ALS Center of Excellence – Pranger ALS Clinic

StrikoutALS
A Home Run!

After a 2-season hiatus, the ALS Awareness baseball game returned last week with Michigan Baseball completing a season sweep against the Michigan State Spartans.

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READ ABOUT THE U-M BASEBALL/ALS CONNECTION

Epstein’s Generous Gift to Fund ALS Innovation & Emerging Scholar

When two separate ALS diagnoses touched the lives of Bob & Joan Epstein, they sprang to action and funded the Robert A. Epstein and Joan M. Chernoff-Epstein Fund for Innovative Therapies and the Robert A. Epstein and Joan M. Chernoff-Epstein Emerging Scholar, Dr. Benjamin Murdock.

AN INTERVIEW WITH DR. MURDOCK READ THEIR STORY

Announcing the NIH Director's Transformative Research Award

The NeuroNetwork for Emerging Therapies and ALS Center of Excellence is thrilled to receive a first-of-its-kind grant from the NIH, the equivalent of a medical “moonshot” to understand why the risk of ALS is so high in Michigan.

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New CDC Grant to Study Air Pollution & ALS

A CDC-funded multidisciplinary effort at U-M will investigate air pollution as a major and modifiable risk factor for ALS and seek to identify therapy targets.

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Our mission is to provide exceptional care and advance education, advocacy and original scientific discovery for persons with ALS and their families.

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The ANA Q&A with Dr. Eva Feldman

THE AMERICAN NEUROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

In honor of ALS Awareness Month, the American Neurological Association sat down with Dr. Eva Feldman, a past president of theirs, for a Q&A.

Early Treatment with New ALS Drug Combination Improved Survival

An open label extension shows additional benefit from a drug currently being tested for persons with ALS.

Muscle & Nerve

Pranger ALS Clinic

2021 photo of Pranger ALS Clinic Team

The Pranger ALS Clinic at the ALS Center of Excellence is committed to providing compassionate care to patients with ALS. Certified by the ALS Association for more than two decades, we offer treatments that maximize quality of life and functional independence and manage symptoms. We know that ALS affects the whole family unit and offer compassion and support not only to our patients, but also their family and friends. Treating ALS requires a large, dedicated multidisciplinary team, such as the exceptional group we have assembled at the University of Michigan.

The Pranger ALS Clinic

The University of Michigan ALS Center is dedicated to the diagnosis, treatment and compassionate care of ALS.

Our Research

The University of Michigan is a world leader in research designed to advance the treatment and care of ALS patients.

Dr. Eva Feldman, director of the ALS Center of Excellence, discusses the impact that ALS research has on patients:

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5 Things to Know About ALS

Dr. Stephen Goutman shares important information that everyone should know about ALS on Michigan Medicine's Michigan Health blog. From Michigan Medicine's Michigan Health blog: Health … [Read More...]

StrikeOut ALS a Home Run

(Game photos are courtesy of Michigan Baseball) After a two-season hiatus due to COVID-19, StrikeOut ALS knocked it out of the park in its return to the University of Michigan’s Ray Fisher Stadium … [Read More...]

An Interview With Ben Murdock, PhD, Inaugural Epstein Emerging Scholar

The inaugural Robert A. Epstein and Joan M. Chernoff-Epstein Emerging Scholar is Ben Murdock Ph.D., and we caught up with him about the research this gift will support. Why is studying the … [Read More...]

Epstein’s Generous Gift to Fund ALS Innovation & Emerging Scholar

Philanthropy and giving back have long been the cornerstone of Robert and Joan Epstein’s family life. Therefore, it was only natural that when a beloved long-time employee of Bob’s was diagnosed with … [Read More...]

StrikoutALS Returns May 17 Against Michigan State

Come join Michigan Baseball and Michigan Medicine's ALS Center of Excellence as StrikeOut ALS returns to the diamond at 6 PM on May 17. You don't want to miss Pranger ALS Clinic Director, Dr. Stephen … [Read More...]