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Expert Meeting 4th of April 2020

ParadigMS Foundation

By ParadigMS Foundation

July 04, 2020

This report provides a summary of scientific proceedings from the ParadigMS Expert Meeting held in a “virtual” format from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM (CET) on Saturday, April 4th , 2020.

EXPERT MEETING APRIL 2020

The following ‘hot topics’ were on the agenda:

  • Suboptimal Response on Treatment in MS (lead author: Van Wijmeersch)
  • Innate immunity in MS and the role of microglia (lead authors: Patrick Vermersch and Laura Airas)
  • Virtual care of patients with MS (lead authors: Carlo Pozzilli and Mona Alkhawajah)
  • Precision Medicine in MS (lead authors: Nikolaos Grigoriadis + co-author to be assigned)
  • DMTs in MS (lead authors: Yamout and Alroughani)
  • Risk management in the treatment of MS (lead authors: Pugliatti and Pozzilli)
  • Article on Pregnancy in MS (lead author: Oreja-Guevara)
  • Article on NMO (lead authors: Oreja-Guevara, Vermersch and Chan)
  • Article on progressive MS (lead authors: Pozzilli and Pugliatti)

Educational slide decks
endorsed by experts

Minimum two MS experts collaborate to produce an educational slide deck. These slide decks are presented (live) to ParadigMS members, peer reviewed and updated.
The slide decks are published on the ParadigMS website “on behalf of ParadigMS”.

Consensus publications

Based on the slide decks, publications are produced. These publications are peer reviewed and published as consensus publications.

Regional and national educational events

Regional (fe: Scandinavian countries, Benelux, …) or national events where state-of-the-art science is transferred to general neurologists and other care givers (nurses, etc) that are confronted with MS in their day to day practice.

Web-based educational tools and resources

Webinars can complement the educational events.

Medical education (ME) programs

The educational slide decks, events and webinars can be important building blocks of accredited educational programs.

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