Gulf Ward vets and other sufferers of neurological diseases seek treatement at NSU’s new Neuro-Immune Institute
By Nicole Brochu, Staff writer
7:08 p.m. EST, March 7, 2013
A South Florida university has opened what’s being billed as a one-of-a-kind neuroscience institute dedicated to cracking some of the medical world’s most mysterious diseases.
Nova Southeastern University officials say their new Institute for Neuro Immune Medicine in Davie is the first in the country to not only treat patients with such conditions as chronic fatigue syndrome, Gulf War illness, Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis — but also to research the ailments’ causes and possible treatments, all under one roof.
“The concept is to act as a think tank, with patients and scientists in one place,” said institute director Dr. Nancy Klimas, a leading clinician in neuro-immune disorders. “It sounds boring, but boy, is it liberating.”
Though the institute began in concept last year, it opened the doors on a new $5 million building in February and welcomed its first patients to the facility this week. Together with a sister facility Klimas oversees in Kendall, the center expects to accommodate 1,300 patients.
For now, it is seeing only patients with chronic fatigue and Gulf War symptoms, disorders that have eluded explanation and treatment for decades. But Klimas said she expects to expand into the study and treatment of Parkinson’s and multiple sclerosis in the next year once funds become available.
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