ALS Association Certified Centers and Clinics
The ALS Association 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. The ALS Association’s Certified Treatment Centers of Excellence and Recognized Treatment Centers provide compassionate care in a supportive, family-oriented atmosphere.
The ALS Association Greater New York Chapter supports nine regional ALS Clinics and Centers. Click on the links below to learn more about an ALS Center near you:
- Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY - ALS Association Certified Treatment Center of Excellence. Located at 710 West 168th Street, New York NY 10032. Click here to visit.
- ColumbiaDoctors Tarrytown, Tarrytown, NY - Located at 155 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, New York.
- Hackensack Meridian University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ NY- ALS Association Program. Located at 360 Essex Street, #203 Hackensack, NJ 07601. Click here to visit.
- Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY - ALS Association Certified Treatment Center of Excellence. Located at 525 East 71st Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Click here to visit.
- Hospital for Special Surgery, White Plains, NY- White Plains Clinic - Located at 1133 Westchester Avenue, 2nd Floor, White Plains, New York.
- James J. Peters Bronx VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY - ALS Association Certified Treatment Center of Excellence. Located at 130 West Kingsbridge Road, Bronx, New York. Click here to visit.
- Mount Sinai Downtown at Union Square, New York, NY- ALS Association Certified Treatment Center of Excellence. Located in the Phillips Ambulatory Care Center at 10 Union Square East in Manhattan. Click here to visit.
- Northwell Health, Great Neck, NY- ALS Association Program. Located at 611 Northern Blvd. Department of Neurology Suite 150, Great Neck, NY 11021. Click here to visit.
- Robert Wood Johnson (RWJBarnabas Health), New Brunswick, NJ - ALS Association Certified Treatment Center of Excellence. Located at the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Clinical Academic Building (CAB) at 125 Paterson Street, New Brunswick, New Jersey, and part of the Department of Neurology at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Click here to visit.
- Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY- ALS Association Certified Treatment Center of Excellence. Located at 1320 Stony Brook Road, Building E in Stony Brook, New York. Click here to visit.
The objective of the ALS Center Program is to encourage and provide state-of-the-art care and clinical management of ALS through:
- The involvement of all necessary healthcare disciplines in the care of the ALS patient and family
- The offering of care from a team of people specially trained to meet the needs of those living with ALS, regardless of the ability to pay; and
- Collaborative work among Centers to enhance ALS patient care and techniques
The ALS Association selects, certifies and supports distinguished regional institutions recognized as the best in the field with regard to knowledge of and experience with ALS; and which have neurological diagnostics and imaging, and available on-site licensed and certified ancillary services on clinic days including (but not limited to):
- Physical therapy
- Occupational therapy
- Respiratory therapy
- Nursing
- Registered dietician services
- Ph.D. psychology or psychiatry
- Speech and language pathology
- Social Work