Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS Awards 2025 Gupta Family Endowed Prize for Innovation in ALS Care to the ALS Residence Initiative

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By: Eliza Blue

The Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS is pleased to announce that the ALS Residence Initiative (ALSRI) was awarded the 2025 Gupta Family Endowed Prize for Innovation in ALS Care. Merit Cudkowicz, MD, MSC, Director of the Healey & AMG Center for ALS, presented the prize to Steve Saling, CEO of ALSRI, and Barry Berman, CEO of Chelsea Jewish Lifecare, at the 24th Annual NEALS Consortium Meeting.

The Gupta Family Endowed Prize is a global prize awarded to a nominated team who has developed promising new approaches to improving care for people with ALS. The goal of this prize is to encourage idea sharing, innovation, and forward thinking on scalable ongoing projects that have directly improved ALS patient care.

The selection committee awarded the 2025 Gupta Family Endowed Prize to the ALSRI because of their work in creating the first fully accessible, tech-enabled ALS residence model. This innovation demonstrates ALSRI’s commitment to initiating ground-breaking new approaches that lead to exceptional care for individuals living with ALS.

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