Established in 1991, the Sacramento Area Liver Transplant Support Group is a self-help support group.  Participants in this support group are liver transplant recipients (post-transplant), those waiting for liver transplants (pre-transplant) and family members or care-givers of the pre and post-transplant patient.

There is no fee for attending meetings or for being active in this group.

What We Do

Provide peer support and continuing education on related subjects.  The Sacramento Area Liver Transplant Support Group - SALTSG - does not give medical advice and is not made-up of medical professionals.  However, meeting programs may include medical professionals as guest speakers and other related professionals.  This group does NOT provide financial services of any kind.

Join the Transplant Skin Cancer Network

One out of every four solid organ transplant recipients will develop skin cancer.  The Transplant Skin Cancer Network wants to help prevent and treat this devastating disease.  Therefore, we are asking transplant recipients to PLEASE help us by participatin gin our survey study.  Please access skincancer.ucsf.edu to complete a shor online survey about your health.  That's it.

There is no cost to you.  Your participation is voluntary and will not influence your care or relationship with your doctors.  Thank you!

Questions please contact UCSF Dermatology Clinical Research Unit, 415/353-9684 or skincancer@derm.ucsf.edu. 

Links to other websites

The following websites may be of interest to you:

American Liver Foundation (ALF) liverfoundation.org/

PSC Community   psccommunity.org

United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) unos.org/

University of California San Francisco Medical Center Liver Transplant (UCSF) ucsfhealth.org/adult/medical_services/organ_transplants/liver

California Pacific Medical Center Liver Transplant (CPMC) cpmc.org/

Stanford Medical Center  stanfordhospital.com/forPatients/default

Donate Life California  donatelifecalifornia.org

Hep C Vets  hepcvets.com/

Sierra Donor Services  sierradonor.org    

The California Patient's Guide, Your Health Care Rights and Remedies  calpatientguide.org/index.html

Don't Lose Heart - caregivers caring for caregivers -dontloseheart.org

National Transplant Assistance Fund & Catastophic Injury Program - NTAF - ntafund.org

Where and when do we meet?     When:  2:00-4:00 p.m., 2nd Sunday of the month (except May, 3rd Sunday because of Mother's Day).Place:  Sierra Donor Services, 3940 Industrial Blvd., W. Sacramento CA.

We are excited to announce the Sacramento Area Liver Transplant Support Group (SALTSG) will meet at a new time and place.  The new place is Sierra Donor Services, Sacramento office, at 3940 Industrial Blvd, West Sacramento CA 95691.  New meeting time is 2:00-4:00 p,m,

Support group meetings continue to be monthly, the 2nd Sunday (except May when it's the 3rd Sunday because of Mother's Day).

2019 Meeting Dates & Programs

June 9 - Open Discussion

May 19 - Jesa David, Sr. Public Education Coordinator, Sierra Donor Services.

April 14 - Dr. Anthony Albanese who is the Chief of Hepatology and Associate Chief of Staff for Education at the VA Northern California Healthcare System.  He is also a Clinical Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry at the UC Davis School of Medicine.

2018 Meeting Dates

October 14 - Open Forum Meeting hosted by Bob Bilyeu

November 11 - TBA

December 9 - Christmas/Holiday Party @ Cattlemen's Restaurant  (2000 Taylor Road, Rocklin) - 1:00-4:00 You Need Paid Reservations to Attend!  

Past Speakers 2017/2018

September 9 - Christopher Bowlus, Division Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, U. C. Davis Medical Center

May 20 (3rd Sunday) - Steven Colquhoun, MD - Chief-Section of Hepatobilliary Surgery, Director of Liver Transplantation, U.C. Davis Medical Center

April 8 - Lauren D. Crow, M.D., Clinical Research Fellow - U .C . San Francisco Dept of DermatologyMarch 11 - Wendy Kadon -Public Education Coordinator, Sierra Donor Services

February 2018 - Joy Vongspanich-Dray, Pharm.D., UC Davis Med Center, Areas of practice include: Solid organ transplant, HCV, pain management & primary care

July 2017 -Very Special Guests Tiffany & Ken Roule:  Our Bob Bilyeu received their son Tanner's liver in April, 2014.  are honored to hear from this donor family and from Bob. 

February 2017 - Dr. Mary Pat Pauly, Gastroenterology Hepatology

October  2017 - Anthony Albanese, MD, FACP, DFASAM, Affiliations Officer, VA Offic of Academic Affiliations, Clinical Prof. of Medicine, UC Davis School of Medicine

November 2017 - Garrett Roll, MD, Asst Prof. of Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery, Transplant Surgeon, UC San Francisco Medical Center

December 2017 - Christmas Party/Raffle at Cattlemen's Restaurant (2000 Taylor Road, Rocklin) - 1:00-4:00 - NEW LOCATION - You Need Reservations to Attend!

Past Speakers - 2016

November 2016- Dr. John Roberts, Liver Transplant Surgeon, Chief - Division of Transplantation, U.C. San Francisco

September 2016 - Raphael Merriman, MD, FACP Medical Director, Liver Transplantation, California Pacific Medical Center

May 2016 - Danielle Murphy - Nutritionist, Lifetime Athletics, Roseville

April 2016 - Danielle Murphy - Exercise Pre & Post Transplant, Pilates Trainer, Lifetime Athletics, Roseville 

Past Speakers - 2015

November 2015 -- Dr. Barbara Burrall, Department of Dermatology, U.C. Davis Medical Center

October 2015 - Dr. Chris Freise, Professor of Surgery, Organ Transplantation, U.C. San Francisco Medical Center