The San Raffaele ALS Centre

The San Raffaele ALS Centre is designed and dedicated to providing the highest level of comprehensive care for people and families with ALS and related motor neuron diseases. The infrastructure of this unit comprises: the San Raffaele Neurology Ward, Neurorehabilitation Ward and outpatient ALS clinics. A multi-disciplinary team of experts is committed to providing the highest level of diagnostic accuracy (including the latest neurophysiological tests, MRI, nerve and muscle pathology techniques), and comprehensive, multi-disciplinary patient care and management. The San Raffaele ALS Centre is part of the Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), which is primarily dedicated to translational research in the neuroscience field, conjugating high level of basic research with the specific competences in pre-clinical and clinical research. Activities span to clinical research (e.g clinical trials MRI, wet biomarkers) to basic research activities (e.g.: novel drug development, animal and cellular models, human iPSCs), in collaboration with several laboratories in Italy and Europe.

The San Raffaele ALS Centre
Principal investigator	Riva Nilo, MD, PhD

Contact information
Address	Ospedale San Raffaele Via Olgettina 60 20132 Milan Italy
Contact	Riva Nilo
Phone	+39-2-26432990
Fax	+39-2-26433085
Email	riva.nilo@hsr.it
Website	Visit the website

Publications

There are no publications for this centre

Restricted information

Serving population
Serving population	100.000 to 1.000.000

Patient resources
Population based register	No
Clinic based register	Yes
Geographically matched controls	No

Banks

There are no banks for this centre

Research activities
Clinical management research	Yes
Neuro epidemiology	Yes
Neuro physiology	Yes
Neuro imaging	Yes
Neuro psychology	Yes
Neuro pathology	Yes
Genomics	Yes
Transcriptomics	Yes
Metabolomics	No

Clinical Trials - Industry sponsored

There are no clinical trials for this centre

Clinical Trials - Investigator initiated