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teaching courses - Wednesday, September 17, 2008
08.30-10.00
Teaching Course 1 - Overview of MS for the non-clinician
REGISTRATION CLOSED!
Jointly sponsored with endMS/MS Society of Canada
Course organizer: Ruth Ann Marrie (Canada)
Introduction
Ruth Ann Marrie (Canada)
MRI: terminology, diagnosis, uses in clinical trials
Tony Traboulsee (Canada)
Disability scales in MS (EDSS/ MSFC)
Francois Bethoux (USA)
Teaching Course 2 - MS mimics: identification and treatment
REGISTRATION CLOSED!
Course organizer: Brian Weinshenker (USA)
Introduction
Brian Weinshenker (USA)
Approach to identifying MS mimics
Mike Hutchinson (Dublin)
Neuromyelitis optica and NMO spectrum disorders
Brian Weinshenker (USA)
Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis
Brenda Banwell (Canada)
Discussion/Questions
Teaching Course 3 - Immunology of MS
REGISTRATION CLOSED!
Jointly sponsored with FOCiS (Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies)
Course organizer: Andrew Lichtman (USA)
Update on immunology
Andrew Lichtman (USA)
Update on autoimmunity
Amit Bar-Or (Canada)
Teaching Course 4 - MS genetics and epidemiology
Course organizer: Jorge Oksenberg (USA)
Introduction
Jorge Oksenberg (USA)
The environment and MS
Alberto Ascherio (USA)
Genome-wide association studies in MS
Stephen Sawcer (UK)
Beyond SNPs and transcripts: pathways and networks analysis in MS
Sergio Baranzini (USA)
Discussion
Teaching Course 5 - Diagnosis of MS and monitoring treatment: application of conventional MRI
REGISTRATION CLOSED!
Jointly sponsored with MAGNIMS (Magnetic Imaging in Multiple Sclerosis)
Course organizer: Xavier Montalban (Spain)
MRI protocol and indications
David Li (Canada)
Clinically isolated syndromes: update on MRI criteria
Alex Rovira (Spain)
Spinal cord MRI : Clinical applications and technical issues
David Miller (UK)
Atypical MRI presentations
Franz Fazekas (Austria)
Predicting treatment response to interferon using MRI
Jack Simon (USA)
10.00-10.30
Coffee break
10.30-12.00
Teaching Course 6 - Overview of MS for the non-clinician (continued)
REGISTRATION CLOSED!
Jointly sponsored with endMS/MS Society of Canada
Course organizer: Ruth Ann Marrie (Canada)
Immunology: terminology, relation to current medications, and
medications under study
Nathalie Arbour (Canada)
Cognition in MS: focus on issues in trials
John Fisk (Canada)
Perspective on who gets MS and their issues
Video presentation
Closing remarks
Ruth Ann Marrie (Canada)
Teaching Course 7 - MS treatments: conventional, emerging, rescue
REGISTRATION CLOSED!
Course organizer: Hillel Panitch (USA)
Conventional therapies
Hillel Panitch (USA)
Emerging therapies
Timothy Vollmer (USA)
Rescue therapies
Brian Weinshenker (USA)
Teaching Course 8 - Pathology of MS: fundamentals and new ideas
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Course organizer: Samuel Ludwin (Canada)
New information on inflammatory changes in MS
Hans Lassman (Austria)
Axonal and cortical changes in MS
Wolfgang Brück (Germany)
Remyelination in MS: mechanisms, assessment, and therapeutic potential
Samuel Ludwin (Canada)
Teaching Course 9 - MS and vision: the disease in microcosm
Course organizer: Peter Calabresi (USA)
Pupils and ocular motility
Elliot Frohman (USA)
Visual acuity and OCT
Laura Balcer (USA)
OCT and axon degeneration
Peter Calabresi (USA)
Teaching Course 10 - Understanding disability: advanced MRI techniques
REGISTRATION CLOSED!
Jointly sponsored with MAGNIMS (Magnetic Imaging in Multiple Sclerosis)
Course organizer: Frederik Barkhof (The Netherlands)
Brain atrophy in MS: technique and interpretation
Hugo Vrenken (The Netherlands)
Understanding disability: combined MTR, spectroscopy, and diffusion
Claudia Leite (Brazil)
Primary progressive MS: relevance of MRI
Jerry Wolinsky (USA)
MR spectroscopy
Nicola De Stefano (Italy)
Funcional plasticity: MRI
Mara Rocca (Italy)
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