PATIENT RESOURCES

 

Stroke
American Heart Association National Center 7272 Greenville Avenue Dallas, TX 75231 1-800-AHA-USA-1 www.americanheart.org
AHA – Fresno Division   7425 N. Palm Bluffs Ave., Suite 100 Fresno, CA 93711 559-435-5246  phone  559-435-5286  fax
American Stroke Association National Center 7272 Greenville Avenue Dallas, TX 75231 1-888-4-STROKE www.strokeassociation.org
Epilepsy
Epilepsy Foundation of America 8301 Professional Place Landover, MD 20785 800-332-1000 www.epilepsyfoundation.org
Northern California Chapter 5700 Stoneridge Mall Road #295 Pleasanton, CA 94588-2852 800-632-3532
Greater Los Angeles Chapter 5777 West Century Boulevard #820 Los Angeles, CA 90045-9007 800-564-0445

Neuromuscular

 

Muscular Dystrophy Association National Headquarters 3300 E. Sunrise Drive Tucson, AZ 85718 1-800-572-1717 www.mda.org
MDA – Fresno Division 1943 North Gateway Boulevard #101 Fresno, CA 93727 559-453-9822 phone 559-453-9829 fax
ALS Association National Office 27001 Agoura Road, Suite 250 Calabasas Hills, CA 91301-5104 818-880-9007 phone 818-880-9006 fax www.alsa.org
ALS - Greater Bay Area Chapter 565 Commercial Street, 2nd floor San Francisco, CA 94111 800-209-0433 phone 415-904-2573 fax fightals@alsabayarea.org
ALS - Greater Sacramento Chapter 2717 Cottage Way, Suite 8 Sacramento, CA 95825 916-979-9265 phone 916-979-9271 fax lou@alssac.org
ALS – Greater Los Angeles Chapter P.O. Box 565 Agoura Hills, CA 91376 818-865-8067 phone 818-865-8066 fax info@alsala.org
Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America 355 Lexington Ave. 15th floor New York, NY  10017 800-541-5454 phone 212-370-9047 fax www.myasthenia.org
Neuropathy Action Foundation 445 N. Rossmore Avenue #302 Los Angeles, CA 90004 (877) 512-7262 www.neuropathyaction.org
Hereditary Neuropathy Foundation 1761 2nd Avenue, Suite 103 New York, NY 10128 (877) 463-1287 www.hnf-cure.org
Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy 485 Half Day Road, Suite 200 Buffalo Grove, IL 60089 877-883-9942 phone 847-883-9960 fax www.foundationforpn.org
The Myositis Association 1233 20th Street, NW, #402 Washington, DC 20036 800-821-7356 phone 202-466-8940 fax www.myositis.org/template/index.cfm
Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation 3031 Stanford Ranch Road, Suite 2332 Rocklin, CA 95765 86-MYOTONIC www.myotonic.com/go/mdf
International Myotonic Dystrophy Organization PO Box 1121 Sunland, CA 91041 (866) 679-7954 www.myotonicdystrophy.com
GBS/CIDP Foundation International The Holly Building 104 ½ Forrest Avenue Narbeth, PA 19072 866-224-3301 phone 610-667-7036 fax www.gbs-cidp.org
Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple Sclerosis Society Northern California Chapter                         1700 Owens Street, Suite 190                                San Francisco, CA 95834                                       800-344-4867  www.nationalmssociety.org
Southern California Chapter 2440 South Sepulveda Boulevard, Suite 115 Los Angeles, CA 90064 310-479-4456 phone 310-479-4436 fax ms@cal.nmss.org
Alzheimer's/Dementia
Alzheimer’s Association                                          National Office                                                           225 North Michigan Avenue, Fl. 17             Chicago, IL 60601-7633                                                                      312-335-8700 phone                                                                        866-699-1246 fax   www.alz.org
California Chapters 800-272-3900 Chapter Headquarters – Northern California 1060 La Avenida  Mountain View, CA 94043  (650) 962-8111
Movement Disorders
American Parkinson Disease Association            National Office 135 Parkinson Avenue Staten Island, NY 10305 800-223-2732 phone  718-981-4399 fax www.apdaparkinson.org
West Coast Office 10850 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 730 Los Angeles, CA 90024-4319 800-908-2732 phone 310-474-0292 fax apdawc@earthlink.net
National Parkinson Foundation                               1501 N. W. 9th Avenue /Bob Hope Road  Miami, FL  33136                                                     800-327-4545 phone 305-243-6824 fax www.parkinson.org
Parkinson Association of Northern California Sacramento, CA 95825 916-489-0226
National Tourette Syndrome Association              42-40 Bell Boulevard                                                Bayside, NY 11361-2820                                        718-224-2999 phone  718-279-9596 fax www.tsa-usa.org      Northern California Chapter   831-426-5648     kinikiasch@cruzio.com     Southern California Chapter   866-478-1935                                         bcourdy@ca.rr.com
General
Brain Injury Association of America 1608 Spring Hill Road, Suite 110 Vienna, VA 22182 703-761-0750 phone 703-761-0755 fax www.biausa.org
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke PO Box 5801 Bethesda, MD 20824 (800) 352-9424 www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/inclusion_ body_myositis/inclusion_body_myositis.htm