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Hiroshi Mitsumoto, M.D., D.Med.Sc. Chair
Wesley J. Howe Professor of Neurology
Director, The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig
MDA/ALS Research Center
Division Head, Neuromuscular Disease
College of Physicians & Surgeons
Columbia University
Neurological Institute
New York, N.Y.

Stanley H. Appel, M.D.
Director, MDA/ALS Research and Clinical Center
Chair, Department of Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Joshua O. Benditt, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Pulmonary and CCM
University of Washington Medical Center
Seattle, Wash.

James L. Bernat, M.D.
Neurology Section
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, N.H.

Gian Domenico Borasio, M.D., DipPallMed
Interdisciplinary Palliative Care Unit and
Department of Neurology
Munich University Hospital - Grosshadern
Munich, Germany

Mark Bromberg, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Neuromuscular Program and
Motor Neuron Disease Clinic
Department of Neurology
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah

Ira Byock, M.D.
Director
Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care
The University of Montana
Missoula, Mont.

Alan C. Carver, M.D.
Mount Sinai Medical Center
Department of Neurology
New York, N.Y.

Lora L. Clawson, M.S.N., C.R.N.P.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Md.

M. L. (Maura) Del Bene, M.S., R.N., N.P.-P.
Nurse Practitioner
The Eleanor & Lou Gehrig
MDA/ALS Research Center
Columbia University
New York, N.Y.

Wendy Johnston, M.D., F.R.C.P.C.
Associate Professor, Neurology
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta Canada

Edward J. Kasarskis, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Neurology
University of Kentucky and VA Medical Centers
Lexington Ky.

Susan B. LeGrand M.D., F.A.C.P.
Director of Education
The Harry R. Horvitz Center for Palliative Medicine
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio

Mary Lyon, R.N., M.N.
Vice President, Patient Services
The ALS Association
Calabasas Hills, Calif.

Raul N. Mandler, M.D.
Professor of Neurology
Director, The ALSA Certified Center
The George Washington University
Washington, D.C.

Jane McCarthy, M.Sc., M.P.H.
Director of Affiliate Patient Services (Former)
The ALS Association
Calabasas Hills, Calif.

Robert G. Miller, M.D.
Chairman, Department of Neurology
California Pacific Medical Center
San Francisco, Calif.

Theodore L. Munsat, M.D.
Director, Neuromuscular Research Unit
New England Medical Center
Professor of Neurology and Pharmacology
Tufts University School of Medicine
Boston, Mass.

Daniel S. Newman, M.D.
Harry J. Hoenselaar ALS Clinic
Department of Neurology
Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit, Mich.

Robert L. Sufit, M.D.
Professor, Department of Neurology
The Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
Chicago, Ill.

Rup Tandan, M.D., F.R.C.P.
Professor of Neurology
University of Vermont College of Medicine
Burlington, Vt.

Andrea Versenyi, C.S.W.
Patient Services Director
The ALS Association Greater New York Chapter
New York, N.Y.

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