TheUniversity of Vermont Medical Center's Frederick C Binter Center for Parkinson's Diseaseand Movement Disorders is one of just 29 centers in the US to be named “Centers of Excellence” by the Huntington’s Disease Society of America (HDSA) for 2015. Other designees include Stanford University, Duke University, the Cleveland Clinic and Johns Hopkins University. Centers were cited for "an exemplary commitment to bringing more comprehensive care" to Huntington's Disease (HD) patients and families.
(l to r) Nancy Binter, MD, Bela Ratovits, MD, and James Boyd, MD, director of the Binter Center at The University of Vermont Medical Center, celebrate the "Centers of Excellence" designation by the Huntington's Disease Society of America.
To receive the designation, HDSA Centers must provide an "elite team" approach to care and research, with patients having access to experts in neurology andpsychiatry.Binter Center Director James Boyd, MD, a neurologist at The University of Vermont Medical Center and associate professor of Neurological Sciences at The UVM College of Medicine, credited the breadth and coordination of services the Center now provides with its inclusion in this year's group of honorees. "This is a great honor, particularly given the size of our institution."
Huntington's disease is a genetic neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the gradual development of involuntary muscle movements and progressive deterioration of cognitive processes and memory.
About the Huntington's Disease Society of America
The Huntington's Disease Society of America is a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of everyone affected by Huntington’s disease through support for community services, education, advocacy and research.
About the University of Vermont Medical Center
The University of Vermont Medical Center (formerly Fletcher Allen Health Care), is a 447 bed tertiary care regional referral center providing advanced care to approximately 1 million residents in Vermont and
northern New York. Together with our partners at the University of Vermont College of Medicine and the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, we are Vermont’s academic medical center.The University of Vermont Medical Center also serves as a community hospital for approximately 150,000 residents in Chittenden and Grand Isle counties.
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