Dr. Montalban, St. Michael's Hospital UPDATE
MS Clinic, St. Michael's Hospital UPDATE
REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED - WE HAVE MET OUR ROOM CAPACITY. IF YOU WISH TO BE PLACE ON WAITING LIST PLEASE EMAIL OR CALL ANGELA COVERT: angela.covert@mssociety.ca 416 967 3034.
Dr. Xavier Montalban will provide an update about the future
developments of the MS Clinic at St. Michaels Hospital as well as
the
current work of the MS Progressive Alliance.
Dr. Xavier Montalban is an internationally recognized neurologist
who
is considered a key opinion leader within the field of
multiple
sclerosis (MS). Dr. Montalban has held diverse leadership
positions
and is currently a Professor of Medicine and Director of the
Neurology
Department at the University of Toronto. He also serves as Chair
of
the Department of Neurology-Neuroimmunology and Director of
the
Multiple Sclerosis Centre of Catalonia at the Vall d'Hebron
University Hospital in Barcelona, Spain. Dr. Montalban is a
former president of the European Committee for Treatment and
Research
in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS) and recently co-directed the
development of the first Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Guidelines
for
ECTRIMS and the European Academy of Neurology. With more than 25
years
of research, Dr. Montalban continues to strive to discover
more
effective therapies for patients with MS and has brought
paradigm
shifts to the way we understand and treat MS.
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM