Professor of clinical neurology, and George A. Zimmermann Endowed Professor in Multiple Sclerosis, Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco
MS: Nutrition and Managing Cognitive Impairment
The importance of proper nutrition as a therapy for symptom control in multiple sclerosis and some strategies to manage cognitive impairment.
Shared Decision-Making and Complementary Therapies in Progressive MS
Joseph R. Berger, MD, elaborates on the importance of shared decision making in the treatment of multiple sclerosis and how it relates to complementary and natural therapies for symptom control.
Nonactive MS: Treatment Therapies
A discussion of how experts treat nonactive multiple sclerosis in terms of trial results or symptom management and how decisions are based on patient age.
Progressive MS Treatment: Ocrelizumab
Kristen Krysko, MD, summarizes the results of the phase III ORATORIO trial and discusses the rationale for using ocrelizumab for the treatment of progressive multiple sclerosis.
Classification and Diagnosis of SPMS
Fred D. Lublin, MD, leads a discussion about the different classifications of secondary progressive multiple sclerosis, including the relationship between disease activity and progression of disease.
Bruce Cree, MD, PhD, MAS: Exploring Clinical Utility of Siponimod, Fingolimod in MS
September 11th 2019The clinical research director of the UCSF Multiple Sclerosis Center discusses recent data on siponimod and its impact on cognitive measures in patients with secondary progressive MS, as well as results of the 3-arm ASSESS study comparing low-dose fingolimod and glatiramer acetate.