MADISON, Wis. — Pre-eminent ALS researcher and University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics doctor Benjamin Brooks is leaving the hospital after 25 years of work.
He told WISC-TV he is headed to Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, N.C., where he will be able to concentrate on researching ALS, which is also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.
….Past and current patients and others in the ALS field rallied behind him in 2004 after UW Medical School officials closed Brooks’ ALS research lab in early 2003, alleging bookkeeping and training problems with testing procedures.