Mission has a grant from the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) to operate the MDA Clinic serving western North Carolina and the upstate area of South Carolina.
MDA maintains 230 hospital-affiliated clinics that offer patients and families excellent care for progressive neuromuscular diseases. In Asheville, the clinic is operated by Dr. Michael Young and Dr. Duff Rardin of Western Carolina Neurological Associates.
For information about the local MDA clinic, please contact:
Debbie Watson, Patient Services Secretary
In western North Carolina: 828-254-8919
In upstate South Carolina: 864-241-7980
More than 43 neuromuscular disorders are treated at the clinic. These include:
- Inflammatory myopathies
- Endocrine myopathies
- Metabolic diseases of the muscle
- Neuromuscular junction diseases
- Motor neuron diseases
- Some peripheral nerve diseases
- Muscular dystrophies
For a complete listing of conditions treated at the MDA Clinic, please click here.
Most of the conditions treated through the MDA clinic have a strong genetic link. Click here for information about Mission's Fullerton Genetics Center and the support and information it provides to patients and families.
A family support network for patients and families living with any of the conditions seen at the MDA clinic is offered in Asheville. It meets on the first Thursday of each month at Western Alliance Center for Independent Living, 30-B London Road, just off Sweeten Creek Road near Biltmore Village. For more information, call Debbie Watson at the phone numbers listed above.
What is the Muscular Dystrophy Association?
The Muscular Dystrophy Association is a volunteer health agency working to help people with some 40 neuromuscular diseases through programs of worldwide research, comprehensive patient and community services, and far-reaching professional and public health education. It has been recognized by the American Medical Association with a Lifetime Achievement Award for "significant and lasting contributions for the health and welfare of humanity." To learn more about the Muscular Dystrophy Association, click here.
