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.
Register now: 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 Massimo Filippi, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, 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 - 08:00: 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