Month: March 2025

Meet Karen DaSilva, MD, Queen’s Medical Center

March 7, 2025 Comments Off on Meet Karen DaSilva, MD, Queen’s Medical Center

Dr. Karen DaSilva has been practicing medicine since 2006. She worked at the Sansum Clinic since 2011, and then transferred to The Queen’s Health Systems. Dr. DaSilva received her medical…

Meet our Board Officers: Aubrey Rupinta, Pranjal Shah, & Mary Ann Wittenberg

March 5, 2025 Comments Off on Meet our Board Officers: Aubrey Rupinta, Pranjal Shah, & Mary Ann Wittenberg

Meet Aubrey Rupinta, Officer at Large, ALS Network Board of Directors “I got involved with the ALS Network in support of my former boss, a Navy veteran who was diagnosed…

Martha Olson-Fernandez Foundation (MOFF) Golf Tournament – Proceeds Support ALS Network

March 4, 2025 Comments Off on Martha Olson-Fernandez Foundation (MOFF) Golf Tournament – Proceeds Support ALS Network

Save the date and join the ALS Network at the 2025 Swing to Find a Cure for ALS 13th Annual Golf Tournament hosted by the Martha Olson-Fernandez Foundation (MOFF). The…

ALS News Today: Fat molecules may limit damage to nerve cells in ALS, study finds

March 4, 2025 Comments Off on ALS News Today: Fat molecules may limit damage to nerve cells in ALS, study finds

Fat molecules called polyunsaturated fatty acids, or PUFAs, can help lessen nerve damage in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), according to a study of fruit flies and cell models. Previous studies…

 2025 National Advocacy Event – Participate In Person or Virtually

March 4, 2025 Comments Off on  2025 National Advocacy Event – Participate In Person or Virtually

Join the ALS Network for the 2025 Community Summit hosted by I AM ALS on May 7-10, 2025 in Washington, D.C. ALS Network is proud to once again sponsor this…

Meet the ALS Network’s Advisory Trustees from Hawaii: Joanne “Cookie” Fujio, Nohea Nakaʻahiki, and Lucy Wedemeyer

March 3, 2025 Comments Off on Meet the ALS Network’s Advisory Trustees from Hawaii: Joanne “Cookie” Fujio, Nohea Nakaʻahiki, and Lucy Wedemeyer

Meet Joanne “Cookie” Fujio Cookie’s involvement with the ALS community started in 2012 when her husband, Gary “Black” Miyashiro was diagnosed with ALS. It was just months before the inaugural…