December 7, 2023

ALS Clinic receives UW Medicine Cares Award 

Congratulations to the ALS Clinic on receiving a Fall 2023 UW Medicine Cares Award. Nassim Rad, MD, Assistant Professor, is co-director of the clinic along with Michael D. Weiss, MD, FAAN, Professor, UW Department of Neurology.

The UW Medicine Cares Awards were established in 2013 to formally recognize and celebrate the accomplishments of individuals and teams who consistently exemplify the UW Medicine Service Culture Guidelines. In honoring the ALS Clinic, the award summary states: 

This team has developed the ALS clinic from the ground up, to provide more collaborative care for the ALS population. Getting an ALS diagnosis is life changing and overwhelming. For a population that is already having mobility issues, having all their care coordinated into a clinic lessens the burden on the patients and their families. This clinic coordinates care between the MD, therapist, and vendor to streamline the process for getting patients a wheelchair. This is especially important in a disease that can progress quickly or already be progressed by the time of diagnosis. Despite a challenging patient population, this team remains dedicated to helping patients maintain quality of life as their function declines.  They are compassionate toward their patients and each other. Through collaboration, they make sure that the complex needs of every patient are met and that follow-up needs do not fall through the cracks.

Congratulations to all!