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Podcast – Understanding Types of Research in ADEM, NMOSD, and TM, including AFM

September 29, 2016 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT




Do you have questions about the types of research being conducted in TM, NMOSD, and ADEM? Do you want to learn more about current and upcoming research opportunities? Do you want to know what we’ve learned from research on these disorders? Do you have questions for our experts?

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About Our Guest Speakers


Ben_GreenbergBenjamin M. Greenberg, MD, MHS

Associate Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center | Vice Chair of Translational Research and Ambulatory Care, Department of Neurology and Neurotherapeutics | Director, Transverse Myelitis, Neuromyelitis Optica Programs | Co-Director, Pediatric CONQUER Program


Dr. Benjamin Greenberg received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Johns Hopkins University and his Masters Degree in Molecular Microbiology and Immunology from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland. He attended medical school at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. Then, he completed an internship in medicine at Rush Presbyterian-St. Lukes Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois before going on to his residency in neurology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. He then joined the faculty within the division of neuroimmunology at Hopkins and became the co-director of the Transverse Myelitis Center and director of the Encephalitis Center. In January of 2009 he was recruited to the faculty at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center where he was named Deputy Director of the Multiple Sclerosis Program and Director of the new Transverse Myelitis and Neuromyelitis Optica Program. That same year he established the Pediatric Demyelinating Disease Program at Children’s Medical Center Dallas.

Dr. Greenberg is recognized internationally as an expert in rare autoimmune disorders of the central nervous system (e.g. transverse myelitis, neuromyelitis optica, ADEM and autoimmune encephalitis). He splits his clinical time between seeing both adult and pediatric patients. He routinely consults on the inpatient units of University Hospital, Zale Lipshy, Parkland and Children’s. His research interests are in both the diagnosis and treatment of transverse myelitis, neuromyelitis optica, encephalitis, multiples sclerosis and infections of the nervous system. He is actively involved in developing better ways to diagnose and prognosticate for patients with these disorders. He has led an effort to improve biorepository development and has created uniform protocols for sample handling and analysis. As part of this initiative his research has identified novel biomarkers that may be able to distinguish between patients with various neurologic disorders. He also coordinates trials that study new treatments to prevent neurologic damage and restore function to those who have already been affected. He currently serves as the Director of the Neurosciences Clinical Research Center and is a Cain Denius Foundation Scholar.



Kathy_ ZackowskiKathleen Zackowski, PhD

Associate Professor | Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins Department of Rehabilitation | Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD



Dr. Zackowski is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Neurology at the Kennedy Krieger Institute/Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She is certified as a Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Specialist and works as the sole Occupational Therapist at the Johns Hopkins MS Center. Dr. Zackowski’s research interests are to investigate the mechanisms that underlie sensorimotor impairments and disability resulting from damage to the central nervous system so as to improve disability. To this point her studies have focused on the motor control problems that occur as a result of neurodegenerative disease processes such as multiple sclerosis and adrenomyeloneuropathy. She is developing a model using advanced neuro-imaging in combination with quantitative impairment measures to understand pathologically relevant structure-function relationships. Dr. Zackowski’s current studies investigate the extent that nerve fiber changes in the brain and spinal cord are associated with changes in walking and physical impairments such as strength and sensation. This type of model is critical for tracking disease progression and evaluating rehabilitative and pharmacologic treatments for people with neurodegenerative diseases.


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September 29, 2016
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12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT
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SRNA
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Date:
September 29, 2016
Time:
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT
Event Category:

Venue

SRNA
United States