Annual UMass MS Center Clinical and Research Updates Virtual Symposium
Agenda
Friday, December 10, 2021, 12:30 to 5:55 p.m. |
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| 12:20 p.m. | Join Zoom link here (please register prior to the event) |
| 12:30 p.m. | Carolina Ionete, MD, PhD and Christopher Hemond, MD Introduction |
| 12:40 p.m. | Carolina Ionete, MD, PhD Defining Multiple Sclerosis: Advancing and Difficulties |
| 1:00 p.m. | Christopher Hemond, MD MRI Biomarkers of Smoldering MS |
| 1:20 p.m. | Idanis Berrios Morales, MD Treatment Decision Making Challenges in MS |
| 1:40 p.m. | Roberto Bomprezzi Mechanical Factors can Drive Inflammation into the CNS |
| 2:00 p.m. | 10-minute break |
| 2:10 p.m. | Maria Mazzola, MD Recognizing MS Mimics |
| 2:30 p.m. | Dalia AbouZeki, MD Our Hemiplegic Gait Towards Better MS Care: The Diagnostic Cane |
| 2:50 p.m. | Kate Fitzgerald, PhD Inflammasome as a Target in MS |
| 3:10 p.m. | Rachel Gerstein, PhD Recent Advances in Understanding the Role of B Cells in MS |
| 3:30 p.m. | Dorothy Schaffer, PhD Microglia and Complement: Viable Therapeutic Targets for Preventing Gray Matter Loss in MS |
| 3:50 p.m. | 10-minute break |
| 4:00 p.m. | Daniela Pimentel Maldonado, MD Social Determinants in MS |
| 4:20 p.m. | Jillian Richmond, PhD Using Systems Immunology Approaches to Study MS |
| 4:40 p.m. | Liisa Selin, MD, PhD Dysregulation of the T-cell Response to EBV in MS |
| 5:00 p.m. | Sean Hamil, MS4 Can People with Schizophrenia Have More Severe MS Course? |
| 5:20 p.m. | Celia Gomes McGillivray, ACNPC-AG, MSN, MPH 2021 MRI Guidelines for MS Patients |
| 5:45 p.m. | Closing Remarks |
| 5:55 p.m. | Adjourn |
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Designation Statement:
The University of Massachusetts Medical School designates this internet live course for a maximum of 5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™.
Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nursing: This offering meets the requirements for a maximum of 10.8 contact hours, as specified by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing (244-CMR 5.04). Each nurse should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
Other Health Professionals: Will receive a certificate which states the activity was designated for 9 AMA PRA Category 1 credits™.