Nearly 200 Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency patients, friends, and family members donned red T-shirts and walked from Fort Lee, N.J., to Manhattan and back on Saturday, May 2, raising more than $25,000 to support research for the hereditary condition. The eighth annual George Washington Bridge Walk was organized by the James P. Mara Center for Lung Disease, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s and Mount Sinai Roosevelt.
Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency can cause early chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in adults and liver disease in adults and children. The James P. Mara Center is a Center of Excellence for research, diagnosis, and treatment of Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency, and serves individuals with asthma and COPD, which can include chronic bronchitis and emphysema.