Network of Pediatric MS Centers

In 2006, the National MS Society established a nationwide network of six Pediatric MS Centers to provide comprehensive evaluation and care to children and teens (up to age 18) with MS and related central nervous system (CNS) demyelinating disorders. Today, nine member centers are engaged in research to better understand the cause(s) of MS, the characteristics of these disorders in children, and how best to treat children with MS. The centers offer evaluation, diagnosis, treatment and support to families with child(ren) displaying symptoms suggestive of any CNS demyelinating disorder; a child does not need to have a definite diagnosis of MS in order to be evaluated.

Center for Pediatric-Onset Demyelinating Disease at the Children’s Hospital of AlabamaCHB 314K, 1600 7th Ave South, Birmingham, AL 35233Center director: Jayne Ness, MD, PhD, 205-996-7850UCSF Regional Pediatric MS Center350 Parnassus Avenue, Suite 304, San Francisco, CA 94117Center director: Emmanuelle Waubant, MD, PhD, 415-353-3939Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis Center at Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital2195 Club Center Drive, Suite A, San Bernardino, CA 92408Center director:  Gregory Aaen, MD, 909-835-1810Partners Pediatric MS Center at the Massachusetts General Hospital for ChildrenYawkey Center for Outpatient Care, Suite 6B, 55 Fruit St., Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114Center director: Tanuja Chitnis, MD, 617-726-2664Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders Program at Boston Children’s HospitalFegan 11, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115Center director:  Mark Gorman, MD, 617-355-2751Mayo Clinic Pediatric MS Center200 1st St. SW, Rochester, MN 55905Center directors: Marc A. Patterson, MD & Moses Rodriguez, MD, 507-293-0378Pediatric MS Center of the Jacobs Neurological Institute219 Bryant St., Buffalo, NY 14222Center director: Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, MD, 877-878-7367, PedMS@thejni.orgLourie Center for Pediatric MS at Stony Brook University HospitalDepartment of Neurology, HSC-T12-020, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8121Center director: Lauren Krupp, MD, 631-444-7802, info@pediatricmscenter.orgThe Blue Bird Circle Clinic for Multiple Sclerosis, Texas Children’s Hospital6701 Fannin Street, 9th Floor, Houston, TX 77030Center director:  Timothy Lotze, MD, 832-822-5046