Stony Brook to name ALS clinic after Miller Place man
Quick ReadChristopher Pendergast learned that he had Lou Gehrig's disease 17 years ago. The average life expectancy is two to five years.
Photo credit: Ed Betz | Christine and Christopher Pendergast react to news that an outpatient ALS clinic will be renamed after him in Stony Brook, Wednesday. (Oct. 13, 2010)
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Christopher Pendergast merely smiled slightly and lowered his head when Dr. Steven Strongwater delivered the news. His wife, Christine, could barely contain her tears.
Surrounded by a roomful of people, Stony Brook University Medical Center's chief executive told Pendergast that, pending approval by the SUNY chancellor, the hospital would name its ALS Comprehensive Care Center after the remarkable...
