Neuromuscular & ALS Center
- Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and UMDNJ
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
97 Paterson Street – New Brunswick, NJ 08901-0019
- Phone: 732-235-7331
- Fax: 732-235-7344
- E-mail: bergenma@umdnj.edu
- Website: http://www2.umdnj.edu/nmalsweb
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- Medical Director:
- Jerry M. Belsh, M.D.
- Specialty:
- Neurology (neuromuscular diseases, EMG)
- Other specialties:
- Pulmonary & critical care medicine; physical
therapy; occupational therapy; speech and swallowing therapy; nutrition;
social service counseling; pastoral care; neurogenetics.
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- Other Diseases/Conditions Treated at Clinic:
- All
neuromuscular diseases including neuropathies (diabetic, CMT, nerve
lesions, GBS, brachial plexus); myopathies (polymyositis, dystrophies,
myotonia); neuromuscular junction defects (myasthenia gravis, LEMS); and
motor neuron diseases (SMA, Kennedy's disease, post-polio).
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- Other Services
- Bimonthly newsletter; bimonthly patient/family support
group; ALS book/video library.
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- Research Emphasis:
- Misdiagnosis in ALS; depression in ALS; pulmonary
function in ALS
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- Clinical trials:
- Myotropin Expanded Access Program study; ALS
Care Database
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- Contact person:
- Mary Bergen, R.N., Nurse Care Coordinator
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