Teepu Siddique, M.D. has directed the Neuromuscular Disorders Program at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine since 1991. He is a Professor in the Departments of Neurology and Cell and Molecular Biology and a board-certified neurologist. In 2005, he was named the Les Turner ALS Foundation/Herbert C. Wenske Foundation Professor. A native of Pakistan, he served his residency at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. He received a fellowship in EMG and neuromuscular disorders at the Hospital for Special Surgery, Cornell Medical School, New York and was a clinical associate for the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke for the National Institutes of Health. From July 1981 to 1983 he was a Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology at USC Medical Center in Los Angeles. Prior to coming to Northwestern, he was an assistant professor in neurology at Duke University Medical School.

Robert Sufit, M.D., director of the Lois Insolia ALS Center, is a board-certified neurologist who joined the Center in 1992. He is a Professor of Neurology and is very active in clinical research trials for ALS. Prior to coming to Northwestern, he was Co-Director of the Muscular Dystrophy Clinic and Director of the Muscle Histopathology Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin, where he worked closely with Benjamin Brooks, M.D. He also served as Chief of Rehabilitation Medicine Service at Middleton VA Hospital in Madison. He received his B.A. and M.A. in chemistry from Johns Hopkins University and his M.D. degree from the University of Virginia.

Scott Heller, M.D. received his medical degree from the Abraham Lincoln School of Medicine at the University of Illinois and completed his neurology residence at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. He then spent two years at the Jerry Lewis Neuromuscular Research Center at Washington University Medical Center in St. Louis, Missouri. He has been with the Center since it opened in 1986. He is a board-certified neurologist and associate professor in the Department of Neurology and Pediatrics at Northwestern University and is an attending physician at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

Senda Ajroud-Driss, M.D. joined the Center as a staff neurologist in 2005 after her completion of the Davee Neuromuscular Fellowship. She received her medical degree from the Medical School of Tunis Tunisia, did her internship at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and completed her neurology residency at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Prior to her residency, she worked as a postdoctoral fellow in the Neuromuscular Disorders Program at Northwestern University.

Lisa Wolfe, M.D. is board certified in Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep medicine. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Northwestern University, and director of the pulmonary rehabilitation program at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. Dr. Wolfe has an interest in noninvasive ventilation, and has been working as part of the ALS care team since 2003. Dr. Wolfe received her medical degree from Ohio State University and Residency and Fellowship training at Northwestern University.

Jennifer Armstrong, R.N., B.S.N., clinical nurse coordinator, attended Indiana University School of Nursing where she received associate and bachelor degrees in nursing. She previously worked at Indiana University Medical Center in gynecology oncology.

Grace Carlson-Lund, R.N., B.S.N., clinical research nurse, joined the research team in 2006 to coordinate the PLS (primary lateral sclerosis) registry and is now coordinating the tissue bank program as well. She received her bachelor of science in nursing degree from North Park College in Chicago. She previously worked in the Department of Preventive Medicine Research Clinic at Northwestern, where she was clinic manager and lead clinic practitioner for the Women's Health Initiative study.

Pat Casey, M.S., OTR/L, CCRC, drug study research coordinator and occupational therapist, has worked with neuromuscular diseases since 1975. She graduated from Colorado State University and received her M.S. from the University of Illinois Health Sciences Center.

Shari Diamond, R.N., B.S.N., ALS nurse consultant, received her bachelor of science in nursing from Northwestern University. Shari was previously the clinical nurse coordinator at the Lois Insolia ALS Center from 1986 to 1991. Prior to that, she was a head nurse on the ENT/Head and Neck Oncology Unit at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. She has since worked as a nurse clinical manager at a long term care facility run by the Council for the Jewish Elderly.

Sandra Donkervoort, MS, genetic counselor, received her bachelor of science from University College Utrecht in the Netherlands and subsequently moved to NYC to pursue a Master's degree in Human Genetics at Sarah Lawrence College. Sandra joined the staff in August 2007 and works both in the Lois Insolia ALS Center and The Les Turner ALS Research Laboratory.

Laurie B. Fieldman, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., director of social services, received a master's degree from the University of Chicago in 1993 and one from National Louis University in 1992.

Michael Hall, R.N., M.S.E, clinical nurse coordinator, is a licensed registered nurse and athletic trainer and has been part of the Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation since 2004.  He previously worked at Exelon Corporation as an occupational heath clinic nurse and was inducted into the Illinois Athletic Trainers Hall of Fame in 1996. Mike attended and received degrees from Northern Illinois University, the College of Dupage and George Williams College.

Anne Lidsky, Ph.D. has served as a support group leader since 1983. She received her B.A. from the University of Illinois, her M.A. from Northeastern Illinois State University and her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Northwestern University.

Margaret McGovern M.S. OTR/L received her B.A. from the University of Illinois in 1988, and M.S. from Rush University in 1990. She has worked at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, primarily on the neuroscience units, since 1990.

Ileane Mindel, R.N., ALS nurse consultant, graduated from Mount Sinai Hospital School of Nursing of the City University of New York and previously worked at Hospice of the North Shore where she served as Coordinator of Patient Care and Payer Development.

Sharon Veis, M.A., CCC-SLP graduated from Northwestern and has been a speech language pathologist since 1983. Sharon has been with the ALS clinic since 1993.

Joyelle Winland, R.D., L.D.N. received her B.S. degree from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and completed her dietetic internship at Loyola University Chicago. She previously worked as an outpatient dietitian at the Mercy Center for Health and Wellness in Ohio.