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People with MS now have more tools available to them than ever before, including disease-modifying treatments, symptom-management strategies and lifestyle-related options that can improve quality of life.

This program focuses on the factors that influence people with MS, as well as their physicians and family members, as they consider their treatment and lifestyle options. In the video portion of the program, you will hear from clinicians at the forefront of MS research and treatment discussing the issues that must be considered when looking at treatment and lifestyle decisions.

Presenters on the video include Deborah Miller, PhD, LISW from the Mellen Center for MS at the Cleveland Clinic; Dr. Amit Bar-Or, associate professor of neurology at McGill University and scientific director of the Clinical Research Unit at the Montreal Neurological Institute; Dr. Robert Fox, staff neurologist and medical director at the Mellen Center for MS at the Cleveland Clinic; and Marie Namey, APRN, also at the Mellen Center at the Cleveland Clinic.

Dr. Lee Kennedy will be available after the video to answer questions. Dr. Kennedy is a neurologist at High Country Neurology in Boone, NC. He is a graduate of Louisiana State University School of Medicine. Dr. Kennedy completed his neurology residency and clinical neurophysiology fellowship at Wake Forest School of Medicine.

Attendees will also receive a program booklet with an overview of the various factors that often complicate medical decision-making, as well as the variety of choices available for people living with MS to treat their disease so they can maintain their best quality of life.

A light lunch will be provided.