MS Society: Greater Delaware Valley

Having MS can affect the day-to-day and long-term realities of relationships. This call features a formal presentation and question and answer period.

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Session on taking control of your health care from the 2008 Women Against MS Conference featuring Suzanne Smeltzer RN, the Director of Villanova University’s Nursing Research Program.

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Research Update session from the 2008 Women Against MS Conference. The session features Dr. Dina Jacobs from the University of Pennsylvania.

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The Positively Ageless session from the 2008 Women Against MS Conference. This keynote presentation features noted author and speaker Linda Noble Topf and Diane Chew if the Inquiry Institute.

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The Finding Your Balance workshop from the 2008 Women Against MS Conference. Michelle Rifkin is an occupational therapist and the owner of Healthrough Action.

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The empowerment session from the 2008 Women Against MS conference. The session features Claudia Curry, the Director of the Women’s Center at Philadelphia Community College.

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Brad Segal of WOGL sits down with Malika Abd Al-Hakeem, services manager, and Megan Dipanni, vice president of development, to discuss the issues surrounding living with MS and how everyone can get involved in events like Walk MS to create a world free of this disease.

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Hosted by Shelley Peterman Schwarz, this one hour teleconference specifically for people living with progressive MS was held in March, 2008. This episode focuses on helping people living with progressive MS take more control over their health care and their entire lives. Part 3 of 3.

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Hosted by Shelley Peterman Schwarz, this one hour teleconference specifically for people living with progressive MS was held in February, 2008. This episode focuses on meeting the day-to-day challenges of a life with progressive MS, including improving your ability to remember important details. Part 2 of 3.

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Hosted by Shelley Peterman Schwarz, this one hour teleconference specifically for people living with progressive MS was held in January, 2008. Part 1 of 3.

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Jingduan Yang, MD, Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Learn about complementary therapies and how they can work with your current medical treatment regimen to help you manage your symptoms. Dr. Yang brings both traditional and alternative perspectives as a leading neurologist, psychiatrist, acupuncturist and Chinese medicine practitioner at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia.

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Susan J. Ellis, Energize, Inc.

Creating a world free of MS requires the commitment of millions of people, including you. This session will examine the many different ways you can join the movement in a way that reflects your unique talents, abilities and lifestyle. As someone who cares about the fight against MS, you can make a difference and benefit from becoming active in this important mission.

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Laura Balcer, MD, MSCE, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine A.M. Rostami, MD, PhD, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Jeffrey Greenstein, MD, Multiple Sclerosis Institute and Multiple Sclerosis Research Institute Donald Barone, DO, MS Center of South Jersey Clyde Markowitz, MD, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Thomas Leist, MD, PhD, Thomas Jefferson University Hospita

Join some of the region’s top MS experts in a conversation about what happens when MS starts to progress. Get answers to your questions, such as how to tell if your MS is progressing, or what treatment options are available.

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John R. Richert, MD, National MS Society

Just as each person experiences MS differently, the future of MS therapies may hold not one cure, but several. In this session, you will hear about the Society’s research efforts, which follow several important pathways aimed at arresting, reversing and preventing MS. We have the privilege of hearing Dr. Richert explain these paths and describe how the future could look for people with MS. He also will answer questions from the audience.

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