Meetings & Location
First Thursday of the Month:
March 3, 2023
Wound Care Nurse Carol Marshall-Hanson
will present on Healing Your Skin:
What You Should Know About Pure Hypochlorous Acid
April 7, 2023
Dr. Joga Ivatury, Gastrointestinal Surgeon
will present in person on Developing an Ostomy Health Communication Guide
(see his information below)
May 5, 2023
June 2, 2023
No July Meeting
In-Person & Virtual
(simultaneous)
*Download the Zoom App prior to
joining the link below
Join Zoom Meeting (click on live link)
Meeting ID: 886 3266 6521
Passcode: Welcome!
Gethsemane Lutheran Church
200 West Anderson Lane, across the street from Frost Bank and Red Lobster, next to the Austin Humane Center.
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We have a surplus of donated supplies.
If you're in need, check out this list of available free Ostomy Supplies.
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Nurse Carol Marshall-Hanson, RN, CWON and Board Member presented Healing Your Skin: What You Should Know about Pure Hypochlorous Acid. This PPT has some before & after photos.
Austin Ostomy Member JT Boone shared his incredibly challenging and
inspirational health journey from feeling nearly hopeless after 20+ surgeries
to a healthy lifestyle based on many factors including diet and
maintaining a growth mindset
See PPT: Treating the Person with the Disease, Not the Disease Itself
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UOAA Local Problem-Solving Clinic
Open on the first Thursday of each month at the
Gethsemane Lutheran Church from 1 - 4:00 pm.
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Text or call UOAA's Karen Hollis, RN, CWON (512-785-7448)
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Text/leave your name, number, type of ostomy & problem
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Karen will contact you
The University of Texas at Austin, Dell Medical School now
has an Ostomy Clinic: The Texas Ostomy Services at
Digestive Health New Clinic is now open!
Joga Ivatury, M.D., MHA,
is an associate professor of surgery at Dell Medical School
and the inaugural Chief of Colon and Rectal Surgery at
UT Health Austin
Call 512-324-7831 to make an appointment.
Additionally, Doctors can fax a referral to 512-324-7816
Dr. Ivatury's team is also engaged in research projects aimed at improving support for people with ostomies. Here is their current research project.
The Speaking Stoma Project
Do you have an ileostomy, colostomy, or urostomy? Have you had it for at least a year? Do you want to help develop a health communication guide for people with ostomies? We would love to hear from you!
You are invited to participate in a new research study – the Speaking Stoma Project. We want to learn about the important social interactions that people with ostomies encounter and strategies in communication for these situations.
This study is being conducted by Srinivas (Joga) Ivatury, MD and some other colleagues from Dell Medical School and the Center for Health Communication at The University of Texas at Austin
This study has been reviewed by The UT Austin Institutional Review Board
If you agree to take part in this study, you will be asked to participate in a focus group or individual interview via Zoom. The focus group or interview will take approximately one hour. You are welcome to use a pseudonym on your Zoom screen and blank out your screen. We will audio record the focus groups and capture the chat, but we will not identify you in the transcripts of the recordings, the chat, or in any reports of the data. The group will be asked about the various social situations and different means to deal with these as a person with an ostomy.
We will provide a $25 gift card as a token of our appreciation.
Please click on the link below to join the Speaking Stoma Project:
https://texascommunication.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eR4j559nxP4KqeG