ALS Clinics and Centers
ALS United Greater New York collaborates with some of the best ALS physicians and clinics across the United States to help ensure that people living with ALS have access to specialized care, based on best practices. These ALS Clinics and Centers provide compassionate care in a supportive, family-oriented atmosphere.
Our multidisciplinary care model brings together a team of health care professionals specially trained to address the needs of people living with ALS, allowing them to receive care from each discipline during a single visit. The care team typically includes a neurologist, physical therapist, occupational therapist, respiratory therapist, nurse, dietitian, speech language pathologist, social worker, mental health professional and an ALS United Greater New York liaison.
Centers & Clinics:
Eleanor and Lou Gehrig ALS Center Columbia University, 710 West 168th Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10032, Tara Charlton, LMSW, Clinic Coordinator, trc2122@cumc.columbia.edu, (212) 305-6788
Columbia Doctors Tarrytown, Tarrytown, NY (Satellite) 155 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, NY 10591, (212) 305-6788
Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY - ALS 525 East 71st Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10021, Chelsea Correa, SLP Clinic Coordinator, alsmdclinic@hss.edu, (646) 797-8917
Hospital for Special Surgery, White Plains, NY- (White Plains Clinic- Satellite) 1133 Westchester Avenue, White Plains, NY 10605, (914) 821-9100
James J. Peters Bronx VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY - 130 W Kingsbridge Rd, Bronx, NY 10468, Ernest Acheampong, RN, Clinic Coordinator, Ernest.acheampong@va.gov, (718) 584-9000
Mount Sinai Downtown at Union Square, New York, NY- 10 Union Square East, (Bet. 14th & 15th Streets),
New York, NY, 10003, Justice-Keith Little, Care Coordinator, keith.little@mountsinai.org, (212) 844-6188
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ - 125 Paterson Street, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901, Mary Ann Mertz, RN, Nurse Coordinator, mertzml@rutgers.edu, (732) 235-7331
Christopher Pendergast ALS Center of Excellence at Stony Brook University Hospital, NY- 181 N. Belle Mead Rd, E. Setauket, NY 11733, Theresa Imperato, RN Nurse Coordinator, imperato@als-ny.org
ALS Center at Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ NY- ALS Association Program, 360 Essex Street, #203, Hackensack, NJ 07601. Contact Josette Alquitran at josette.alquitran@hmhn.org or (551) 996-4139
Northwell Health, Great Neck, NY- ALS Association Program, 611 Northern Boulevard, Great Neck, NY 11021, Aimi Tittu, RN, Clinic Coordinator, atittu@northwell.edu, (516) 325-7000