Pre-Course to the joint ACTRIMS/ECTRIMS virtual meeting - MSVirtual2020
Preceding the MSVirtual 2020, the 8th joint ACTRIMS-ECTRIMS meeting, the European Charcot Foundation in collaboration with Academic CME and EXCEMED is organizing this virtual meeting for young neurologists and nurses with specific interest in MS.
Registration is free of charge.
Course Programme
Wednesday 9 September 2020, 08:00 - 11:30 (ET Time), Virtual Module 1
EXCEMED
- 08:00 - 08:20: How Genes and Environment Interact to Cause MS
Prof Dr Alberto Ascherio, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States - 08:20 - 08:40: NMOSD
Prof Dr Kazuo Fujihara, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan - 08:40 - 09:00: OCT and Neurofilaments in Clinical Practice
Prof Dr Peter Calabresi, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Multiple Sclerosis Center, Baltimore, United States - 09:00 - 09:30: Faculty Discussion Q&A
- 09:30 - 09:50: Standard MRI to Monitor Disease Courses and Treatment Response
Dr Douglas L. Arnold, Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital, Montreal Canada - 09:50 - 10:10: Advanced MRI to Monitor Disease Courses and Treatment Response
Prof Dr Nicola De Stefano, Universita degli Studi di Siena, Siena, Italy - 10:10 - 10:30: The Spectrum of Treatments in RMS
Prof Dr Giancarlo Comi, Institute of Experimental Neurology, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital and University, Milan, Italy - 10:30 - 10:50: Enhancing Remyelination: From Basic Studies to Interventions
Prof Dr Hans-Peter Hartung, Heinrich-Heine-University, Department of Neurology, Dusseldorf, Germany - 10:50 - 11:10: New Perspectives in Neurorehabilitation
Prof Dr Letizia Leocani, Institute of Experimental Neurology, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy - 11:10 - 11:30: Faculty Discussion Q&A
Thursday 10 September 2020, 08:00 - 11:30 (ET Time), Virtual Module 2
The European Charcot Foundation
- 08:00 - 08:20: Understanding Progressive MS
Prof Fred D. Lublin, Mount Sinai Medical Center, The Corinne Goldsmith Dickinson Center for Multiple Sclerosis and Icahn School of Medicine, New York, United States - 08:20 - 08:40: Treatment Decisions in Progressive MS
Prof Dr Per Soelberg Sörensen, Danish Multiple Sclerosis Center, Department of Neurology, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark - 08:40 - 09:00: Neuroprotective Treatments
Prof Dr Giancarlo Comi, Institute of Experimental Neurology, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital and University, Milan, Italy - 09:00 - 09:30: Faculty Discussion Q&A
AcademicCME
- 09:30 - 09:50: Are We Any Closer to Understanding the Cause of MS?
Prof Dr Peter Calabresi, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Multiple Sclerosis Center, Baltimore, United States
- 09:50 - 10:10: Electronic Data Capture/Devices - Can We Quantitate Disease Activity?
Prof Dr Jeffrey Cohen, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College Medicine, Cleveland, United States - 10:10 - 10:30: Is it Time to Consider Combination/Add-On Therapies?
Prof Fred D. Lublin, Mount Sinai Medical Center, The Corinne Goldsmith Dickinson Center for Multiple Sclerosis and Icahn School of Medicine, New York, United States
- 10:30 - 10:50: Are We Paying Enough Attention to Safety?
Prof Dr Hans-Peter Hartung, Heinrich-Heine-University, Department of Neurology, Dusseldorf, Germany
10:50 - 11:30: Faculty Discussion Q&A and Conclusion