to any and all sarcoidosis resources we can find, as a service to people with sarcoidosis and their friends, families, and health professionals.

  • Sarcoidose Info-Site The Netherlands
    www.sarcoidosis.net
    Website Administrator: Jan Veneman Beilen
    Date launched: October, 1999
      We are giving information about all aspects of sarcoidosis sometimes with a little bit of humor. All the people who work on this site have, or are associated somehow with, sarcoidosis.

  • Sarcoidosis
    www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lake/2801/Stories/sar.html
    Date launched: September 1999
    Website Administrator: Debby Ewen
      Information on sarcoidosis with links to support groups, stories, research, physicians and individuals fighting to conquer sarcoidosis.
     

  • Sarcoidosis.Me.Uk
    www.sarcoidosis.me.uk
    Date launched: July 2002
    Website Administrator: Michael Matthews
      Sarcoidosis.Me.Uk Welcomes all with, help, understanding & support. For suffers of Sarcoidosis & their families: You are no longer on your own.
     

  • Sarcoidosis and the Nervous System
    www.toddtroost.com/students/sarcoid.html
    Date launched: 1996
    Website Administrator: B. Todd Troost, M.D.
      Basic features of Sarcoid involving the Nervous system, written by Medical Students at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
     

  • Sarcoidosis Australian Support Group
    www.ozemail.com.au/~rtwo/sarcoid.html 
    Date launched: December 1996
    Website Administrator: Bob Rumsey
      Worldwide index of sarcoidosis web sites plus local Australian & New Zealand information. Home page of Sarcoidosis Australian Support Group and Internet Chat-"sarcoidchat".
     

  • Sarcoidosis Center
    www.sarcoidcenter.com
    Date launched: November 6, 1996
    Website Administrator: Norman T. Soskel, MD, FACP, FCCP
      Information about sarcoidosis for patients and healthcare providers. Links to other pages about sarcoidosis and upcoming events of the Sarcoidosis Center and other organizations around the world.
     

  • Sarcoid Connection
    www.sarcoidosis.us 
    Date launched: August 2002
    Website Administrator: Jose Hernandez
      Offering live chat support, friendly hand to reach out to and always being there when needed. I will answer any question to the best of my ability. You ring, I'll answer.
     

  • Sarcoidosis Family Foundation
    www.sarcoidosis.netfirms.com
    Date launched: November 2000
    Website Administrator: Bob Vande Moore
     
    The Sarcoidosis Family Foundation is a resource for patients and loved ones to learn more about the disease. Included are helpful links, search tools and a forum to share stories and information.
     

  • Sarcoidosis Friends & Family
    pub48.ezboard.com/fsarcoidosisfriendsandfamilyfrm1
    Date launched: January 13, 2001
    Website Administrator: Linda Clotiaux
     
    Sarcoidosis Friends & Family is a support forum, for victims of sarcoidosis and their family. There is threaded message, general discussion forum within the group for all that seek knowledge and support concerning the mysterious disease sarcoidosis.
     

  • Sarcoidosis Helpline
    members.xoom.com/fightnbak/hotline.htm
    Date launched: June 1999
    Website Administrator: Cheri
      Our goal is to arm Sarcoid Patients with the knowledge needed to take control of their own treatment. To empower them with Support, Encouragement, Fellowship and with Positive Thinking.
     

  • Sarcoidosis Helpnet
    www.dynateck.com/helpnet
    Date launched: March 1997
    Website Administrator: Fadhilika Atiba-Weza
      There are at least 100,000 documented cases of Sarcoidosis in New York City. The Sarcoidosis HelpNet is a volunteer organization founded to further research and public awareness of this disease.
     

  • Sarcoidosis My Heart & Me
    www.bannerdown.freeserve.co.uk/Phil.htm
    Date launched: October 1998
    Website Administrator:  Philip Dawson
      Living with Cardiac Sarcoidosis and how life must go on to the fullest.
     

  • Sarcoid Networking Association
    www.sarcoidosisnetwork.org
    Date launched: July 28, 2002
    Website Administrator: Michael Lafreniere, Delores O'Leary, Executive Director
      The Sarcoid Networking Association website strives to educate individuals, provide information and heighten public awareness about sarcoidosis. Education is the primary goal. Information on sarcoidosis and related health issues includes emotional support, referrals to support groups and physicians with expertise.
     

  • Sarcoid Survivors of Canada
    www.island.net/~rpmdiag/sarcoid/sarcoid.htm
    Date launched: 1997
    Website Administrator: Cheryl Spooner
      Patient Registry for Canadians, support and information for all.
     

  • Sarkoidose, et mysterium!
    www.sarkoidose.no
    Date launched: 1 of June 2001
    Website Administrator: Rune Borgan Isaksen
      All kinds of sarcoidosis and information specific to Norway.
     

  • Second Wind Lung Transplant Association, Inc.
    www.2ndwind.org/
    Website Administrator: Bill Powell
    Date launched: 1996
      A direct link from Second Wind to the Sarcoidosis home page.  A number of individuals with Sarcoidosis are listed in various categories of the lung transplant process.
     

  • SmithDRay's Sarcoidosis Page
    members.tripod.com/~SmithDRay/sarcoidosis-index-4.html
    Date launched: June 1998
    Website Administrator: Ray Smith
      My wife personal experience with sarcoidosis for 10 years, links we have found useful and contact and support to and from those individuals who sign our guestbook or email.
     

  • Steven Huber's HomePage
    www.stevenrhuber.com
    Date launched: February 2002
    Website Administrator: Steven Huber
     
    The site contains general info about myself and the condition that I have: Neurosarcoidosis and other afflicted areas of my body. Also pictures of me and my sarcoid buddies!
     

  • Suffering Sarcoid
    www.geocities.com/sufrnsarcoid/indexSufferingSarcoid.html
    Date launched: May 2001
    Website Administrator: Jacqui Noble
      Patient surveys to be used to start a data base to be used to educate the professionals and help further understanding of sarcoid as it affects patients.
     

  • The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    www.ccf.org/
     

  • ThriveOnline.com
    www.thriveonline.com/index.html
     

  • University of Michigan Medical Center
    www.med.umich.edu/
     

  • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
    www.upmc.edu/clc/
     

  • Vereniging voor sarcoïdosepatiënten
    www.sarcoidose.be
    Date launched: April, 2002
    Website Administrator: Thomeer Michiel
      Set up by the Belgian support group for patients sarcoidosis, you will find information in Dutch about the support group, the disease and links to other web sites. Site organized by patients with sarcoidosis!
     
  • World Sarcoidosis Society
    www.worldsarcSOCIETY.com
    Date launched: 1997
    Website Administrator: Bren Korhonen
      This web site addresses the newly diagnosed patient not only with the clinical knowledge; but the human/personal touch.
     

  • YoungLung Online Support
    www.geocities.com/younglungz 
    Date launched:  January 2002
    Website Administrator: Rebecca Snyder
      This website and email support group focuses on information and support for teens and young adults affected by pulmonary sarcoidosis and other chronic lung diseases.

 
     

                    
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