Pediatric MS Centers of Excellence National MS Society established a nationwide network to give treatment access to as many families as possible.
Center for Pediatric-Onset Demyelinating Disease at the Children's Hospital of Alabama University CHB 314K 1600 7th Ave South Birmingham, AL 35233 Center director: Jayne Ness, MD, PhD Contact person: Sarah Middleton Phone: (205) 996-7850 Web: http://main.uab.edu/sites/cpodd/
Pediatric MS Center of the Jacobs Neurological Institute, State University of New York 219 Bryan St. Buffalo, NY 14222 Center director: Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, MD Contact person: Mary Karpinksi, MSW Phone: (716) 878-7367 or (877) 878-7367 Email: PedMS@thejni.org Web: http://www.pedms.com/
Mayo Clinic T. Denny Sanford Pediatric Outpatient Center, Rochester, MN Co-Center directors: Nancy L. Kuntz, MD & Moses Rodriguez, MD Contact persons: Carma Willers, MSW and Paula Freitag, MSW Phone: (507) 538-2555 or (507) 284-2111 Web: http://www.mayoclinic.org/pediatric-center
National Pediatric MS Center at Stony Brook University Hospital Department of Neurology, HSC-T12-020 Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY 11784-8121 Center director: Lauren Krupp, MD Contact person: Maria Milazzo, RN Phone: (631) 444-7802 Email: info@pediatricmscenter.org Web: http://www.pediatricmscenter.org/
Partners Pediatric MS Center at the Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, Boston, MA Yawkey Center for Outpatient Care, Suite 6B 55 Fruit St. Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA 02114 Center director: Tanuja Chitnis, MD Contact person: Rose Fratarcangeli Phone: (617) 726-2664 Web: http://partnersmscenter.org/index.php?id=62&mn=12
San Francisco Regional Pediatric MS Center, University of California 400 Parnassus Avenue Box 0348 San Francisco, California 94143-0348 Project director: Emmanuelle Waubant, MD, PhD Contact person: Marianne Doyle, MSW Phone: (415) 353-3939 Web: http://www.ucsfhealth.org/childrens/special/p/62258.html
Families now have Society-supported resources for care and education, which are available not only for MS but other similar conditions or symptoms of the central nervous system. Care is available to everyone, regardless of their proximity to the center, or ability to pay. |