What You Need to Know
Jersey Shore University Medical Center’s Multiple Sclerosis Center has been officially recognized as a Center for Comprehensive MS Care through the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s Partners in MS Care program.
It is one of only two Centers for Comprehensive MS Care in Monmouth and Ocean counties.
The Comprehensive MS Care Center distinction is appointed by a national committee, and the organization must demonstrate coordinated, multi-disciplinary care for MS. To receive this recognition, Jersey Shore University Medical Center’s specialists have continually demonstrated a wealth of knowledge, experience, and the important attention to detail necessary in treating people living with MS.
About the Team
MS Certified Specialist David Duncan, M.D., leads the center’s integrated and multidisciplinary clinical team as medical director, with almost 30 years of experience treating patients diagnosed with MS. Fellowship-trained Lana Zhovtis Ryerson, M.D., is director of Research for the center, as well as serving as an MS speciality care provider along with Dr. Duncan. Patricia Mezzina, APN, N.P.-C, focuses on continuity of care and the well-being of patients. Together, the team works to provide an advanced, comprehensive network of care to reduce symptoms of MS and optimize patients’ ability to function at their best in their professional and personal lives. Working to prevent disease progression and improving quality of life are the Center's ultimate goals.
The center’s specialists and network provide a wide variety of services and treatments, such as physical, occupational, swallowing and speech therapies, as well as addressing other problems that can be frequently associated with MS, including; headaches, sleep disorders, vision problems, bladder and bowel issues, sexual dysfunction, spasticity, pain, psychological well-being, and more.
About the MS Center
The MS Center, which opened in 2019, is part of Hackensack Meridian Health’s Neuroscience Institute, providing comprehensive care for a complete lineup of neurological illnesses and disorders throughout the state.
Jersey Shore University Medical Center has been recognized by Healthgrades as one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Stroke Care and with Neuroscience Excellence Awards 2021 through 2023 as well as with the 2022 and 2023 Cranial Neurosurgery Excellence Award.
To make an appointment at the MS Center, call 732-897-3620, or for more information, visit www.hackensackmeridianhealth.org/en/Services/Neurosciences/Multiple-Sclerosis.