Lennard Katz, son of ALS victim, to head muscular dystrophy fight.Lennard Katz Bernard 1911-2003. German-born British physiologist. He shared a 1970 Nobel Prize for the study of nerve impulse transmission. Katz, a partner in the Katz Realty Group of New York City, was named a national vice president of the voluntary health organization during MDA MDA - Monochrome Display Adapter (720 by 350 pixels; 2.06:1 aspect ratio) MDA - Muscular Dystrophy Association MDA - 3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine MDA - M.D. Anderson Hospital (Houston, TX, USA) MDA - MacDonald Dettwiler & Associates Ltd. MDA - Magen David Adom (Israel's national Emergency Medical Service) MDA - Mail Delivery Agent MDA - Mailpiece Design Analyst (US Postal Service) MDA - Malaysian Dancers' Association MDA - Malaysian Dental Association's recent board of directors meeting in Tucson. MDA vice presidents provide counsel in their areas of expertise and assist the Association through advocacy and staunch support of its lifesaving programs and activities. Katz' father, Sheldon C. Katz, who was also an MDA vice president, died this year from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) (ā'mīətrōf`ik, sklĭrō`sĭs) or motor neuron disease, sometimes called Lou Gehrig's disease Lou Geh·rig's disease (l ![]() g r , degenerative disease that affects motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord, preventing them from sending impulses to the muscles. (ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease). ALS is one of the diseases in MDA's program. "MDA is privileged to benefit from the leadership and dedication of Lennard Katz," said MDA president and CEO Robert Ross. "His commitment to MDA's mission is vitally important to our continued progress toward treatments and cures for neuromuscular neuromuscular /neu·ro·mus·cu·lar/ (-mus´ku-ler) pertaining to nerves and muscles, or to the relationship between them. neu·ro·mus·cu·lar (n r diseases." MDA is working to defeat more than 40 neuromuscular diseases through programs of worldwide research, comprehensive services and far-reaching professional and public health education. MDA maintains some 230 clinics and 30 dedicated MDA/ALS centers nationwide. In New York, MDA has clinics at Mt. Sinai Hospital and Medical Center, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, the Hospital for Joint Diseases, the Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine at New York University and the Eleanor and Lou Gehrig MDA/ ALS Center at Columbia Presbyterian. |
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