Open Forum on TM including AFM, NMOSD, ON and ADEM
June 21, 2016
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About Our Guest Speakers
Allen D. DeSena, MD, MPH
Dr. Allen DeSena attended medical school at Loyola-Stritch School of Medicine in Maywood, IL, located in the greater Chicago area. From there, he went on to complete a residency in general pediatrics in New Orleans, LA at the Tulane-Ochsner pediatric program, and he earned his board certification in general pediatrics in 2009. Following his general pediatrics training, he moved to Dallas, TX, where he completed a residency in pediatric neurology at UT-Southwestern Medical Center in conjunction with Children’s Medical Center-Dallas and Parkland Memorial Hospital. During that time, his interest in transverse myelitis and other neuroimmune disorders blossomed, and he pursued further training in those areas. In 2012, he was the recipient of the first James T. Lubin fellowship award from SRNA to pursue a clinical and research career in transverse myelitis and other related disorders. He is the first pediatric neurology fellow to study the rare spectrum of neuro-immunological disorders, with a particular focus on Transverse Myelitis.
Dr. Michael Sweeney
Dr. Michael Sweeney completed his bachelor’s in neurobiology and physiology at Purdue University prior to attending medical school at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He completed his residency training in child neurology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. He then moved to Salt Lake City to complete SRNA James T. Lubin Fellowship in autoimmune neurology at the University of Utah. Dr. Sweeney is board certified in neurology with special qualification in child neurology. He will be joining the pediatric neurology group at the University of Louisville, Kentucky and is looking forward to starting the neuroimmunology clinic at Kosair Children’s Hospital. Dr. Sweeney’s areas of interests include transverse myelitis, multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder and other demyelinating diseases, encephalitis, and other autoimmune diseases that affect the nervous system.
