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ALS Neurologist

• Has special expertise in diagnosing, evaluating, and managing patients with ALS and other neuromuscular disorders
• Has access to state-of-the art diagnostic laboratories, such as electromyography, neuroimaging, and neuropathology
• Is able to thoroughly explain the disease, the purposes and side effects of all treatments and medications, and progress in ALS research
• Directs the ALS Multidisciplinary Care Center and multidisciplinary team
• Provides maximum symptomatic and proactive treatment plans, such as enteral feeding and noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation (NIPPV)
• Provides scientifically sound clinical trials
• Is able to discuss alternative, unproven, or unorthodox treatments