Primer on Multiple Sclerosis

Edited by Barbara S. Giesser, MD, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Barbara S. Giesser, MD is Clinical Director at UCLA MS Clinical Service, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angles, CA.

Contributors

G.S. Aaen
Pediatric MS Center at Loma Linda University Children's Hospital, Loma Linda
Loma Linda, CA
Mohammad Abdoli, MD
Clinical Fellow in Multiple Sclerosis
University of Ottawa, CA

Alon Y. Avidan MD, MPH
Professor of Neurology
Director, UCLA Sleep Disorders Center
Director, UCLA Neurology Clinic
UCLA, Department of Neurology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, CA

Shin C. Beh, MD,
Department of Neurology
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Dallas, TX

A. Belman
Lourie Center for Pediatric MS
Stonybrook Children's Hospital
Stony Brook, NY

L.A. Benson
Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis and Related Diseases Program
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA

Vikram Bhise, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology
Child Health Institute of New Jersey
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School - Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ

Tiffany J. Braley, M.D., M.S.
Assistant Professor of Neurology
University of Michigan Multiple Sclerosis and Sleep Disorders Centers
Ann Arbor, MI

Allen C. Bowling, MD, PhD
Physician Associate
Colorado Neurological Institute
Englewood, CO
Clinical Professor of Neurology
University of Colorado
Aurora, CO

Scott Campea
Louis Stokes VA Medical Center
Cleveland, OH

Leigh Charvet PhD
Stony Brook Medicine University Physicians
Stony Brook, NY

T. Chitnis
Partners MS Center, Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

Judy M. Choi, MD
Fellow, Division of Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery Department of Urology UCLA School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA

Laura D. Cooper, Esq.
Eugene, OR

Anne H. Cross, MD
Professor of Neurology
The Manny and Rosalyn Rosenthal-Dr. John L. Trotter MS Center Chair in Neuroimmunology of Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri

Gabriele C. DeLuca
Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford,
Oxford, UK

Megan Esch, MD
Resident in Neurology
Department of Neurology
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Beverly Hills, CA

Mark Freedman
Mark S Freedman MSc MD FAAN FANA FRCPC
Professor of Medicine (Neurology)
University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Canada

Frederick W. Foley, PhD
Professor of Psychology, Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology
Yeshiva University
Bronx, NY

Elliot M. Frohman, MD, PhD,
Department of Neurology and Ophthalmology
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Dallas, TX

Teresa Frohman, PA-C,
Department of Neurology,
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Dallas, TX

Jennifer Graves, MD, PhD, MAS
Assistant Professor of Neurology
University of California, San Francisco Adult and Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis Centers
San Francisco, CA

Erica Grazioli D.O.
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center,
Northshore Neurology,
Pittsburgh, PA

Barbara S. Giesser, MD
Clinical Director UCLA MS Program
Department of Neurology
David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA

Wendy Gilmore, PhD
Department of Neurology
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, MD
Professor of Neurology,
Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis Center, Jacobs Neurological Institute
SUNY University at Buffalo,
Buffalo NY

Yong Guo, MD, PhD
Department of Neurology
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Gail Hartley,MSN,NP,MSCN
Arcadia Neurology Center
Arcadia, CA

Robert M. Herndon, M.D.
Professor of Neurology
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, MS

Jodie K. Haselkorn, MD, MPH
Director, MS Center of Excellence West
Veterans Health Administration
Professor, Rehabilitation Medicine
Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Ja-Hong Kim,MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Division of Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery Department of Urology UCLA School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA

Channa Kolb, MD
Assistant professor of Neurology
SUNY University at Buffalo,
UB MD Neurology
Buffalo, NY

Rosalind Kalb, PhD
Vice President, Clinical Care
Advocacy, Services and Research Department
New York, NY

George H. Kraft, M.D.,M.S.
Emeritus Alvord Professor of MS Research, Rehabilitation Medicine, and Neurology
Affiliate, Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine
University of Washington,
Seattle, WA

Stephen Krieger, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Corinne Goldsmith Dickinson Center for MS
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
NewYork, NY

Lauren Krupp, MD
Lourie Center for Pediatric MS,
Stony Brook Children's Hospital
Stony Brook, NY

Nicholas G. LaRocca
Vice President, Health Care Delivery and Policy Research,
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
New York, NY

Claudia F. Lucchinetti, MD
Professor and Chair
Department of Neurology
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Rochester, MN

Angeli Mayadev MD
Multiple Sclerosis Center
Swedish Neuroscience Institute
Seattle, WA

Corneilia Mihai, MD
Department of Neurology
Syracuse VA Medical Center
Syracuse, NY

Aaron Miller, MD, FAAN
Corrine Goldsmith Dickinson Center for Multiple Sclerosis
Mount Sinai Medical Center
New York, NY

T. Jock Murray, OC, ONS, MD, FRCPC, FAAN, MACP, FCAHS
Professor Emeritus
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Steven W. Nissen, M.S., CRC
Senior Director, Employment and Community Programs
National Capital Chapter
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Washington, DC

Norman S. Namerow, MD, MS
Clinical Professor of Neurology,
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, CA

Marc R. Nuwer, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Neurology, UCLA School of Medicine,
Department Head, Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, UCLA Medical Center,
Los Angeles, CA

Kirstin Nygren, MSN, FNP-BC, MSCN
Multiple Sclerosis Program
UCLA Department of Neurological Services
Los Angeles, CA

Svenja Oynhausen
Corrine Goldsmith Dickinson Center for Multiple Sclerosis
Mount Sinai Medical Center
New York, NY

J. Parrish, B.
Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis Center, Jacobs Neurological Institute
SUNY Buffalo
Buffalo, NY

Laura Piccio, MD PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Department of Neurology
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri

Jessica F. Robb, MD
Instructor
Multiple Sclerosis Fellow
Neuroimmunology Unit
Department of Neurology
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, NY

Loren A. Rolak, MD, FAAN
Adjunct Professor of Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine

Clinical Adjunct Professor, Department of Neurology
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Director, Marshfield Multiple Sclerosis Center
The Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, WI

Phillip Rumrill, Ph.D., CRC
Professor & Director
Center for Disability Studies
Kent State University
Kent, OH USA

A. Dessa Sadovnick
Department of Medical Genetics and Faculty of Medicine,
Division of Neurology, University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, Canada

Lawrence M. Samkoff MD
Associate Professor of Neurology
Attending Neurologist
Neuroimmunology Unit
Department of Neurology
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, NY

Ilana Katz Sand, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Corinne Goldsmith Dickinson Center for MS
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
NewYork, NY

Nancy L. Sicotte, MD
Vice Chair for Education
Department of Neurology
Cedar-Sinai Medical Center
Professor of Neurology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Jefferson C. Slimp, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
University of Washington School of Medicine
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington 98195

J.M. Tillema, MD
Department of Neurology,
Mayo Clinic,
Rochester, MN

Rhonda Voskuhl, M.D.
Professor, Department of Neurology
Director, Multiple Sclerosis Program
Chair, Jack H. Skirball Chair in MS Research
UCLA School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA

Emmanuelle Waubant, M.D., PhD
Professor of Clinical Neurology and Pediatrics
Director, Regional Pediatric MS Clinic at UCSF
Race to Erase MS, Medical Director
San Francisco, CA

Leslie P. Weiner, MD
Department of Neurology
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

Dean Wingerchuk, MD, MSc, FRCP(C)
Department of Neurology
Mayo Clinic
Scottsdale, AZ

Richard L. Yates
Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences
University of Oxford
Oxford, UK

"This new volume provides a highly accessible summary of a most dynamic area of medicine, featuring updates by many leading authorities in the field. The new edition of Dr. Geisser's primer has great practical value for all clinicians who care for people with multiple sclerosis." - - Stephen L. Hauser, MD Professor & Chair, Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, CA

"Dr. Barbara S. Giesser's second edition of Primer On Multiple Sclerosis is an impressive and highly successful comprehensive review and synthesis of the huge scientific literature concerning multiple sclerosis. In reading it, one will come to appreciate the remarkable progress we have made and, yet, how much further we still have to go to eliminate this disease from the myriad of sufferings mankind is faced with. I know of no better resource to educate sophisticated patients, clinicians, researchers and health policy advocates about MS." - Timothy Vollmer, MD, Co-Director, RMMSC at Anschutz Medical Director, RMMSC, Director, Neurology Clinical Research, Professor, Department of Neurology, Aurora, CO