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ALS Association supports med center’s efforts

From left, Sally Dwyer, director of programs and services, The ALS Association Mid-America Chapter, Susan Erickson, administrator, UNMC Department of Neurological Sciences, Colleen Wachter, executive director, The ALS Association Mid-America Chapter, Matthew Rizzo, M.D., chair of the UNMC Department of Neurological Sciences, and Shannon Todd, care services specialist and clinic liaison, The ALS Association Mid-America Chapter.

From left, Sally Dwyer, director of programs and services, The ALS Association Mid-America Chapter, Susan Erickson, administrator, UNMC Department of Neurological Sciences, Colleen Wachter, executive director, The ALS Association Mid-America Chapter, Matthew Rizzo, M.D., chair of the UNMC Department of Neurological Sciences, and Shannon Todd, care services specialist and clinic liaison, The ALS Association Mid-America Chapter.

The ALS Association Mid-America Chapter presented Nebraska Medicine with a $25,000 check in support of The ALS Association Certified Treatment Center of Excellence.

The support recognizes the association’s commitment to the financial, staffing, in-kind support and specialty programs of the center at Nebraska Medicine, as well as their commitment to the ALS community and the leadership in providing comprehensive, multi-disciplinary ALS clinical care.

Becoming a Certified Treatment Center of Excellence is a rigorous process that includes providing a full multidisciplinary team, an ALS or neuromuscular neurologist, monthly clinics, active involvement in ALS-specific research and an active relationship with the local ALS Chapter.

The goal of The ALS Association Certified Treatment Center of Excellence Program is to establish and support a national standard of care for people living with ALS though a distinguished network of clinical settings. The intent is to provide evidenced-based multidisciplinary care, support programs, education and best-practice clinical management of ALS.

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