MDA Clinic
The Adult Muscular Dystrophy (MDA) clinic at Rhode Island Hospital is devoted to the care and research of 40 different neuromuscular diseases. The clinic is sponsored by the Muscular Dystrophy Association, which provides financial assistance, patient support services and research support to assist in the diagnosis, care and search for a cure for these devastating diseases. A neurologist, genetic counselor and social worker are available at each weekly clinic. Patients with muscular dystrophy of any sort, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, polymyositis and dermatomyositis, Charcot-Marie-Tooth and other hereditary neuropathies, Friedreich’s ataxia and mitochondrial myopathies are amongst those who participate in clinical and research programs in the MDA clinic.
Specialities
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Director
George Sachs, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology
Program Director, Clinical NeurophysiologyDirector, EMG Laboratory
Contact
Rhode Island Hospital
503 Eddy Street APC 5
Providence RI 02903
(401) 444-6447
Affiliation
Muscular Dystrophy Association of America
931 Jefferson Blvd.
Warwick, RI 02886
Phone: (401) 732-1910
www.mdausa.org
Our Locations
PROVIDENCE
593 Eddy Street
Ambulatory Care Building,
5th Floor Providence, RI 02903
Phone: (401) 444-3032
WEST WARWICK
1 James P Murphy Hwy
West Warwick, RI 02893
Phone: (401) 606-4600
Fax: (401) 444-3205
BILLING OFFICE
110 Elm Street, 1st Floor
Providence, RI 02903
Phone: (401) 444-7016