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ALS Association Certified Centers

Certified Centers

ALS Center Program

The ALS Association Certified CenterSM program defines, establishes and supports a national standard of care in the management of ALS, sponsored by The ALS Association.

The ALS Center Program encourages and provides state-of-the-art care and clinical management of ALS through:

  • Multi-disciplinary care of the person with ALS and his or her family Specially-trained clinical staff knowledgeable about the the needs of those living with ALS
  • Collaborative work among Centers to enhance ALS patient care and conduct research studies

The ALS Association selects, certifies and supports distinguished regional institutions that are recognized as the best in the field, and have neurological diagnostics and imaging, and available on-site licensed and certified ancillary services on clinic days and a fully, highly qualified staff.



Arizona

The ALS Clinic at Mayo Clinic Scottsdale

An ALS Association Certified Center of Excellence
13400 E. Shea Blvd.
Scottsdale, AZ 85259
Medical Director - E. Peter Bosch, M.D.
Phone: 480-301-8100

California

Forbes Norris ALS Clinic and Research Center

California Pacific Medical Center
2324 Sacramento Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
Contact - Bob Osborne, RN Case Manager
Medical Director - Jonathan Katz, M.D.
Phone: 415-600-3604

The ALS Center at UCSF

An ALS Association Certified Center of Excellence
400 Parnassus Ave.
8th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94117
Medical Director - Catherine Lomen-Hoerth, MD, PhD
Phone: 415-353-2108

Connecticut

The Neuromuscular Center at Hospital for Special Care

An ALS Association Certified Center of Excellence
2150 Corbin Avenue
New Britain, CT 06053
Medical Director - Kevin Felice, D.O.
Phone: 860-827-4924

District of Columbia

George Washington University

An ALS Association Certified Center of Excellence
Department of Neurology - ALS & MS Centers
2150 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 7-401
Washington, DC 20037
Medical Director - Elham Bayat, MD
Phone: 202-741-2700

Florida

Mayo Clinic Florida

An ALS Association Certified Center of Excellence
4500 San Pablo Road S.
Department of Neurology
Jacksonville, FL 32224
Medical Director - Kevin Boylan, MD
Phone: 904-953-6915

Georgia

Georgia Regents University

An ALS Association Certified Center of Excellence
Department of Neurology, EMG Lab
1120 15th Street
Augusta, GA 30912-0004
Medical Director - Michael Rivner, MD
Phone: 706-721-2681

Indiana

Indiana University ALS Center at Wishard Health Services

An ALS Association Certified Center of Excellence
1050 Wishard Blvd
Neurology Dept Regenstrief 6th floor
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Medical Director - Robert Pascuzzi, MD
Phone: 317-630-8456

Kansas

University of Kansas Medical Center

An ALS Association Certified Center of Excellence
Department of Neurology - 1008 Wescoe
3599 Rainbow Blvd./MS 2012
Kansas City, KS 66160
Medical Director - Richard J. Barohn, M.D. / April McVey, MD
Phone: 913-588-0656

Kentucky

University of Kentucky

An ALS Association Certified Center of Excellence
KY Neurosciences Institute
740 South Limestone St.
Lexington, KY 40536-0284
Medical Director - Edward J. Kasarskis, MD, PhD
Phone: 859-218-5061

Massachusetts

Curt and Shonda Schilling ALS Clinic at Lahey Medical Center

An ALS Association Certified Center of Excellence
Department of Neurology
41 Mall Road
Burlington, MA 01805
Medical Director - James Russell, DO
Phone: 781-744-7273

Michigan

University of Michigan Health System

An ALS Association Certified Center of Excellence
1914/0316 Taubman Center
1500 East Medical Center Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Medical Director - Brian Callaghan, M.D.
Phone: 734-936-9020

Harry J. Hoenselaar Clinic

An ALS Association Certified Center of Excellence
Henry Ford Hospital
2799 West Grand Blvd, K11-Neurology
Detroit, MI 48202
Medical Director - Daniel S. Newman, M.D.
Phone: 313-916-2835

Minnesota

ALS Center of Excellence at Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC)

An ALS Association Certified Center of Excellence
Mailing address: 701 Park Avenue PPC-250, Minneapolis, MN 55415
Clinic address: 825 South Eighth Street, Suite 250, Minneapolis, MN 55404
Medical Director - Ezgi Tiryaki, MD
Phone: 612-347-7635

Mayo Medical Center

An ALS Association Certified Center of Excellence
Department of Neurology
200 First Street, S.W.
Rochester, MN 55905
Medical Director - Eric J. Sorenson, M.D.
Phone: 507-538-1037

Missouri

St. Louis University Health Sciences Center

An ALS Association Certified Center of Excellence
Department of Neurology
1438 S Grand Blvd. - Monteleone Hall
St Louis, MO 63104
Medical Director - Ghazala Hayat, M.D.
Phone: 314-977-6082

New Hampshire

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

An ALS Association Certified Center of Excellence
ALS Neuromuscular Disease Clinic
One Medical Center Drive
Lebanon, NH 03756-0001
Medical Director - Jeffrey A. Cohen, MD
Phone: 603-650-8589
Fax: 603-650-6233

New Jersey

Neuromuscular and ALS Center

An ALS Association Certified Center of Excellence
UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Clinical Academic Bldg., Suite 6100
125 Paterson St., New Brunswick, NJ 08903
Medical Director - Jerry Belsh, M.D.
Phone: 732-235-7733

New Mexico

ALS Center - University of New Mexico

An ALS Association Certified Center of Excellence
School of Medicine - Department of Neurology
2211 Lomas, NE, MSC 10 5620
Albuquerque, NM 87131
Medical Director - Sarah Youssof, MD
Phone: 505-272-3160

New York

The Christopher Pendergast ALS Center of Excellence

An ALS Association Certified Center of Excellence
Stony Brook University Hospital
179 Belle Meade Road, Suite 3
East Setauket, NY 11733
Medical Director - Rahman Pourmand, MD
Phone: 631-444-4623

Beth Israel ALS Center

An ALS Association Certified Center of Excellence
Beth Israel Medical Center - Mirken Department of Neurology
10 Union Square East
New York, NY 10003
Medical Director - Stephen Scelsa, MD
Phone: 212-844-6188

ALS Center at SUNY Upstate Medical University

An ALS Association Certified Center of Excellence
Department of Neurology
750 East Adams Street
Syracuse, NY 13210
Medical Director - Jeremy M. Shefner, MD, PhD
Phone: 315-464-5004

North Carolina

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

An ALS Association Certified Center of Excellence
Department of Neurology - 3rd Floor, Meads
Medical Center Boulevard
Winston-Salem, NC 27157
Medical Director - James B. Caress, MD
Phone 1: 336-716-2323
Phone 2: 336-716-2309

Duke University ALS Center

An ALS Association Certified Center of Excellence
932 Morreene Rd
Box 3333
Durham, NC 27705
Medical Director - Richard S. Bedlack, MD, PhD
Phone: 919-668-2875
Fax: 919-668-2901

Ohio

Section of ALS and Related Disorders - Cleveland Clinic

An ALS Association Certified Center of Excellence
Department of Neurology, S90
9500 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44195
Medical Director - Erik P. Pioro, M.D., Ph.D., FRCP(C)
Phone 1: 216-444-5559
Phone 2: 866-588-2264

Oregon

Providence ALS Center

An ALS Association Certified Center of Excellence
5050 N.E. Hoyt
Suite 315
Portland, OR 97213
Medical Director - Kimberly Goslin, MD
Phone: 503-963-3100

Pennsylvania

Penn Comprehensive Neuroscience Center

An ALS Association Certified Center of Excellence
330 S. 9th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Medical Director - Leo McCluskey, M.D. / Lauren Elman, MD
Phone: 215-829-3053
Fax: 215-829-6606

The ALS Clinic at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

An ALS Association Certified Center of Excellence
Department of Neurology, EC037
30 Hope Drive
Hershey, PA 17033
Medical Director - Zachary Simmons, M.D
Phone 1: 800-292-3332
Phone 2: 717-531-4191
Fax: 717-531-0384

Texas

Baylor College of Medicine

An ALS Association Certified Center of Excellence
Department of Neurology
6550 Fannin Street, Suite 1801 (Smith Tower)
Houston, TX 77030
Medical Director - Yadollah Harati, MD and Cecile L. Phan, M.D., F.R.C.P.C.
Phone: 713-798-7411
Fax: 713-798-8573

UTHSCSA

An ALS Association Certified Center of Excellence
Medical Arts & Research Center
8300 Floyd Curl Drive, 4th Floor, MC 7883
San Antonio, TX 78229
Medical Director - Carlayne E. Jackson, M.D.
Phone: 210-450-9700
Fax: 210-450-6039

Vermont

ALS Clinical Department of Neurology

An ALS Association Certified Center of Excellence
C225A Given Building
89 Beaumont Avenue
Burlington, VT 05405
Medical Director - Rup Tandan, M.D., M.R.C.P.
Phone: 802-847-4589

Washington

Virginia Mason Medical Center Neurology Department

An ALS Association Certified Center of Excellence
1100 9th Avenue
P.O. Box 900, X7-NEU
Seattle, WA 98111
Medical Director - Michael Elliot, MD and Julie Hodapp, MD
Phone: 206-341-0420
Fax: 206-625-7240

Wisconsin

Froedtert Hospital ALS Center

An ALS Association Certified Center of Excellence
Department of Neurology
9200 W. Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53226
Medical Director - Paul Barkhaus, MD
Phone: 414-805-5224
 
 
 

 



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