Richard Bedlack MD, PhD, MS

Dr. Richard S. Bedlack Jr grew up in a small town in central Connecticut. He went to college at William and Mary in Virginia, then back to Connecticut for an MD and PhD in Neuroscience at UConn. Finally, he came to Duke, where he completed his Medicine Internship, Neurology Residency, Neuromuscular Fellowship, and Master's in Clinical Research Science. He is currently a Professor of Neurology at Duke and Director of the Duke ALS Clinic.

Bedlack has won awards for teaching and patient care, including best Neurology teacher at Duke, Health Care Hero, Strength Hope and Caring Award, America’s Best Doctor, the American Academy of Neurology Patient Advocate of the Year, and the Rasmussen ALS Patient Advocate of the Year. He has received ALS research grants, participated in ALS clinical trials, and published more than 100 ALS articles.

Bedlack is the leader of the international ALSUntangled program, which utilizes social networking to investigate alternative and off-label treatment options for patients with ALS, and the leader of the ALS Reversals program, which attempts to understand why some people with ALS recover from it and to make this happen more often.