Newswise — The GBS/CIDP Foundation International has designated The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) as one of seven initial Centers of Excellence for the diagnosis and treatment of two inflammatory disorders.
UTHealth, the only Center of Excellence in Texas, will be part of a worldwide network to provide expert diagnosis and management of inflammatory neuropathies for patients who are unable to consult with medical experts in the field in their own communities.
“We are honored to be designated as a Center of Excellence and believe that this will allow a larger number of patients with immune neuropathies to benefit from our state-of-the-art diagnostic facilities and receive up-to-date treatments,” said Kazim Sheikh, M.D., professor and director of the neuromuscular program at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, a part of UTHealth.
The centers specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) and variants. At UTHealth’s Center of Excellence, patients will be seen at adult and pediatric clinics of UT Physicians, Neurology and primary teaching hospitals Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital and Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital.
Other designated facilities include Heinrich-Heine University Department of Neurology in Germany, Phoenix Neurological Associates/Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center in Arizona, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Massachusetts, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Maryland, University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas and Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit Medical Center, in Michigan.
“This is the first round of designations,” said Patricia A. Bryant, executive director of the foundation. “We will be accepting and evaluating applications from other interested institutions in the future in our efforts to better serve patients with these debilitating diseases.”
Additional information about the centers can be found at www.gbs-cidp.org.
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