Amy B. Sullivan, PsyD: Screening MS Patients for Comorbidities
June 21st 2019The director of behavioral medicine at the Mellen Center for MS Treatment and Research at Cleveland Clinic discussed the importance of screening patients with MS for other conditions for which they are prevalently comorbid, such as depression or sleep disorders.
Phyllis C. Zee, MD, PhD: Insomnia, a Clinical Diagnosis
June 19th 2019The director of the center for circadian and sleep medicine at Northwestern University spoke about the importance of recognizing insomnia as a clinical diagnosis since it affects patients 24-hours a day, not just during sleep.
Laura T. Safar, MD: Carefully Addressing Mental Health in MS
June 18th 2019The director of MS neuropsychiatry at Brigham and Women’s Hospital spoke of the importance of not oversimplifying the approach to mental health disorders in individuals with MS, and how the collaborative care model can help.­­­
Emily Splichal, DPM: Using Texture for Nerve Stimulation in the Feet
June 13th 2019Many patients with neurologic conditions such as multiple sclerosis are faced with gait and stability issues due to their disease, but Splichal and Naboso Technology seek to address these issues via mechanoreceptor stimulation.
Mitchell Miglis, MD: A Bidirectional Link Between Autonomic Dysfunction, Hypersomnias
June 11th 2019The autonomic disorders and sleep medicine specialist at Stanford University spoke about the overlap of autonomic disorders in sleep medicine, an often underrepresented portion of the sleep medicine field.