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NATIONAL ALS RESOURCES

MDA/ALS CENTERS

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Arizona

MDA/ALS CENTER AT ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER
602-406-6274
602-406-2565 (fax)
Email: tvollmer@chw.edu
Timothy L. Vollmer, M.D., Director
St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
Barrow Neurological Institute
500 West Thomas Road
Suite 300
Phoenix, AZ 85013

MDA/ALS CENTER AT THE MUCIO F. DELGADO CLINIC FOR NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS
520-626-6609
520-626-6925 (fax)
Email: lstern@u.arizona.edu
Lawrence Z. Stern, M.D., Director
University of Arizona
Health Sciences Center
1501 North Campbell Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85724

Arkansas

MDA/ALS CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES
501-686-5135
501-686-8689 (fax)
Email: rudnickistacya@uams.edu
Stacy A. Rudnicki, M.D., Director
4301 West Markham, Slot 500
Little Rock, AR 72205-7199

California

JERRY LEWIS MDA/ALS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER
213-743-1612
213-743-1617 (fax)
Email: kengel@usc.edu
W. King Engel, M.D., Director
University of Southern California
School of Medicine
637 South Lucas Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90017

MDA/ALS CENTER AT UCLA
310-825-7266
310-825-3995 (fax)
Email: mcgraves@ucla.edu
Michael C. Graves, M.D., Director
UCLA Neurological Services, Suite B200
300 UCLA Medical Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095-6975

MDA/ALS CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE
714-456-5214
714-456-6908 (fax)
Email: mozaffar@uci.edu
Tahseen Mozaffar, M.D., Codirector
949-824-6774
Email: jweiss@uci.edu
John Weiss, M.D. Codirector
Department of Neurology
Gottschalk Medical Plaza
1 Medical Plaza Drive
Orange, CA 92697

FORBES NORRIS MDA/ALS RESEARCH CENTER
415-600-3604
415-923-6567 (fax)
Email: millerrx@sutterhealth.org
Robert G. Miller, M.D., Codirector
Email: katzjs@sutterhealth.org
Jonathan Katz, M.D., Codirector
California Pacific Medical Center
2324 Sacramento Street, Suite 150
San Francisco, CA 94115

Colorado

MDA/ALS CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
303-315-7885
303-315-7221
303-315-6796 (fax)
Email: hans.neville@uchsc.edu
Hans E. Neville, M.D., Codirector
Email: steven.ringel@uchsc.edu
Steven P. Ringel, M.D., Codirector
Health Sciences Center
4200 East Ninth Ave., Box B-185
Denver, CO 80262

Connecticut

MDA/ALS CENTER AT YALE UNIVERSITY
203-785-4085
203-785-1937 (fax)
Email: jonathan.goldstein@yale.edu
Jonathan M. Goldstein, M.D., Director
Department of Neurology
P.O. Box 208018
New Haven, CT 06520-8018

Florida

KESSENICH FAMILY MDA ALS CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
800-690-ALS1
305-243-7400
305-243-1249 (FAX)
Email: averma@med.miami.edu
Ashok Verma, M.D., D.M., Director
Email: ggonzal4@med.miami.edu
Gina Gonzalez, BSN, R.N., CGRN
1150 NW 14th St., Ste 701
Miami, FL 33136

Georgia

MDA/ALS CENTER AT EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
404-778-3754
404-778-3495 (fax)
Email: jglas03@emory.edu
Jonathan Glass, M.D., Director
1365 Clifton Rd, NE
Atlanta, GA 30322

Illinois

MDA/ALS CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO HOSPITALS
773-702-9089
773-702-9076 (fax)
Email: rroos@neurology.bsd.uchicago.edu
Raymond Roos, M.D., Director
Department of Neurology/MC2030
5841 South Maryland Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637

Kansas

MDA/ALS CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER
913-859-0632
913-588-6965 (fax)
Email: adick1@kumc.edu
Arthur Dick, M.D., Director
39th and Rainbow Blvd.
Kansas City, KS 66103

Maryland

MDA/ALS CENTER AT JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
410-614-3846
410-955-0672 (fax)
Email: jrothste@jhmi.edu
Jeffrey D. Rothstein, M.D., Ph.D., Director
School of Medicine
600 N. Wolfe St. Meyer 5-119
Baltimore, MD 21287-7519

Massachusetts

MDA/ALS CENTER AT MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL
617-726-5750
617-726-8543 (fax)
Email: rhbrown@partners.org
Robert H. Brown, M.D., Director
Massachusetts General Hospital
15 Parkman Street
Boston, MA 02114

MDA/ALS CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL CENTER
508-856-4147
508-856-6778 (fax)
Email: ChadD@ummhc.org
David Chad, M.D., Director
University of Massachusetts Medical Center
55 Lake Avenue North
Worchester, MA 01655

Missouri

MDA/ALS CENTER AT WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
314-362-6981
314-362-2826 (fax)
Email: pestronk@neuro.wustl.edu
Alan Pestronk, M.D., Director
660 S. Euclid, Box 8111
St. Louis, MO 63110

New Mexico

MDA/ALS CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER
505-272-3342
505-272-6692 (fax)
Email: JChapin@salud.unm.edu
John E. Chapin, M.D., Director
University of New Mexico
915 Camino de Salud, NE
Albuquerque, NM 87131

New York

THE ELEANOR AND LOU GEHRIG MDA/ALS RESEARCH CENTER
212-305-1319
212-305-8398 (fax)
Email: hm264@columbia.edu
Hiroshi Mitsumoto, M.D., Codirector
Email: phg8@columbia.edu
Paul Gordon, M.D., Codirector
Columbia University Medical Center
Department of Neurology
Neurological Institute (N19-016)
710 West 168th Street
New York, NY 10032

MDA/ALS CENTER AT MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER
212-241-8674
212-987-1310 (fax)
Email: warren.olanow@mssm.edu
C. Warren Olanow, M.D., F.R.C.P., Codirector
212-241-7317
212-987-7363 (fax)
Email: dale.lange@mssm.edu
Dale J. Lange, M.D., Codirector
One Gustave Levy Place
Annenburg 14-94
New York, NY 10029

MDA/ALS CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER
585-275-2559
585-273-1255 (fax)
Email: Charles_Thornton@urmc.rochester.edu
Charles A. Thornton, M.D., Director
P.O. Box 673
601 Elmwood Avenue
Rochester, NY 14642-8673

MDA/ALS CENTER AT SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
315-464-2480
315-464-7328 (fax)
Email: shefnerj@upstate.edu
Jeremy M. Shefner, M.D., Ph.D., Director
Department of Neurology
750 East Adams St.
Syracuse, NY 13210

North Carolina

MDA/ALS CENTER AT CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER
800-924-7620
704-446-6255 (fax)
Email: jrosenfeld@carolinas.org
Jeffrey Rosenfeld, Ph.D., M.D., Director
1010 North Edgehill Road
Charlotte, NC 28207

MDA/ALS CENTER AT DUKE UNIVERSITY
919-668-2839
919-668-2901 (fax)
919-783-0222 Appointments
Email: bedla001@mc.duke.edu
Richard S. Bedlack, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., Director
Duke University Medical Center
P.O. Box 3333
Durham, NC 27705

Ohio

MDA/ALS CENTER AT OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
614-293-4981
614-293-6111 (fax)
Email: kissel.2@osu.edu
John T. Kissel, M.D., Codirector
614-293-7715
614-293-4688 (fax)
Email: nash.46@osu.edu
Steven Nash, M.D., Codirector
1580 Dodd Drive
Columbus, OH 43210

Oklahoma

MDA/ALS CENTER AT INTEGRIS SOUTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER
405-644-5170
405-644-6112 (fax)
Brent Beson, M.D., Director
Email: brent.beson@integris-health.com
4221 S. Western, Suite 5010
Oklahoma City, OK 73109

Oregon

MDA/ALS CENTER AT OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY
503-494-5236
503-494-0966 (fax)
Email: Louja@ohsu.edu
Jau-Shin Lou, M.D., Ph.D., Director
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, L226
Portland , OR 97239-3098

Pennsylvania

MDA/ALS CENTER OF HOPE AT DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
215-762-5035/5036
215-762-3899 (fax)
Email: heiman@drexel.edu
Terry D. Heiman-Patterson, M.D., Director
219 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107

MDA/ALS CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER (UPMC) PRESBYTERIAN
412-647-1706
412-647-8398 (fax)
Email: lacomis@upmc.edu
David Lacomis, M.D., Director
200 Lothrop Street, F878
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Tennessee

MDA/ALS CENTER AT VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
615-936-2026
615-936-0223 (fax)
Email: gerald.fenichel@vanderbilt.edu
Gerald M. Fenichel, M.D., Codirector
615-343-4016
615-343-2939 (fax)
Email: jane.howard@med.va.gov
Jane Howard, M.D., Codirector
1301 22nd Avenue, South #3603
Nashville, TN 37212

MDA/ALS CENTER OF MEMPHIS MID-SOUTH
901-725-8920
901-725-8934 (fax)
Email: tbertorini@aol.com
Tulio Bertorini, M.D., Director
8095 Club Parkway
Cordova, TN 38016

Texas

MDA/ALS CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
214-648-2871
214-648-7992 (fax)
Email: jeffrey.elliott@utsouthwestern.edu
Jeffrey L. Elliott, M.D., Director
Southwest Medical Center at Dallas
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, TX 75235-8897

MDA/ALS Center at Methodist Hospital Neurological Institute
713-441-3760
Email: sappel@tmh.tmc.edu
Stanley H. Appel, M.D., Director
The Methodist Hospital Neurological Institute 6560 Fannin Street, # 802
Houston, TX 77030

MDA/ALS CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO
210-567-1945
210-567-1948 (fax)
Email: jacksonce@uthscsa.edu
Carlayne E. Jackson, M.D., Director
University of Texas Health Science Center
HealthSouth Rehabilitation Institute of San Antonio
9119 Cinnamon Hill
San Antonio, TX 78240

Utah

MDA/ALS CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
801-585-5885
801-585-2054 (fax)
Email: mbromberg@hsc.utah.edu
Mark B. Bromberg, M.D., Ph.D., Director
Department of Neurology
School of Medicine
50 North Medical Drive
Salt Lake City, UT 84132

Washington

MDA/ALS CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER
206-598-4590
206-598-2813 (fax)
Email: gtcarter@u.washington.edu
Greg Carter, M.D., Codirector
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
206-598-4211
206-598-4102 (fax)
Email: mdweiss@u.washington.edu
Michael Weiss, M.D., Codirector
Department of Neurology/Electromyography
1959 NE Pacific
Seattle, WA 98195-6115

Wisconsin

MDA/ALS CLINICAL RESEARCH CENTER
608-263-9237
608-263-0412 (fax)
Email: brooks@neurology.wisc.edu
Benjamin R. Brooks, M.D., Director
University of Wisconsin-Madison
University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics
600 Highland Avenue CSC H6-563
Madison, WI 53792-5132