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Massachusetts and NY have HDSA Centers of Excellence that specialize in Huntington’s Disease, where nearby Connecticut residents can go for services. Connecticut also has UCONN Health Center’s Huntington’s Disease Program which is funded through the State of CT and partially supported by HDSA. The contact details for those centers are:
Charlestown, MA
HDSA New England Center of Excellence
MGH East Bldg. 114, Suite 201
114 16th Street
Charlestown, MA 02129
Director: Steven Hersch, MD
Contact:
Louisa Mook
Tel: 617-726-5532
Email: lmook@partners.org
Social Worker:
Judith Sinsheimer
Tel: 617-726-2603
Email: jsinsheimer@partners.org
NYC, NY
HDSA Center of Excellence at
Columbia Health Sciences/ New York State Psychiatric Institute
630 West 168th Street, P & S Box 16
New York, NY 10033
Director: Karen Marder, MD
Contact & Social Worker:
Debra Thorne
Tel: 212-305-9172
Fax: 212-305-2526
thorned@sergievsky.cpmc.columbia.edu
Center Website: http://www.hdny.org/
Farmington, CT
University of Connecticut Health Center
Huntington's Disease Program
263 Farmington Avenue
Dowling North-Second Floor
Farmington, CT 06030-6204
(860) 679-4441
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Monday – Friday
Social Worker Contact Information
Bonnie Hennig, M.S.W., L.C.S.W
Clinical Social Worker