Major Confab on Neuroimmune Diseases to Be Held in Seattle in July
 
World-renowned medical experts from Johns Hopkins, Kennedy Krieger in Baltimore, the Mayo Clinic, and the MS Center at Evergreen in Washington State will gather in Seattle from July 16th through 19th for the 3rd International Neuroimmunologic Disorders Symposium to announce the latest findings on chronic and often crippling diseases like MS, transverse myelitis (TM), lupus, and Devic’s disease.

Sponsored by Project RESTORE, the Johns Hopkins combined center for MS and TM, and the Transverse Myelitis Association (TMA), this is a unique forum where those with these disorders and their families can meet face to face with the foremost authorities in the field to discuss everything from stem cell therapies to symptom management to depression.

According to symposium organizer, Sandy Siegel, President of the TMA, “There is no other medical education program in the world focused on TM, MS, NMO (Devic’s), ADEM (Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis), and ON (Optic Neuritis) that provides the breath and depth of information offered here. Plus, no one understands the experience of these diseases like the hundreds and hundreds of other attendees. Lifelong friendships are made here!””

Noted speakers include Dr. Douglas Kerr of Johns Hopkins, perhaps the world’s foremost expert on TM; Dr. Adam Kaplin, also of Johns Hopkins, a pioneer in the field of depression and cognitive dysfunction; Dr. Dean Wingerchuk of the Mayo Clinic on Devic’s, or NMO; and Dr. James Bowen of the MS Center at Evergreen on the latest MS research and therapies.

Also speaking will be Allen Rucker, author of “The Best Seat In The House: How I Woke Up One Tuesday and Was Paralyzed For Life,” his recently-published chronicle of life after TM; and noted researcher/writer Donna Jackson Nakazawa, author of the upcoming “The Autoimmune Epidemic.”

For more information, go to the symposium web site at dev.esg.us/Seattle or the TMA web site at myelitis.org