CMSC SESSIONS

Individuals in the Black / African American, Hispanic / Latino, and Asian American populations are an example of those who come from unique racial and...

This workshop will describe the most common types of primary, secondary and tertiary sexual dysfunction in MS. The epidemiology of common types of sexual dysfunction...

This interactive case-based symposium will highlight contemporary controversies in MS disease management. Three debates will be moderated by the symposium chairs around the following questions:...

This symposium will explore the mechanisms by which the immune system participates in the pathogenesis of MS, highlighting potential targets for therapeutic intervention. In the...

This symposium will explore the mechanisms by which the immune system participates in the pathogenesis of MS, highlighting potential targets for therapeutic intervention. In the...

This program will provide an update on exercise training in persons with MS across the disability spectrum. This will include presentation of data on exercise...

The learning of complex motor tasks has been associated with increased structural and functional connectivity in the brain. The acquisition of complex motor skill is...

Following upon the discoveries that specific bacteria in the gut may modulate the onset of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, an animal model for MS, the human...

Multiple sclerosis is a chronic inflammatory and neurodegenerative disease of the CNS that commonly affects young adults. While advances in disease modifying therapies has positively...

Sessions 1 and 2 of Fundamentals offers a multidisciplinary approach in the diagnosis and management of multiple sclerosis (MS). The history of MS will offer...

Sessions 1 and 2 of Fundamentals offers a multidisciplinary approach in the diagnosis and management of multiple sclerosis (MS). The history of MS will offer...

Session 3 of Fundamentals offers an insight into multidisciplinary considerations to include DMTs, practical nursing approaches to infusible therapies, role of specialty pharmacists in MS...

This session will focus on genetic factors determining the susceptibility to MS. While this symposium will be open to all, topics will be discussed at...

Over the past two and half decades, an increasing number therapies have become available to treat relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis. Despite their success in...

Progress in understanding and treating multiple sclerosis evolves continuously and not always on a schedule aligned with scientific meeting deadlines. This session, near the end...

MRI is an invaluable tool for establishing an early diagnosis of MS and for monitoring patients’ disease course and response to treatment. Standardized imaging protocols...

The aim of the symposium is to provide a comprehensive overview of depression in people with MS. Clinicians and researchers are faced with a large...

Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders are a set of clinical syndromes, dominated by optic neuritis and myelitis, but diverse in clinical manifestations and autoantibodyassociation. It is...

There is a critical gap in evidence regarding whether different treatment strategies early in relapsing multiple sclerosis prevent long-term disability, especially if a more aggressive...

The course will focus on the many ways in which the addition of a clinical pharmacy specialist to the Neurology interdisciplinary team can optimize the...

The Pediatric MS course will focus on several areas of priority for children living with MS and their families. We will start the symposium with...

Using case-based presentations, this program will assist Advanced Practice Clinicians (APC: PA & NP) in defining what constitutes an acute relapse versus a pseudo-relapse in...

As the number of treatments for relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS) increases, advising newly-diagnosed individuals about how to choose a first therapy is more...

The treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) has been transformed by the successful development of immunotherapies that efficiently reduce disease activity. Nevertheless, the prevention of disability...

Access to care for people living with MS often leaves gaps in expertise related to diagnosis, treatment decisions and follow-up of symptoms and disease progression....

Assessment of vision is a challenging but important component of the evaluation of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD), and myelin...

Medicine is moving from a model that is largely based on outpatient office-based providers and referrals to outside health professionals toward an integrated medical home...

This program is suitable for all healthcare professionals regarding the complexities of work accommodations and disability benefit applications. It will include discussion of both Canadian...

This program is designed to address multiple topics germane to the COVID-19 pandemic and multiple sclerosis. The program will begin with an overview of the...

Among the major unmet needs in the MS field is defining the biological mechanisms that underlie patient heterogeneity – whether elucidating what contributes to the...