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How You Can Help and Center Funding The Hunter Nelson Sturge-Weber Center at Kennedy Krieger Institute is dedicated to caring for patients with Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS). The goals of the Hunter Nelson Sturge-Weber Center are to provide:
  1. Comprehensive diagnostic evaluation and coordination of clinical services
  2. Patient, family and physician medical educational services to maximize patient function and
  3. Conduct clinical and translational laboratory research aimed to improve the understanding and treatment of this disorder.
Expert physicians and health care professionals from a variety of disciplines including; neurology, ophthalmology, dermatology, neuroradiology, rehabilitation medicine and physical, occupational, and speech and language therapy, endocrinology, and psychiatry work together to provide optimal treatment to meet the needs of these patients.

The Hunter Nelson Sturge-Weber Center at Kennedy Krieger Institute was founded in Baltimore, MD in 2002 through the Kennedy Krieger’s University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research and Service (UCEDD) collaboration with Johns Hopkins University.


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Bands on the Bay logoBands on the Bay: Annual Sturge-Weber Syndrome (SWS) Concert & Auction honoring Jenna Heck and Anabelle Faneca and benefiting Hunter Nelson Sturge-Weber Syndrome Center at Kennedy Krieger Institute. This year the event will be held on April 27, 2008! Join us for a fun-filled day of live music, silent and live auctions, great food, beer and wine at Herrington on the Bay on the Chesapeake Bay! Learn More...

Read article in Pediatric News on Dr. Anne Comi discussing the management of Sturge-Weber Syndrome (November 2007)

Hunter Nelson Sturge-Weber Center featured in front page story in the Baltimore Sun (9/30/07)

Low-dose Aspirin Treatment for Sturge-Weber Syndrome (SWS) Survey