About MOST

The MOST Mission

quintuplets MOST (Mothers of Supertwins), a community of families, volunteers and professionals founded in 1987, is the leading national nonprofit provider of support, education and research on higher-order multiple births.  MOST's mission is to advocate for quality prenatal care, promote healthy deliveries, and supply information to all multiple birth families in order to  support successful parenting through every phase of their children's development.

Many families contact MOST for preconceptual counseling or early in their pregnancy, then stay in touch throughout the "Bedrest Blues," home uterine monitoring, and possible antepartum hospitalization. One of MOST's main goals is to help make pregnancy easier and decrease anxiety through education from professionals and support from other families who have been there. Following delivery, MOST also helps families address the unique challenges associated with parenting 3, 4,5, or more infants, toddlers, and school-age children.

Free Email NewslettersIn addition to personal support, MOST also conducts medical and psycho/social research annually to help serve our membership better by learning more of their specific needs. Through these national projects we can help educate medical and ancillary support professionals about the unique needs of multiple birth families. Note however, that information on this site is not intended to replace the advice of qualified health care providers.

As in the general population, our membership families often have a variety of challenges and situations not associated with parenting multiples including women/family issues, children with special health or developmental needs, and more. For those families, MOST serves as a conduit during every stage of pregnancy and parenting as well.

Read more about MOST's 20th Anniversary (PDF)

 
Supporting Multiple Birth Families...Every Step of the Way
 
 

Donate to MOSTRevenue for MOST (Mothers of Supertwins) may be derived from:

  • Corporate sponsor grants from Medimmune, Inc. (An AstraZeneca International Company) and Matria Healthcare Systems
  • Project grants from private foundations
  • Direct donations from multiple birth families and individual supporters
  • Sponsorship opportunities such as publication of parenting booklets, survey and marketing material distribution, member database searches, MOST events, continuing education for professionals, public outreach programs, speaking engagements, and more.
  • Advertisements on the MOST website, in MOST’s free email newsletter eNews, or in MOST’s quarterly print publication SUPERTWINS magazine.
  • Contributions through a percentage of sales from affiliate program sites such as iGive and Amazon.com.
  • Purchase of MOST publications, books, member dues, subscriptions, and other products offered in the MOST Supertwins store.

See how your donations make a difference

 

Unless otherwise indicated, all content on this website is created and edited by the MOST Board of Directors and members of the MOST General Board.

(from MOST's Executive Director)

(Founder and MOST Executive Director)

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MOST Statements & Polices

 

MOST Board Members

The Heart of MOST

 

MOST Board of Directors

Officers

Diane Wipfler - Board Chairman/Assoc iate Medical Director

Maureen A Doolan Boyle - Executive Director

Wendy Noriega, RN, BSN - Vice Chair/Grants Coordinator

Heather H. Sasser - Secretary

Martin D. Topper, CPA - Treasurer

Directors

Lisa DiBona - Director or Outreach Services/Book Reviews

Lisa Jacobson - Director of Ages and Stages

Lauretta Shokler - Director of Technology/Design Editor

Patti Tessler, RN, FNP - Director of Health Professional Development

MOST General Board

John T Boyle, MD - Medical Review

Carrie Burke - Coordinator of Special Needs Family Services

Pam Chay, RN, IBCLC - Coordinator of Bereavement Support Services

Deb Discenza - PreemieCare Assistant Chair

Laurie LaMonde, PhD - Coordinator of Research Development

Marsha Pike - Copy Editor

Kelly Ross, MD - Director of Research/Medical Board Chairman

Deanna Sikes - Coordinator of School Age Topics

Kathleen VanDuren-Schwartz - Coordinator of Volunteer Services

Collette Dispinseri - Forum Coordinator

MOST Professional Advisory Board

Amy Alvarez-Perez, MD - Anesthesiologist, Medical Director, Sterling Surgical Center, NY

Tuvia Blechman, MD - Chief of Neonatology, Chairman, Department of Pediatrics Howard County General Hospital, John Hopkins School of Medicine MD

Jennifer Brout, Ed.M, PsyD - Clinical Child Psychologist/Founder of Positive Solutions of New York   

Sharon Buckwald, MD - Neonatologist Pitt County Memorial Hospital, NC

Leland M. Deane, MD - Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Long Island Plastic Surgery, NY

Sean M. Doolan, Esquire - Partner Hinman, Straub, Pigors & Manning, PC, NY

John P. Elliott, MD - Perinatologist, Partner Phoenix Perinatal Associates, Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, AZ

Victor Klein, MD - Great Neck OB/GYN - Perinatologist Affiliated with North Shore Univ. Hospital, NY

Frank Manginello, MD - Director of Neonatology The Valley Hospital, NJ

Patrick A. Mashing, MD - ER Physician, Alton Memorial Hospital, IL

Lisa Nalven, MD - Medical Director, Developmental Pediatrics, Valley Center for Child Development, NJ

Michael J. Paul, MD - Director, Washington University Center for Multiple Births, Div. of Maternal Fetal Health

Elizabeth A. Pector, MD - Family Physician, Practice President, Spectrum Family Medicine, IL

Joaquim Pinheiro, MD - Neonatologist/Albany Medical Center

Kelly Ross, MD - Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Newborn Medicine Washington University School of Medicine & Pediatric Hospitalist, Missouri Baptist Hospital

Nina Sanchez, MD - CEO South Florida Pediatric Partners

Teresa Spillane, PsyD - Licensed Psychologist/Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital

Regina Spinazzola Kinney, MD - Assoc. Neonatologist North Shore Univ. Hospital, NY

Lenore Stamm, MA, SDA - Executive Director Long Island Infant Development Program, NY

John Wipfler, MD - Clinical Assoc. Prof. Emergency Medicine, UIC-Peoria, OSF St. Francis Medical Center, IL

 

See our Volunteer Forum for open

volunteer positions.

   

MOST Support

and Information Services

 
 

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PO Box 306

East Islip, NY 11730
(631) 859-1110

www.MOSTonline.org

MOST is recognized as a trusted and recommended link for health information on mutliples births by HealthFinder, a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services website that provides online health information.

www.HeathFinder.gov

   
MOST wishes to thank the following organizations for their support:  
Sponsor: MedImmune   Sponsor: Matria HeathCare  
Updated 10/9/08
 
 
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