Symposia

The Johns Hopkins Transverse Myelitis Center (JHTMC) is excited to announce the 1st Regional Transverse Myelitis Clinical Care Symposium. Patients, family members, and caregivers impacted by the diagnosis of Transverse Myelitis (TM) and other rare neuro-immunologic disorders on a day-to-day basis are invited to attend. Medical practitioners who are interested in understanding more about the management of these disorders but are less familiar with its long-term impacts are also welcome!

Faculty and staff from the JHTMC and the International Center for Spinal Cord Injury at the Kennedy Krieger Institute will discuss issues commonly confronted by patients with TM, such as pain, spasticity, weakness, depression, bowel and bladder dysfunction. The latest trends in management of these issues, rehabilitation strategies, and new research developments in TM will be discussed.

Speakers will include:

• Daniel Becker, MD
• Michael Levy, MD, PhD
• Janet Dean, PNP
• Scott Newsome, DO
• Adam Kaplin, MD, PhD
• Kathleen Zackowski, PhD, OTR

 

Date: June 15, 2013, 10:00 am to 2:30 pm

Registration begins at 9:30 am.

 

Venue: Schaffer Auditorium, Main Level of the Bloomberg Children’s Center.

Johns Hopkins Hospital

1800 East Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287

 

RSVP: Send an email to hopkinsTMcenter@jhmi.edu to reserve your space.

While the event is free to all, space is limited!

 

Please note that the Orleans garage is conveniently situated across the street from the hospital between Wolfe & Broadway, and the Bloomberg pedestrian bridge on the 4th floor of the garage links to the Main Level of the hospital for safe and easy access. However, garage parking is not free and validation is not available. Light refreshments will be provided and there is a cafeteria on-site.