A message to our patients and families:
We were hoping to resume our in-person multidisciplinary clinic visits in September, but the current resurgence of COVID has shut us down again. We will continue to serve you via telehealth and communications through the Emory patient portal. We encourage all of our patients and their close contacts to receive the COVID-19 vaccination to keep our patients and community safe.
Congratulations to Dr. Glass for the Healey Center 2020 international prize for innovation in ALS!
The prize was given for Project MinE, which is an international collaboration for the discovery of genetic abnormalities underlying the causes of ALS.
The Emory ALS Center is part of the Emory Brain Health Center in Atlanta, GA. Led by Dr. Jonathan Glass, it is recognized nationally as a Treatment Center of Excellence by the ALS Association (ALSA) , and is designated a Certified ALS Center by the Muscular Dystrophy Assocation (MDA). The Emory ALS Center is now one of the largest clinical centers for ALS in the United States. Our team approach to ALS care and research bridges multiple disciplines and departments. We are physicians, nurses, therapists, social workers, basic and clinical research scientists, students, fellows, and volunteers. We work together, all with the same goal, but with different expertise and viewpoints. Our slogan, “Celebrate Life, Imagine a Cure,” is what we do every day.
By the numbers
Emory ALS Center has a full time staff of 15 professionals working in the clinic and doing research in the lab.
We see about 180 new patients every year and care for about 500 at any one time.
Approximate number of people in the U. S. diagnosed with ALS each year.