Multiple Sclerosis Centers of Excellence
Multiple Sclerosis System of Care Network Members
Alabama
Birmingham
Birmingham VA Medical Center
MS Director: John Rinker, II, MD
MS Coordinator: Kimberlee Redwine, CRNP
Phone: 205-933-8101, ext. 33-2058
Alaska
State does not have a MSCoE affiliated MS RSP, contact MSCoE for help.
Arizona
State does not have a MSCoE affiliated MS RSP, contact MSCoE for help.
Arkansas
Little Rock
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital
MS Director: Robert Archer, MD
MS Coordinator: Shannon Doerhoff, APRN
Phone: 501-257-6074
California
Long Beach
VA Long Beach Healthcare System
MS Director: Elina Melamed, MD
MS Coordinator: Amy Gee, RN
Phone: 562-826-8000, ext. 18850 (RSP Coordinator) or 12292 (scheduling)
Los Angeles
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, West Los Angeles Medical Center
MS Director: Eric Williamson, MD
MS Coordinator: Andrea Hanssen, RN
Phone: 526-743-9177
Mather (Sacramento)
VA Northern California Health Care System, Valley Division - Sacramento VA Medical Center
MS Director: Vicky Chen, MD
MS Coordinator: Staci Stark, RN, MSN
Phone: 916-843-2732
Palo Alto
VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto Division
MS Co-Directors: Leland Lim, MD and Doug Ota, MD
MS Coordinator: Alicia Knox, LCSW
Phone: 650-493-5000, ext. 65871
San Diego
VA San Diego Healthcare System
MS Director: Jennifer Olson Graves, MD, PhD, MAS
MS Coordinator: Danielle Churchill, RN, MSN
Phone: 858-642-3685, option #3 (neurology clinic)
Colorado
Aurora (Denver)
VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System
MS Director: Robert Gross, MD
MS Coordinator: Devon Mills, MS, FNP-BC
Phone: 720-723-6204
Connecticut
West Haven
VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven Campus
MS Director: Aaron Bower, MD
MS Coordinator: Sharon Bottomley, APRN
Phone: 203-932-5711, ext. 5043 (neurology)
Delaware
State does not have a MSCoE affiliated MS RSP, contact MSCoE for help.
District of Columbia
Washington, DC (MS RSP)
Washington DC VA Medical Center
MS Director: Bryan Smith, MD
MS Coordinator: Carey Deluca, CRNP
Phone: 202-745-8000, ext. 52535
Florida
Gainesville
Malcom Randall VA Medical Center
MS Director: Torge Rempe, MD, PhD
MS Coordinator: Debra Robertson, RN
Phone: 352-376-1611, ext. 10-4366
Miami
Bruce W. Carter VAMC
MS Director: Janice Leon, MD
MS Coordinator: Hector Soto Negron, RN, MSN, MSCN, CRRN
Phone: 786-956-4858
Tampa
James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital
MS Director: Demetrios Konstas, MD
MS Coordinator: Annie Altenor, LCSW-QS, CCM
Phone: 813-972-2000, ext. 10-5010 or 813-816-7150, option #4, option #2 (neurology appointments)
Georgia
Decatur (Atlanta)
Atlanta VA Medical Center
MS Director: Andrew Tarr, MD
MS Coordinator: Nicoya Butler, RN
Phone: 404-235-3077, option #1 (medical support assistant) or #2 (nurse)
Hawaii
State does not have a MSCoE affiliated MS RSP, contact MSCoE for help.
Idaho
State does not have a MSCoE affiliated MS RSP, contact MSCoE for help.
Illinois
Chicago
Jesse Brown VA Medical Center
MS Director: Carolyn Bevan, MD
MS Coordinator: Nancy Karpen, APN
Phone: 312-569-6175
Hines
Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital
MS Director: Kalea Colletta, MD
MS Coordinator: Altheria Ford, LCSW
Phone: 708-202-8387, ext. 27328 or 27331
Indiana
State does not have a MSCoE affiliated MS RSP, contact MSCoE for help.
Iowa
State does not have a MSCoE affiliated MS RSP, contact MSCoE for help.
Kansas
State does not have a MSCoE affiliated MS RSP, contact MSCoE for help.
Kentucky
State does not have a MSCoE affiliated MS RSP, contact MSCoE for help.
Louisiana
New Orleans
New Orleans VA Medical Center
MS Director: Jesus Lovera, MD, MPH
MS Coordinator: Angela Coleman, BSN, RN, MSCN
Phone: 504-507-2000
Maine
State does not have a MSCoE affiliated MS RSP, contact MSCoE for help.
Maryland
Baltimore
Baltimore VA Medical Center
MS Director: Sarah Fredrich, MD
MS Coordinator: Bethany Ferguson, LCSW
Phone: 410-605-7000, ext. 56204
Massachusetts
Boston
VA Boston Healthcare System, Jamaica Plain Division
MS Director: Christopher Severson, MD
MS Coordinator: Jacqueline Deppen, MSN, MBA, APN
Phone: 857-364-2835 (neurology) or 857-364-2835 (nurse)
Michigan
Ann Arbor
VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
MS Director: Andrew Romeo, MD
MS Coordinator: Wendy Pezzino, RN
Phone: 734-222-7608
Detroit
John D. Dingell VA Medical Center
MS Director: Anza Memon, MD
MS Coordinator: Tesiley Ash, RN
Phone: 313-576-1000, ext. 63220
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Minneapolis VA Health Care System
MS Director: Adam Carpenter, MD
MS Coordinator: Elissa Jaeger, RN, AMB-BC
Phone: 612-629-7005 (SCI/D clinic) or 612-467-4251 (neurology clinic)
Mississippi
State does not have a MSCoE affiliated MS RSP, contact MSCoE for help.
Missouri
St. Louis
VA St. Louis Health Care System, John Cochran Division
MS Director: Gregory Wu, MD, PhD
MS Coordinator: Cynthia Kilgore, RN
Phone: 314-652-4100, ext. 53120 or 54722
Montana
State does not have a MSCoE affiliated MS RSP, contact MSCoE for help.
Nebraska
State does not have a MSCoE affiliated MS RSP, contact MSCoE for help.
Nevada
State does not have a MSCoE affiliated MS RSP, contact MSCoE for help.
New Hampshire
State does not have a MSCoE affiliated MS RSP, contact MSCoE for help.
New Jersey
East Orange
VA New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange Campus
MS Director: Carol Gibson-Gill, MD, MSCS, VHA-CM and Walter Husar, MD
MS Coordinator: Shanise Henry, RN
Phone: 973-676-1000, ext. 20-3095
New Mexico
Albuquerque
New Mexico VA Health Care System, Raymond G. Murphy VA Medical Center
MS Director: Krystian Solis, MD
MS Coordinator: Alicia Goodner, BSN, RN
Phone: 505-265-1711, ext. 4421
New York
Bronx
James J. Peters VA Medical Center
MS Director: Marinella Galea, MD and Rebecca Straus Farber, MD
MS Coordinator: Ernest Acheampong, RN, CNL, MSCN
Phone: 718-584-9000, ext. 5388 or 5405
North Carolina
Durham
Durham VA Health Care System
MS Director: Suma Shah, MD
MS Coordinator: Bindu Biju, RN
Phone: 919-286-0411, ext. 17-9771
Salisbury
W.G. (Bill) Hefner VA Medical Center
MS Director: Alton Bryant, MD
MS Coordinator: Misty Robertson-Beasley, RN
Phone: 704-638-9000, ext. 13350 (neurology clinic/scheduling) or 16364 (MS coordinator)
North Dakota
State does not have a MSCoE affiliated MS RSP, contact MSCoE for help.
Ohio
Cleveland
Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Wade Park Campus
MS Director: Alessandro Serra, MD, PhD
MS Coordinator: Jason Hoover, RN
Phone: 216-791-3800, ext. 65229
Oklahoma
State does not have a MSCoE affiliated MS RSP, contact MSCoE for help.
Oregon
Portland
VA Portland Health Care System, Portland VA Medical Center
MS Directors: Christopher Hollen, MD
MS Coordinator: Ryan McClaughry, RN
Phone: 503-220-8262, ext. 50820
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center
MS Director: Rachel Brandstadter, MD
MS Coordinator: Mini Mathew, RN
Phone: 215-823-4331
Pittsburgh
VA Pittsburgh Health Care System, Pittsburgh VA Medical Center-University Drive
MS Director: Islam Zaydan, MD
MS Coordinator: Kiersten Dykstra, PA-C
Phone: 412-360-6185
Puerto Rico
San Juan
VA Caribbean Healthcare System
MS Director: Viviana Orozco-Leon, MD
MS Coordinator: Keimary Rodriguez-Silva, RN
Phone: 787-641-7582, ext. 11-2120 (MS Coordinator) or 12-6417 (appointments)
Rhode Island
State does not have a MSCoE affiliated MS RSP, contact MSCoE for help.
South Carolina
State does not have a MSCoE affiliated MS RSP, contact MSCoE for help.
South Dakota
State does not have a MSCoE affiliated MS RSP, contact MSCoE for help.
Tennessee
Nashville
Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville Campus
MS Director: Francesca Bagnato, MD, PhD
MS Coordinator: Melinda Hungerford, BSN, RN, MSCN
Phone: 615-873-8937
Texas
Dallas
VA North Texas Health Care System, Dallas VA Medical Center
MS Director: Olaf Stüve, MD, PhD
MS Coordinator: Doreen Kanamugire, RN
Phone: 214-857-1782 (SCI) or 214-857-0112 (neurology)
Houston
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
MS Director: Carlos Perez, MD
MS Coordinator: Chidi Obinani, DrPH, NP
Phone: 713-791-1414, ext. 22-6281
Utah
Salt Lake City
VA Salt Lake City Health Care System, George E. Wahlen VA Medical Center
MS Director: Jonathan Galli, MD
MS Coordinator: Lynn Horton-Holiday, PhD, MSN, RN
Phone: 801-582-1565, ext. 4879
Vermont
State does not have a MSCoE affiliated MS RSP, contact MSCoE for help.
Virginia
State does not have a MSCoE affiliated MS RSP, contact MSCoE for help.
Washington
Seattle
VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle Division
MS Directors: Donald Bright, MD and Kathleen Burgess, MD, MS
MS Coordinator: Wendy Miller, RN, BSN
Phone: 206-716-5969
West Virginia
State does not have a MSCoE affiliated MS RSP, contact MSCoE for help.
Wisconsin
Madison
William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital
MS Director: Christopher Luzzio, MD
MS Coordinator: Brooke Keenan, NP
Phone: 608-256-1901, ext. 17728
Milwaukee
Milwaukee VA Medical Center (Zablocki)
MS Director: Elise Johnson, MD
MS Coordinator: Lindsey Uitz, RN, MSN
Phone: 414-384-2000, ext. 49313
Wyoming
State does not have a MSCoE affiliated MS RSP, contact MSCoE for help.
