Neurology

Multiple Sclerosis

Expert Perspectives in Multiple Sclerosis to Cover Key Topics in Multiple Sclerosis Treatment

expert perspectives by Eric C. Klawiter, MD, MSc; Malcolm H. Gottesman, MD; Robert A. Bermel, MD, MBA

Overview

Expert Perspectives delivers health care providers with insights from key thought leaders on the latest advancements and current practices in medicine, in a concise and timely format. This issue of Expert Perspectives in Multiple Sclerosis will feature selected topics in Multiple Sclerosis that we hope you will find of value in your clinical practice.

The clinicians who were surveyed selected the following experts and topics.

Community-Selected Experts:

Robert A. Bermel, MD, MBA

Director Staff Neurologist Mellen Center for Multiple Sclerosis Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH

Malcolm H. Gottesman, MD

Chief Emeritus, Division of Neurology Winthrop Comprehensive MS Care Center, NYU Langone Hospital Professor, Department of Neurology NYU Long Island School of Medicine Mineola, NY

Eric C. Klawiter, MD, MSc

Associate Neurologist Massachusetts General Hospital Associate Professor of Neurology Harvard Medical School Boston, MA

Community-Selected Topics:

Expert Roundtables

• Emerging Therapies for Multiple Sclerosis • Multiple Sclerosis: Safety Profiles of Disease-Modifying Therapies • Recent Advances in Multiple Sclerosis • Clinical Trials and Basic Science Advancements in Multiple Sclerosis

Clinical Topic Updates

• Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Receptor Modulators for the Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis • Real-World Effectiveness of First-line Treatment in Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis • Imaging and Nonimaging Biomarkers in Multiple Sclerosis • Newer Disease-Modifying Therapies for Relapsing Forms of Multiple Sclerosis

Patient Care Perspectives

• Women With Multiple Sclerosis and the Potential Impacts of Menopause • Detection and Monitoring of Multiple Sclerosis: Past, Present, and Future • Quality-of-Life Determinants in Multiple Sclerosis: Pearls From Practice • Elderly Patients With Multiple Sclerosis: Efficacy of Disease-Modifying Therapy

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Eric C. Klawiter, MD, MSc

Associate Neurologist
Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Neurology
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

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Malcolm H. Gottesman, MD

Chief Emeritus, Division of Neurology
Winthrop Comprehensive MS Care Center, NYU Langone Hospital
Professor, Department of Neurology
NYU Long Island School of Medicine
Mineola, NY