NEALS Member Sites
NEALS members, or “sites,” are medical institutions equipped to perform clinical trials in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and motor neuron diseases. NEALS is an international group with over 150 members, including sites in the United States, Australia, Canada, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, and Turkey.
Site | City | State | Country | Neurologist | Phone |
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Akdeniz University | Antalya | Turkey | Hilmi Uysal | 00 90 242 249 6181 | |
Albany Medical Center | Albany | NY | United States | Matthew Murnane, MD | 518-262-5226 |
Augusta University | Augusta | GA | United States | Michael Rivner, MD | 706-721-2681 |
Barrow Neurological Institute | Phoenix | AZ | United States | Shafeeq Ladha, MD | 602-406-6274 |
Baylor College of Medicine | Houston | TX | United States | Lydia Sharp, MD | 713-798-8230 |
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | Boston | MA | United States | Courtney McIlduff, MD | 617-667-8130 |
Brain and Nerve Research Center, Concord Hospital | Concord NSW 2139 | Australia | Steve Vucic, PhD, MD | ||
Brigham And Women's Hospital | Boston | MA | United States | Anthony Amato, MD | 617-732-8046 |
Bronson Comprehensive ALS Clinic at Bronson Methodist Hospital | Kalamazoo | MI | United States | Michelle Crooks, MD | 2693417500 |
California Pacific Medical Center | San Francisco | CA | United States | Jonathan Katz, MD Robert Miller, MD |
415-600-3604 |
CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine | Charleston | WV | United States | James Russell, MD, MS, FACP, FRCP, FAAN | 304-388-6441 |
CARE Hospitals; Banjara Hills; Hyderabad | Hyderabad | India | Y. Muralidhar Reddy, DNB, DM | +919912329342 | |
Carolinas Medical Center | Charlotte | NC | United States | Leo McCluskey, MD | 704-446-1900 |
Case Western - Cleveland VA ALS Center | Cleveland | OH | United States | Stephen Selkirk, MD, PhD | 216-791-3800 ext. 6076 |
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (CA) | Los Angeles | CA | United States | Richard Lewis, MD | 310-423-6472 |
Center for Neurologic Study | La Jolla | CA | United States | Richard Smith, MD | 858-455-5463 |
Cleveland Clinic | Cleveland | OH | United States | Rebecca Kuenzler, MD | 216-636-5860 |
Columbia University Medical Center | New York | NY | United States | Neil Shneider, MD, PhD Jinsy Andrews, MD, MSc |
212-305-1319 |
Corewell Health | Grand Rapids | MI | United States | Paul Twydell, DO | 616-267-7104 |
Cornell University/Hospital for Special Surgery | New York | NY | United States | Dora Leung, MD | 646-797-8917 |
Cox Medical Center | Springfield | MO | United States | Steven Ellis, MD | 417-875-3087 |
Crestwood Medical Center | Huntsville | AL | United States | David White, MD Aruna Arora, MD, MPH |
256-429-4113 |
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center | Lebanon | NH | United States | Elijah Stommel, MD Jeffrey Cohen, MD |
603-650-5104 |
Dent Neurologic Institute | Amherst | NY | United States | Bennett Myers, MD | 716-558-9918 |
Duke University | Durham | NC | United States | Richard Bedlack, MD | 919-668-2875 |
Emory ALS Center | Atlanta | GA | United States | Jonathan Glass, MD | 404-778-3754 |
Essentia Health ALS Clinic | Duluth | MN | United States | Amber Erickson, MD | 218-786-2077 |
Florida State University, Sarasota Memorial Hospital | Sarasota | FL | United States | Gregory P. Hanes, MD | 941-487-2160 |
George Washington University | Washington, DC | United States | Elham Bayat, MD | 202-741-2700 | |
Georgetown University Medical Center | Washington, DC | United States | Brent Harris, MD, PhD Shakti Nayar, MD |
202-687-5345 | |
Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | NJ | United States | Florian P. Thomas, MD, PhD | 551-996-1324 |
Hadassah Medical Center | Jerusalem | Israel | Marc Gotkine, MBBS | (+)972-507874692 | |
Harvard School of Public Health | Boston | MA | United States | Alberto Ascherio, MD, PhD | 617-432-0093 |
Henry Ford Hospital | Detroit | MI | United States | Ximena Arcila-Londono, MD | 313-916-2594 |
Holy Cross Hospital | Fort Lauderdale | FL | United States | Gustavo Alameda, MD | 954-414-9750 |
Hospital for Special Care | New Britain | CT | United States | Kevin Felice, DO | 860-827-4924 |
Houston Methodist Neurological Institute | Houston | TX | United States | Ericka Simpson, MD | 713-441-3760 |
Indiana University ALS Center | Indianapolis | IN | United States | Robert Pascuzzi, MD | 317-963-7385 |
INOVA Health Systems | Fairfax | VA | United States | Joseph Choi, MD | 571-472-4200 |
Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Monterrey, México | Monterrey | Mexico | Hector R. Martinez, MD, FACP | +81 8389-8371 | |
IRCCS-Istituto Mario Negri | Milan | Italy | Elisabetta Pupillo, MD | +39.02.39014.1 | |
Istanbul University | Istanbul | Turkey | Yesim Parman | +90 (212) 4142477 | |
Jefferson Weinberg ALS Center | Philadelphia | PA | United States | Piera Pasinelli, PhD | 215-503-4294 |
Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune | NJ | United States | Mary Sedarous, MD | 732-776-3307 |
Jim "Catfish" Hunter ALS Clinic | Greenville | NC | United States | Robert C. Frere, MD | 252-847-1779 |
Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore | MD | United States | Nicholas Maragakis, MD Jeffrey Rothstein, MD, PhD |
410-614-1196 |
Koç University Hospital | Istanbul | Turkey | Piraye Oflazer | 00 90 850 250 8250 | |
KU School of Medicine-Wichita Center for Clinical Research | Wichita | KS | United States | Matthew Byerly, MD | 316-293-2676 |
Lahey Clinic, Curt and Shonda Schilling ALS Clinic | Burlington | MA | United States | Jayashri Srinivasan, MD, PHD, FRCP | 781-744-1270 |
Las Vegas Clinic | Las Vegas | NV | United States | Jonathan McKinnon, MD | 702-505-4230 |
Lehigh Valley Health Network | Allentown | PA | United States | Alissa Romano, DO Alison Walsh, MD |
610-402-8420 |
Loma Linda University School of Medicine | Loma Linda | CA | United States | Jeffrey Rosenfeld, PhD, MD, FAAN, FANA | 909-558-2558 |
Louisiana State University | New Orleans | LA | United States | Michael Charlet, MD, FAAN | 505-412-1517 |
Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston | MA | United States | Merit Cudkowicz, MD, MSc | 617-724-3914 |
Mayo Clinic Scottsdale | Scottsdale | AZ | United States | Stephen Johnson, MD | 480-301-8000 |
Mayo Clinic, Florida | Jacksonville | FL | United States | Bjorn Oskarsson, MD | 904-953-6915 |
Mayo Clinic, Rochester | Rochester | MN | United States | Nathan Staff, MD, PhD | 507-284-8491 |
Medical College of Wisconsin | Milwaukee | WI | United States | Dominic Fee, MD, FAAN, FAANEM David Shirilla |
414-805-5264 |
Medical University of South Carolina | Charleston | SC | United States | Katherine Ruzhansky, MD, MS | 843-792-3223 |
Mercy Health Saint Mary's/Michigan State University | Grand Rapids | MI | United States | Melanie Taylor, MD | 616-685-5050 |
Montreal Neurological Institute & Hospital (McGill University) | Montreal | Canada | Angela Genge, MD, FRCP (c) | 514-398-6644 | |
Mount Sinai Beth Israel | New York | NY | United States | Stephen Scelsa, MD | 212-844-8888 |
National ALS Registry | Atlanta | GA | United States | Paul Mehta, MD | 770-488-0556 |
National Institute on Aging (NIA)/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) | Bethesda | MD | United States | Bryan Traynor, MD, PhD Avi Nath, MD Mary Kay Floeter, MD, PhD |
800-411-1222 |
Nerve and Muscle Center of Texas | Houston | TX | United States | Aziz Shaibani, MD | 713-795-0033 |
Neurociencias Estudios Clínicos S.C | Culiacán, Sinaloa | Mexico | Elmer Lopez | 667-758-7952 | |
Neurology Associates, P.C. | Lincoln | NE | United States | Gary Pattee, MD | 402-483-7226 |
Neurology Center of New England P.C. | Foxboro | MA | United States | Andrew Taylor, MD | 781-551-5812 |
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine | Chicago | IL | United States | Senda Ajroud-Driss, MD | 312-503-0671 |
NOVA Southeastern University | Fort Lauderdale | FL | United States | Eduardo Locatelli, MD, MPH | 954-262-6387 |
Ochsner Health System | New Orleans | LA | United States | Kristin Johnson, DO | 504-842-0113 |
Ohio Health ALS Clinic | Westerville | OH | United States | John Novak, MD | 614-533-5613 |
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center | Columbus | OH | United States | Stephen J. Kolb, MD, PhD | 614-293-4969 |
Oregon Health & Science University | Portland | OR | United States | Nizar Chahin, MD | 503 494-5236 |
Orlando Health | Orlando | FL | United States | Vahid Tohidi, MD, PhD | 321-841-2800 |
Our Lady of the Lake Physician’s Group | Baton Rouge | LA | United States | Kevin Callerame, MD, FAAN | 225-215-2193 |
Overlook Medical Center | Summit | NJ | United States | Andrew Tarulli, MD | 908-522-2829 |
Penn Comprehensive ALS Center | Philadelphia | PA | United States | Colin Quinn, MD Lauren Elman, MD |
215-829-3053 |
Penn State ALS Clinic and Research Center | Hershey | PA | United States | Zachary Simmons, MD | 717-531-8257 |
Providence ALS Center, Portland, OR | Portland | OR | United States | Nicholas Olney, MD | 503-963-3100 |
Rehabilitation Hospital of Navicent Health | Macon | GA | United States | Michael Rivner, MD | 478-731-4095 |
Roseman University of Health Sciences | Las Vegas | NV | United States | David Ginsburg, MD | 702-463-4040 |
Rush University Medical Center | Chicago | IL | United States | Madhu Soni, MD, FAAN | 312-942-4500 |
Rutgers - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School | New Brunswick | NJ | United States | Suhayl Jalbut | 732-235-7733 |
Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey | Newark | NJ | United States | Nizar Souayah, MD | 973-972-8577 |
Saint Alphonsus Medical Group | Boise | ID | United States | Jackie Whitesell, MD | 208-302-4200 |
Scott & White Healthcare Texas A&M | Round Rock | TX | United States | Jeffrey Tramonte, MD | 512-509-5370 |
Semmes Murphey Clinic | Memphis | TN | United States | Tulio Bertorini, MD | 901-624-2960 |
Sentara Medical Group | Virginia Beach | VA | United States | Andrew D. Galbreath, DO | 757-507-0600 |
South Shore Neurologic | Patchoque | NY | United States | Mark Gudesblatt, MD | 631-758-1910 |
Southern California Permanente Medical Group | Los Angeles | CA | United States | Nazanin Matloubi, MD | 323-783-7699 |
St. Louis University | St. Louis | MO | United States | Ghazala Hayat, MD | 314-977-6030 |
St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute | Spokane | WA | United States | Gregory Carter, MD | 509-768-1272 |
SUNY at Stony Brook | East Setauket | NY | United States | Nurcan Gursoy, MD | 631-444-2599 |
SUNY Upstate Medical University | Syracuse | NY | United States | Eufrosina Young, MD | 315-464-4243 |
Swedish Neuroscience Institute | Seattle | WA | United States | Michael Elliott, MD, FAAN | 206-320-3494 |
Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine | Philadelphia | PA | United States | Terry Heiman-Patterson, MD | 215-205-8917 |
Texas Neurology | Dallas | TX | United States | Daragh Heitzman, MD | 212-827-3610 |
Toho University Faculty of Medicine Alternate Website |
Ota-ku, Tokyo | Japan | Osamu Kano, MD, PhD | +81-3-3762-4151 or +81-3-5763-5324 (International) | |
Tufts Medical Center | Boston | MA | United States | Oscar Soto, MD, PhD | 617-636-5848 |
Twin Cities ALS Research Consortium | Minneapolis | MN | United States | Samuel Maiser, MD | 612-873-2607 |
Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi | San Luis Potosi | Mexico | Ildefonso Rodriguez-Leyva, MD | +524448176692 | |
University of Alabama at Birmingham | Birmingham | AL | United States | Nan Jiang, MD, PhD | 205-934-2120 |
University of Alberta Kaye Edmonton Clinic (KEC) | Edmonton | Canada | Wendy Johnston, MD | (780) 248-1089 | |
University of Arizona | Tucson | AZ | United States | Katalin Scherer, MD | 520-874-2747 |
University of Arkansas | Little Rock | AR | United States | Neil Masangkay, MD | 501-686-8000 |
University of Calgary | Calgary | Canada | Lawrence Korngut, MD, FRCPC | 403-943-8871 | |
University of California, Davis, Medical Center | Sacramento | CA | United States | Nanette Joyce, DO | 916-734-7041 |
University of California, Irvine | Orange | CA | United States | Namita Goyal, MD | 714-456-2332 |
University of California, Los Angeles | Los Angeles | CA | United States | Martina Wiedau, MD | 310-794-3305 |
University of California, San Diego Health | San Diego | CA | United States | John Ravits, MD Dominic Ferrey, MD Betul Gundogdu, MD |
619-543-3500 |
University of California, San Francisco | San Francisco | CA | United States | Laura Rosow, MD | 415-353-2122 |
University of Chicago | Chicago | IL | United States | Kourosh Rezania, MD Raymond P. Roos, MD |
773-702-6390 |
University of Cincinnati Medical Center | Cincinnati | OH | United States | Hani Kushlaf, MD | 513-919-5415 |
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus | Aurora | CO | United States | Laura Foster, MD | 303-724-2188 |
University of Florida, Gainesville | Gainesville | FL | United States | James Wymer, MD, PhD | 352-273-5550 |
University of Florida, Jacksonville | Jacksonville | FL | United States | Michael Pulley, MD | 904-244-9922 |
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics | Iowa City | IA | United States | Andrea Swenson, MD | 319-384-8111 |
University of Kansas Medical Center | Kansas City | KS | United States | Omar Jawdat, MD | 913-588-6970 |
University of Kentucky | Lexington | KY | United States | Edward Kasarskis, MD, PhD | 859-218-5061 |
University of Louisville | Louisville | KY | United States | Martin Brown, MD | 502-588-4800 |
University of Maryland School of Medicine | Baltimore | MD | United States | Lindsay Zilliox, MD | 410-328-3100 |
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School | Worcester | MA | United States | Robert Brown, MD, DPhil | 508-334-1271 |
University of Miami | Miami | FL | United States | Michael Benatar, MD, PhD Ashok Verma, MD, DM |
1-800-690-2571 |
University of Michigan | Ann Arbor | MI | United States | Stephen Goutman, MD, MS | 734-936-9020 |
University of Milan Medical School at IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano | Milan | Italy | Vincenzo Silani, MD | 0039 02 61911 2937 | |
University of Missouri | Columbia | MO | United States | Vovanti Jones, MD | 573-882-1515 |
University of Montreal Health Centre | Montreal | Canada | Genevieve Matte, MD, FRCPC | 514-890-8000 x 2-5434 | |
University of Nebraska Medical Center | Omaha | NE | United States | J. Americo M. Fernandes, MD | 402-559-5769 |
University of New Mexico | Albuquerque | NM | United States | Jonathan Cauchi, MD | 505-272-3342 |
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill | NC | United States | Jorge Almodóvar Suárez, MD | 984-974-4401 |
University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh | PA | United States | Sasa Zivkovic, MD David Lacomis, MD |
412-647-1706 |
University of Puerto Rico | San Juan | Puerto Rico | Brenda Deliz, MD | 787-759-0306 | |
University of Rochester Medical Center | Rochester | NY | United States | Peter D. Creigh, M.D | 585-275-2559 |
University of South Florida, College of Medicine | Tampa | FL | United States | Clifton Gooch, MD | 813-396-3478 |
University of Southern California | Los Angeles | CA | United States | Said Beydoun, MD, FAAN | 323-442-0259 |
University of Tennessee Medical Center | Knoxville | TN | United States | Randall G. Trudell, MD | 8655216174 |
University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio | San Antonio | TX | United States | Carlayne Jackson, MD | 210-450-0524 |
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center | Dallas | TX | United States | Haibi Cai, MD | 214-648-9275 |
University of Texas, Austin Dell Medical School | Austin | TX | United States | Yessar Hussain, MD | 512-920-0140 |
University of Toronto | Toronto | Canada | Lorne Zinman, MD, MSc, FRCPC | 416-480-4213 | |
University of Utah | Salt Lake City | UT | United States | Mark Bromberg, MD | 810-585-7575 |
University of Vermont | Burlington | VT | United States | Rup Tandan, MD | 802-847-4589 |
University of Virginia | Charlottesville | VA | United States | Matthew Elliott, MD | 434-982-6551 |
University of Washington | Seattle | WA | United States | Michael Weiss, MD | 206-598-7688 |
University of Western Ontario-London Health Sciences Center | London | Canada | Christen Shoesmith, MD | 519-663-3041 | |
University of Wisconsin Hospital | Madison | WI | United States | Stephanie Gardon, MD | 608-263-5442 |
VA Boston Healthcare System | Boston | MA | United States | Ann McKee, MD | 857-364-483 |
VA Portland Health Care System | Portland | OR | United States | Noona Leavell, MD | 503-220-8262 |
VA Puget Sound Healthcare System | Seattle | WA | United States | Ileana Howard, MD Maxwell MA, MD |
206-716-5756 |
Vandalia Health CAMC | Charleston | WV | United States | James Russell, MD | 304-388-6441 |
Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Nashville | TN | United States | Amanda Peltier, MD, MS | 615-322-7246 |
Virginia Commonwealth University | Richmond | VA | United States | Kelly Graham Gwathmey, MD | 804-828-9350 |
Wake Forest University School of Medicine | Winston-Salem | NC | United States | Michael Cartwright, MD James Caress, MD |
336-716-2309 |
Washington DC Veteran Affairs Medical Center | Washington, DC | United States | Marshall Balish, MD, PhD | ||
Washington University in St. Louis | St. Louis | MO | United States | Timothy Miller, MD, PhD | 314-362-8169 |
West Virginia University School of Medicine | Morgantown | WV | United States | Shumaila Sultan, MD | 304-598-6127 |
Yale University School of Medicine | New Haven | CT | United States | Uzma Usman, MD | 203-785-4085 |