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NeurologyLive® Top Expert Interviews: October 2021

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Expert clinicians offer their perspectives on the ongoing shortage of neurologists, stigmas associated with migraine, diets for those with epilepsy, mesenchymal stem cells in MS, and other topics.

The NeurologyLive® team has been as busy as always bringing you the latest clinical news and research updates in neurology over the last month, including conducting several interviews with experts across a number of different and varying topics.

Among these included a conversation about the ongoing shortage of neurologists and how clinicians can address it with Jennifer Majersik, MD, MS; the importance of educating youths with epilepsy on diets, especially in the transition stages of care with Robyn Blackford, RD, LDN; the array of issues patients with migraine face and why her personal experience may resonate with patients with Courtney White, MD; the use of MSC-NTF cells in progressive MS and the data backing this approach with Jeffrey Cohen, MD; and the use of telehealth and future research efforts for integrative medicine in MS, with Megan Weigel, DNP, APRN-C, APHN-C, MSCN.

Click through the slides to see and read more from each expert’s exclusive conversation with NeurologyLive® in October 2021.

To hear more insight from experts in the clinical care of patients and leading researchers in neurology, check out more of NeurologyLive®'s videos.

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1. Majersik JJ, Ahmed A, Chen IA, et al. A shortage of neurologists – we must act now: A report from the AAN 2019 transforming leaders program. Neurology. 2021; 96(24). doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000012111
2. Cohen J, Lublin F, Lock C, Pelletier D, et al. Phase 2 safety and efficacy study of intrathecal MSC-NTF cells in progressive multiple sclerosis. Presented at ECTRIMS 2021.
3. Connelly L, Fox M, Weigel M. Evaluation of a 6-week integrative medicine series on quality of life, self-efficacy, and wellness in MS. Presented at ECTRIMS Congress 2021; October 13-15; Virtual. Presentation 044.
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