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2008 CMSC Annual Meeting
Multiple Sclerosis: Comprehensive Approaches to Complex Challenges
May 28-31, 2008
Lectures, Fundamentals, Whitaker, and Basic and Advanced Nursing
Please note that the following presentations have been converted to Adobe PDF. Copying of any image is disabled and only low-resolution printing is allowed.
Back to the 2008 Annual Meeting Highlights main page - Donald Paty Lecture
Life is Short, the Act is Long, Opportunity Fleeting, Experience Delusive, Judgment Difficult: The History of MS Diagnosis
Jock Murray, MD
The struggle for accuracy in the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis has been a challenge since Charcot’s description in 1868. For over a century and a half attempts have been made to refine definitions, develop diagnostic and prognostic tests and surrogate markers for the disease. This lecture will trace the history of the search.
Level: Intermediate - CMSC/ACTRIMS Lecture
MRI and Our Understanding of MS
Jerry S. Wolinsky, MD
The first magnetic resonance images of patients with multiple sclerosis appeared in the neurologic literature twenty five years ago. The literature has since exploded, at least in part based on the improved utility and versatility of this imaging approach. MRI has provided insights into the dynamic and multifaceted nature of the underlying pathologic processes of multiple sclerosis that had escaped prior imaging approaches and even the most seasoned of practitioners. This presentation will cover both the advances made and the challenges that lie ahead.
Level: Intermediate - John Whitaker Lecture
Immunopathogenesis of MS
Michael Racke, MD
This lecture will focus on some of the recent advances in our understanding of the immune response in multiple sclerosis, particularly with emphasis on recent findings from immunological studies on patients with MS in the context of immunomodulatory therapies.
Level: Intermediate - CMSC Lecture
Multiple Sclerosis: The Big Questions
Richard Rudick, MD
This lecture will highlight the major questions facing the multiple sclerosis field and point toward research approaches for the future.
Level: Intermediate - Fundamentals
Fundamentals of Multiple Sclerosis Care and Management: Diagnosis to Rehabilitation
Constance B. Easterling, MSN, ARNP, MSCN
Fundamentals of MS Care and Management: Diagnosis to Rehabilitation offers a multidisciplinary approach to the assessment and management of multiple sclerosis. A comprehensive overview of MS will be presented to include epidemiology, immunopathophysiology, current diagnostic criteria, and common symptoms. Current and future treatment options and management of relapses will be offered. Both pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic methods of managing MS symptoms and disease progression will be discussed. Psychosocial and vocational issues, adherence and patient empowerment will offer participants insight into patient and family perspectives. This seminar will prepare candidates for the certification examination.
Level: Basic - Introduction
Constance B. Easterling, MSN, ARNP, MSCN - Overview of Multiple Sclerosis
Mary D. Hughes, MD - Overview of Relapses and Disease Modifying Therapies
Ben Thrower, MD - Symptom Management in MS
Tracy Walker, RN, WOCN, FNP-C - Psychosocial Impact of MS
Cathy Lee Benbow, BSW, MSW, RSW - MS Rehabilitation: Principles of Management
Patricia Bobryk, MHS, PT, MSCS, ATP - Speech, Swallowing, and Cognition in MS
Patricia Bednarik, MS, CCC-SLP, MSCS - Adherence and Empowerment
Patricia Kennedy, RN, CNP, MSCN - Case Managing the MS Client: What the Whole Team Needs to Know
Emily Cade, MS, CRC, CCM, CLCP
- Basic Nursing Practice
Carol Saunders, BSN, BA, MSCN
This is a sharing of what MS nurses do and how they do what they do in varied practice settings. It is for nurses without a lot of experience in MS nursing and nurses who want to share their experiences and enhance what they do with new ideas.
Level: Basic - Introduction
Carol Saunders, BSN, BA, MSCN - MS Symptom Management for Patient and Families
Beverly Layton, RN, CCRC, MSCN - Teaching About and Managing IV Therapies for MS
Jill Beavin, RN, BSN, MSCN - Adhering to Treatment – Enhancing Quality of Life
Carol Saunders, BA, BSN, MSCN
- Advanced Practice Nursing in MS
Kathleen Costello, MS, CRNP, MSCN
Multiple sclerosis presents many diagnostic challenges to health care providers. A major challenge is to make the correct diagnosis. This is not only the initial diagnosis of MS, but includes the correct diagnosis of symptoms so that the appropriate management strategies can be initiated. This symposium will look at various diagnoses in multiple sclerosis: The initial diagnosis, the diagnosis of difficult symptoms and the diagnosis of gait disorders. A case study format will be used to better understand similarities and differences between MS and MS mimics as well as to better identify MS symptoms.
Level: Advanced - John Whitaker Research Track
Michael Racke, MD
The year’s John Whitaker Research Track will focus on B cells in MS and demyelinating disorders.
Level: Advanced - Dinner
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