Directory of Health Care Practitioners for People with Chemical Sensitivities

This directory is made available for informational purposes only. Stavros Center for Independent Living is not able to recommend the services of these health care practitioners or of any others. For the purposes of this list "accessible" refers only to a fragrance-free policy. We have not assessed their offices for accessibility for folks with mobility impairments and suggest calling the practitioners office to verify if this is a concern for you.

Acupuncture & Acupressure

Dan Sachs: 474 Main Street, Greenfield, MA 01301 413-774-3487 Acupuncture, herbs, acupressure; experienced treating MCS; accommodate special requests; accept insurance, Worker's Compensation.

Bodywork & Massage

Lisa Berger: 194 N. Main St., S. Deerfield, MA 01373 413-397-9800. Licensed acupuncturist; certified zero balancer; tapas acupressure technique practitioner. Experienced treating MCS; effort to make office safe; accomodates special requests; some home visits; fees negotiated on individual basis.

Charles Gilliam: 31 Pelham Hill Road, Shutesbury, MA 01072 413-259-1090. Craniosacral therapy to assist in balancing the immune system; experienced treating MCS; effort to make office safe; accommodate special requests; fees negotiated on an individual basis; not wheelchair accessible (one step).

Physical Therapy

Bob Myers: Advance Therapeutics, 60 Maple St., Florence, MA 413-584-7234 Integrated structural and soft tissue techniques; extensive experience treating people with MCS; effort to make office safe; accomodate special requests; accept insurance: Medicare; Worker's Compensation; phone appointments; payment plans; wheelchair accessible.

Susan von Ranson: 6 Lockes Village Road, Wendell, MA 01379, 978-544-3758 Swedish massage; Wendell area only. Experienced treating MCS; home visits available; fees negotiated on an individual basis.

Chiropractic

Bruce Coulombe, DC: Everest Chiropractic, 601 Newton St, South Hadley, MA 01075 413-534-7200 (v), 413 534 7201 (fax), email: info@everestchiropractic.com. Holistic approach, working with nutrition, emotion, structure. Voted Best Holistic Healer 1998, Valley Advocate Reader's Poll. Experienced treating MCS; accommodate special requests; accept insurance; Worker's Compensation; fees negotiated on an individual basis; wheelchair accessible.

Catherine Hondorp: The Life Center for Network Chiropractic, 78 Main Street, Northampton, MA 01060. 413-586-8222 Gentle care enabling the body to reconnect to past survival strategies and learn ways to release and heal. Extensive experience treating people with MCS; effort to make office safe; fragrance-free policy; accomodate special requests; accepts some insurance; Medicare; Medicaid; Worker's Compensation; fees sometimes negotiated on individual basis; not wheelchair accessible; some Spanish and French.

Counseling

Richard Brunswick, MD, MSW: 43 Center Street, Northampton, MA 01060 413-586-6445. Psychotherapy/psychopharmacology (medications). Chemically injured; experience treating people with MCS; effort to make office safe; fragrance-free policy; accomodate special requests; accept insurance; Medicare; Medicaid/Mass Health; fees negotiated on individual basis; wheelchair accessible; Spanish-speaking staff.

Sebern Fisher, MA: 34 Elizabeth Street, Northampton, MA 01060 413-586-4230 Psychotherapist, neurofeedback; experienced treating MCS; effort to make office safe; requests people be fragrance-free; accommodate special requests.

The Synthesis Center: 274 N. Pleasant Street, Box 575, Amherst, MA 01002 413-256-0772. Holistic, community counseling center with 22 affiliated counselors and low cost student cousnelors available; experienced treating MCS; effort to make office safe; requests people be fragrance-free; accommodate special requests; accept insurance; some counselors accept Medicare/Mass Health; phone appointments available; home visits available; fees negotiated on an individual basis; wheelchair accessible.

Peggy Wolff, MS, APRN, HNC.: 24 South Prospect Street, Amherst, MA: Tues. and Fri.; 126 Cave Hill Rd., Leverett, MA: M., W., Thu. 413-367-9638 Holistic/spiritual perspective in working with individuals/couples with long term health challenges. A blend of physical, mental, and emotional foci. Has chemical sensitivities; experienced treating MCS; effort to make office safe; requests people be fragrance-free; fragrance-free patients; accommodate special requests; accept insurance; phone appointments and home visits available; fees negotiated on an individual basis, payment plans; Medicare; Medicaid in some cases.

Dentistry

Mark Breiner, DDS: Holistic Dentist Practice, 5520 Park Ave., Ste. 301, Trumbull, CT 203-371-0300. Experienced treating MCS; requests people be fragrance-free; accommodate special requests; phone appointments available; wheelchair accessible.

John A. Kellogg, DDS: 7 Hadley Street, South Hadley, MA 01075 413-538-7546. Caring general practice concerned with minimally invasive techniques; experienced treating MCS; effort to make office safe; accommodate special requests; accept insurance.

Naturopathy

Paul Herscu, ND & Amy Rothenberg ND: 115 Elm Street #210, Enfield, CT 06082 860-763-1225. General naturopathic practice; specializing in classical homeopathy for the whole family; experienced treating MCS; effort to make office safe; requests people be fragrance-free; accommodate special requests; accept insurance; phone appointments available; home visits available; fees negotiated on an individual basis; wheelchair accessible.

Jim Lemkin, ND: 7 Cole Road, Haydenville, MA 01039. 413-268-3500. Naturopathic general practice, using nutrition, botanicals, homeopathy and other natural treatments; experienced treating MCS; effort to make office safe; accommodate special requests; accept insurance; phone appointments available; home visits available; fees negotiated on an individual basis; wheelchair accessible.

James Sensenig, ND: 2558 Whitney Ave., Hamden, CT 06518. 203-230-2200. Eclectic, naturopathic medicine with emphasis on chronic conditions including hypersensitivities and autoimmune diseases; experienced treating MCS; effort to make office safe; requests people be fragrance-free; accept insurance; wheelchair accessible.

Occupational Health Medicine

Mark Cullen, MD: Professor of Medicine, Yale. Occupational/ Environmental Medicine Program, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT 06510 203-785-4197. Diagnostic evaluation only; experienced treating MCS; effort to make office safe; accommodate special requests; accept insurance; Medicare/Medicaid/Mass Health, Worker's Compensation.

Jefferson H. Dickey, MD: Community Health Center, 338 Montague City Road, Turners Falls, MA 01376. 413-772-3748. Internal medicine group practice; will see all people regardless of ability to pay; experienced treating MCS; accommodate special requests; accept insurance: Medicare, Medicaid/Mass Health, Worker's Compensation; wheelchair accessible.

Environmental Medicine/Clinical Ecology

Barry D. Elson, MD: Northampton Wellness Associates, LLC, 395 Pleasant St., Northampton, MA 01060-3914. 413-584-7787. Allergy and environmental medicine, clinical nutrition, chronic illness treatment; experienced treating MCS; effort to make office safe; requests people be fragrance-free; accommodate special requests; accept insurance: Medicare, Worker's Compensation; wheelchair accessible.

Doris Rapp, MD: 8179 E. Del Cuarzo, Scottsdale, AZ 85258 602-905-9195 FAX 602-905-8281. Pediatric environmental medicine; phone consultations ($75/15 min.); videos and books; has chemical sensitivities.

Sherry A. Rogers, MD: Medical Director, Northeast Center for Environmental Medicine, 2800 W. Genesee Street, Syracuse, NY 13219 315-488-2856. 800-846-6687. Environmental medicine; author of 11 books; phone consultations; had chemical sensitivities; experienced treating MCS; effort to make office safe; requests people be fragrance-free; accommodate special requests; phone appointments available.

Robban Sica, MD: 370 Post Road, Orange, CT 203-799-7733 Environmental medicine; allergy; longevity; natural hormone therapies; heavy metal detoxification; experience treating people with MCS; effort to make office safe; fragrance-free policy; endeavors to accommodate special requests; phone appointments; payment plans; wheelchair accessible.

General Medicine

Kathleen Grandison, MD: West County Physicians, 25 Heath Stage Terrace, Shelburne Falls, MA 01370 413-625-9717 Family practice, nutrition, acupuncture, herbs, and homeopathy; experienced treating MCS; effort to make office safe; accommodate special requests; accept insurance: Medicare, Mass Health; fees negotiated on an individual basis; wheelchair accessible.

Charles Brummer, MD: 94 King Street, Northampton, MA 413-585-8880 Integrative medicine - specializes in the treatment of chronic diseases using nutritional support, acupuncture, herbal medicine, allopathic medicine, and homeopathy; some experience treating people with MCS; effort to make office safe; accommodates special requests; accepts Medicare; home appointments.

Other Specialties

Paula Barron, LPN, BA, MLD/CDT: 49 Gothic St., Northampton, MA 413-585-5146 Nurse, lymphatic therapist; experienced treating people with MCS; has chemical sensitivities; effort to make office safe; accomodate special requests; fragrance-free policy; speaks Spanish.

Bruce Bleiman, MD: 51 Locust Street, Northampton, MA 413-584-6422 General Ophthalmology: experienced treating MCS; accommodate special requests; accept insurance: Medicare, Medicaid/ Mass Health, Worker's Compensation; phone appointments available; wheelchair accessible; renovations in 1999.

Debra Charbonneau: 267 Amherst Rd., Sunderland, MA 413-665-3723 Cleansing/detoxification through colonics; medical massage for pain relief; experienced treating those with MCS; effort to make office safe; accomodate special requests; Worker's Compensation.

Erin McGill: Northampton Colon Hydrotherapy, 68 D Bradford St., Northampton, MA 413-586-6360 Colon hydrotherapy for removing toxins and waste from the large intestine to assist in preventing or eliminating auto-intoxication (self-poisoning); has chemical sensitivities; experience treating people with MCS; effort to make office safe; fragrance-free policy; accomodate special requests; wheelchair accessible.

Sari Schaffer LCN, RN, BSN: Homeopathic consultant; 90 Willis Rd., Phillipston, MA 978-249-2557 Has chemical sensitivities; experience treating people with MCS; effort to make office safe; fragrance-free policy; accomodate special requests; phone appointments; home visits; fees negotiated on an individual basis; one of two offices accessible.

Sheila Simon RN, BSN: 306 Middle St., Amherst, MA and Kripalu Healing Arts, Lenox, MA 413-256-4709 Massage Therapist, Craniosacral, Polarity, Synergistic Integration, Nambudripad Allergy Elimination Technique; extensive experience treating people with MCS; effort to make office safe; fragrance-free policy; accomodate special requests; wheelchair accessible.

Winifred (Freddie) Windriver: 54 Baker Road, Shutesbury, MA 01072 413-259-1416 Holistic nursing: care and counseling for wellness, chronic illness, and toxin elimination including colonic irrigation therapy and far infra-red sauna; has chemical sensitivities; experienced treating MCS; effort to make office safe; requests people be fragrance free; phone appointments available; home visits available; payments negotiated on an individual basis.

A Project of the Environmental Health Coalition of Western Massachusetts, P.O. Box 817, Northampton, MA 01061 in conjunction with the Stavros Center for Independent Living and funded by the Community Foundation.

The Environmental Health Coalition of Western Massachusetts

The Environmental Health Coalition of Western Massachusetts (EHCWM) is a grass roots organization begun in 1994 that focuses on issues related to Multiple Chemical Sensitivities (MCS) and other health conditions that are caused or exacerbated by toxic substances in the environment. MCS is a chronic, multi-system illness in which individuals sensitized by chronic or acute toxic exposure suffer severe, disabling, and some-times life-threatening reactions to subsequent exposures of common chemicals such as exhausts, pesticides, fragrances, and solvents.

Purposes of the EHCWM: Conduct public and professional education about MCS and chemical injury; support prevention of chemical injury; develop services needed by the chemically injured; facilitate informal peer support, and support environmentally-friendly legislation.

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