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Avoiding a Misdiagnosis: Understanding the Differences between MOGAD, MS, and NMOSD

November 5, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT

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About our Guest Speakers


Geoffrey Eubank, MD, ABPN

Geoffrey A. Eubank, MD, ABPN, is an accomplished neurologist who specializes in multiple sclerosis and related disorders. Dr. Eubank is currently System Chief of General Neurology at Ohio Health. Active as a volunteer physician for free clinics and for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Dr. Eubank has published research in several areas and is a member of several medical societies. He is also involved with research in multiple sclerosis and stroke.

A native of Pompton Plains, NJ, Dr. Eubank attended Pennsylvania State University and graduated from Muskingum College majoring in chemistry and mathematics. He obtained his medical doctor degree from The Ohio State University. He completed his preliminary medicine internship at Riverside Methodist Hospital and his neurology residency at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, where he was chief neurology resident.



Michael Levy, MD, PhD

Dr. Michael Levy is an Associate Neurologist at Harvard Medical School. He is the Director of the Neuromyelitis Optica Clinic and Research Laboratory, and Research Director in the Division of Neuroimmunology and Neuroinfectious Disease at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Levy specializes in taking care of patients with neuroimmunologic diseases including multiple sclerosis, transverse myelitis, optic neuritis and neuromyelitis optica. In the laboratory, one of Dr. Levy’s research goals is to develop neural stem cells for regenerative therapy in these diseases. He uses rat and mouse models to test the survival, differentiation and functional capacity of human neural stem cells to improve neurologic function in post-inflammatory conditions. The goal of his laboratory and clinical effort is to translate the basic science stem cell work to a human trial in transverse myelitis and other neuroimmunologic diseases.




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Date:
November 5, 2021
Time:
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT
Event Category:
Event Tags:
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Organizer

SRNA
Phone
+1 (855) 380-3330
Email
info@wearesrna.org
View Organizer Website