CCM Centers of Excellence and Clinical Centers

Quick facts

The Alliance to Cure Cavernous Malformation provides two levels of designations for institutions with experience providing multidisciplinary CCM care (“CCM Centers”):

✦ Center of Excellence

⚕️Clinical Center

The designations are based on patient volume, specialist staffing, CCM research, professional and patient education. CCM Centers can see pediatric, adult, or patients of all ages.

CCM Centers by Location

CCM Center Program: Additional Details

  • Each center must apply and be interviewed by the Alliance to Cure Medical Advisory Board to be recognized.
  • Designation requires the ongoing satisfaction of program criteria and the periodic renewal of CCM Center status via an application.
  • Center designation is independent of any payment of a sponsorship fee to the Alliance or the Alliance’s funding of research at a designated Center.
  • For an overview of the criteria for Centers of Excellence and Clinical Centers, as well as information about the application process, please visit our Clinical Center Criteria and Application page.
  • Additional Centers of Excellence and CCM Clinical Centers will be recognized on an ongoing basis.

Page last updated 1.27.2026