Emory ALS Center | Emory School of Medicine

Participate in ALS Research

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.

“We are one of the largest clinical centers in the U.S.,” Glass says. “The majority of our patients partner with us in our research efforts, providing DNA, spinal fluid, and tissue samples for research. In this way we are able to connect our basic research activities with the essential clinical data that makes our collections so valuable to investigators locally, nationally, and internationally.”

Participate in genetic research in ALS

By the numbers

15 STAFF

Emory ALS Center has a full time staff of 15 professionals working in the clinic and doing research in the lab.

550 PATIENTS

We see about 200 new patients every year and care for about 550 at any one time.

6000 NATIONALLY

Approximate number of people in the U. S. diagnosed with ALS each year.