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Christopher Pendergast, center, presents $150,000 to support Stony Brook’s ALS Center of Excellence during Stony Brook’s Ride for Life ceremony. From left: Dr. Kenneth Kaushansky, Senior VP of the Health Sciences and Dean of the Stony Brook University School of Medicine; Dr. Reuven Pasternak, Senior VP for Health Systems at Stony Brook Medicine and CEO of Stony Brook University Hospital; Christine Pendergast; Dr. Dennis Choi, Professor and Chair, Department of Neurology, and Director, Neurosciences Institute at Stony Brook Medicine; New York State Senator John J. Flanagan; Dr. Nurcan Gursoy, Co-Director, Christopher Pendergast ALS Center of Excellence, and Theresa Imperato, RN, ALS Center Nurse Coordinator.