Chapters, Support Groups, and Centers of Excellences
TAA Chapters and Support Groups provide localized support across the nation for families, individuals, and adults with Tourette Syndrome and other Tic Disorders, as well as the professionals who serve them.
Don’t see your state listed? We have connections all across the United States. Please contact Liz Barker, Director of Volunteer & Affiliate Servies for more information: 888-4-TOURET | Email: [email protected]
Alabama
Support Group of Central Alabama
• Email: [email protected]
Tourette Association Southeast Regional Centers of Excellence – institutions working collaboratively across the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina
Website:
UF Center for Movement Disorders & Neurorestoration
3450 Hull Road, 4th Floor Gainesville, FL 32607
Contact Heather Simpson, OTR/L
Phone: 352-294-5385
Fax: 352-294-5399
Email: [email protected]
Alaska
Email: [email protected]
Arizona
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.facebook.com/tsarizona
Arkansas
Support Group of Northwest Arkansas
Email: [email protected]
California
Northern California/Hawaii Chapter
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/151968478508757
Southern California Chapter
Porcia Ruiz – Director, Southern California Region
Phone: 718-224-2999 ext. 256
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.socaltaa.org
Facebook: https://facebook.com/groups/311427567715/
Tourette Association Center of Excellence University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Director: John Piacentini, Ph.D.
Co-Director: James McCracken, M.D.
Phone: (310)206-6649
Colorado
Denver Metropolitan Area TAA Support Group
Leader: Jefferson Kellogg
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 240-723-0708
Northern Colorado/Wyoming TAA Support Group
Leader: Kathryn Carroll
Phone: 970-692-3307
Colorado TAA Website
coloradotaa.com
Connecticut
Connecticut Chapter
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.facebook.com/ConnecticutTouretteAssociation/
Tourette Association Center of Excellence Yale Child Study Center, New Haven, CT
Director: Robert King, M.D.
Co-Director: Michael Bloch, M.D.
Phone: (203) 772-0083
Delaware
Email: [email protected]
Florida
Florida Chapter
Phone: 727-418-0240
Email: [email protected]
Tourette Association Southeast Regional Centers of Excellence – institutions working collaboratively across the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina
Website:
UF Center for Movement Disorders & Neurorestoration
3450 Hull Road, 4th Floor Gainesville, FL 32607
Contact Heather Simpson, OTR/L
Phone: 352-294-5385
Fax: 352-294-5399
Email: [email protected]
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Director: Michael Okun, M.D.
Co-Director: Irene Malaty, M.D.
(352) 294-5400
University of South Florida
St. Petersburg, FL
Director: Tanya Murphy, M.D.
Co-Director: Adam Lewin, Ph.D.
(727) 767-8230
Georgia
Email: [email protected]
Tourette Association Southeast Regional Centers of Excellence – institutions working collaboratively across the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina.
UF Center for Movement Disorders & Neurorestoration
3450 Hull Road, 4th Floor Gainesville, FL 32607
Contact Heather Simpson, OTR/L
Phone: 352-294-5385
Fax: 352-294-5399
Email: [email protected]
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Director: Leon Dure, M.D.
Co-Director: Jan Rowe, OTR/L, FAOTA
(205) 638-6820
Hawaii
Northern California/Hawaii Chapter
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/151968478508757/?ref=bookmarks
Idaho
Support Group of Idaho Falls
Email: [email protected]
Illinois
Phone: 847-526-8660
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://tourette.org/chapter/il/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/taaillinois
Indiana
Phone: 317-762-8720
Email: [email protected]
Iowa
Support Group of Iowa
Email: [email protected]
Support Group of NE Iowa (also serves SE Minnesota & SW Wisconsin)
Email: [email protected]
Kansas
Email: [email protected]
Kentucky
Support Groups of Kentucky
Email: [email protected]
Louisiana
Email: [email protected]
Maine
Maine/New Hampshire Chapter – Serving Maine and New Hampshire
Email: [email protected]
Maryland
Mid-Atlantic Chapter – Serving Maryland, Virginia, and Washington DC
Email: [email protected]
Tourette Association Center of Excellence Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Director: Harvey Singer, M.D.
Co-Director: Marcos Grados, M.D.
(410) 955-4259
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Chapter
Email: [email protected]
Tourette Association Center of Excellence Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Director – Jeremiah Scharf, M.D., Ph.D.
Co-Director: Sabine Wilhelm, Ph.D.
Michigan
Michigan Chapter
Email: [email protected]
Website: Facebook
Minnesota
Minnesota Chapter
Phone: 612-759-7112
Email: [email protected]
Mississippi
Support Group of Memphis, TN(also serves Northern Mississippi)
Email: [email protected]
Missouri
Missouri Chapter
Phone: 314-984-9019
Email: [email protected]
Website: missouritsa.org
Tourette Association Center of Excellence Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO
Kansas City, MO
Director: Keith Coffman, M.D.
Co-Director: James Batterson, M.D.
(816) 234-3674
Montana
Email: [email protected]
Nebraska
Email: [email protected]
Nevada
Support Group of Southern Nevada
Contact the Tourette Association at [email protected].
New Hampshire
Maine/New Hampshire Chapter – Serving Maine and New Hampshire
Email: [email protected]
New Mexico
New Mexico Chapter
Email: [email protected]
New York
Long Island Chapter
Phone: 516-590-7551
Email [email protected]
Website: longislandtourette.org
Facebook: https://facebook.com/longIslandtsa
New York City Chapter
Phone: 646-395-0162
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.tsa-nyc.org/
Hudson Valley Chapter (Westchester, Rockland, Orange, and Putnam counties)
Phone: 914-378-5025
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.tsa-nyhv.org
Greater New York State Chapter
Phone: 716-839-4430
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.tsa-gnys.org/
Tourette Association Centers of Excellence
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY
Director: John Walkup, M.D.
Co-Director: Shannon Bennett, Ph.D.
(212) 746 1891
Northwell Health
Manhasset, NY
Director: Cathy Budman, M.D.
Co-Director: Jane Zwilling, Psy.D.
(516) 562-3223
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, NY
Director: Jonathan Mink, M.D., Ph.D.
Co-Director: Heather Adams, Ph.D.
(585) 275-2808
Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
Director: Barbara Coffey, M.D.
Co-Director: Wayne Goodman, M.D.
(212) 659-1677
North Carolina
Greater Carolinas Tourette Support Group
Contact: Heather Ramsey
Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
Facebook group (private): Greater Carolinas Tourette Syndrome Support Group
Facebook (public): Tic Talk Tour page
Instagram (public): @tictalktour
Support Group Meetings:
-Greater Charlotte area – Heather Ramsey
[email protected]
-All other areas – Heather Ramsey
[email protected]
North Dakota
Support Group of North Dakota
Email: [email protected]
Ohio
Ohio Chapter
Email: [email protected]
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Chapter
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.tsa-ok.org
Oregon
Oregon Chapter
Email: [email protected]
Pennsylvania
Eastern Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) Chapter
Phone: 215-740-4690
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.tsaepa.org
Puerto Rico
Tourette Syndrome Association of Puerto Rico
Email: [email protected]
Rhode Island
Rhode Island Chapter
Email: [email protected]
South Carolina
Greater Carolinas Tourette Support Group
Contact: Heather Ramsey
[email protected] or [email protected]
Facebook group (private): Greater Carolinas Tourette Syndrome Support Group
Facebook (public): Tic Talk Tour page
Instagram (public): @tictalktour
SUPPORT GROUP MEETINGS:
-Greater Rock Hill area – Heather Ramsey
[email protected]
-Greater Columbia area – Southeast Tourette Center of Excellence at USC Palmetto Health
3555 Harden St. Extension, Suite 141
Columbia, SC 29203
Phone: 803-434-4300
(803) 434-4221
Dr. Kenneth Phelps
-All other areas – Heather Ramsey
[email protected]
Tourette Association Southeast Regional Centers of Excellence – institutions working collaboratively across the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina
Website:
UF Center for Movement Disorders & Neurorestoration
3450 Hull Road, 4th Floor Gainesville, FL 32607
Contact Heather Simpson, OTR/L
Phone: 352-294-5385
Fax: 352-294-5399
Email: [email protected]
South Dakota
Email: [email protected]
Tennessee
Support Group of Memphis
Email: [email protected]
Texas
Texas Chapter
Phone: 281-238-8096 or 1-866-896-8484
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.tourettetexas.org/
Facebook:https://facebook.com/TouretteTexas
Twitter: @Tourette_Texas
Tourette Association of America Center of Excellencee Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Director: Joseph Jankovic, M.D.
Co-Director: Suzanne Mouton-Odum, Ph.D.
(713) 798-7438
Utah
Utah Chapter
Email: [email protected]
Tourette Association Center of Excellence at the University of Utah
Resource Referral Line: 801-585-1086
Salt Lake City, UT
Director: Michael Himle, Ph.D.
Co-Director: David Shprecher D.O.
(801) 585-7575
Clinic website:
Email: [email protected]
Vermont
Support Group of Vermont
Email: [email protected]
Virginia
Mid-Atlantic Chapter – Serving Maryland, Virginia, and Washington DC
Email: [email protected]
Washington
Washington Chapter
Email: [email protected]
Washington D.C.
Mid-Atlantic Chapter – Serving Maryland, Virginia, and Washington DC
Email: [email protected]
West Virginia
Contact the Tourette Association at [email protected].
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Chapter
Email: [email protected]
Wyoming
Rocky Mountain Region Chapter
Serving Colorado and Wyoming
Email: [email protected]
