This session explains Prognosis factors in MS by Prof Bart Van Wijmeersch.
20th October 2022, ParadigMS Master Class
ParadigMS Foundation organised the first Master Class, focused on MS prognostication in practice: today and future perspectives that took place on Thursday 20th October 2022 in Brussels, Belgium. Here you can review the full keynote on Prognosis factors in MS.
BIOGRAPHY
BART VAN WIJMEERSCH
Bart Van Wijmeersch is a neurologist specialized in Multiple Sclerosis. He is medical director of the Rehabilitation and MS Center in Pelt where he leads the multidisciplinary MS-team. Furthermore, he is an associate professor of Neurology at the University of Hasselt, affiliated with the Biomedical Institute, where he’s involved in pre-clinical as well as the clinical research on MS at the biomedical institute (BIOMED). He has a supporting role in all the immunological research on blood- and CSF samples of persons with MS and in EAE-animal models, as well as in the rehabilitation research at REVAL. Immunological, Biomarker, MRI, Electrophysiological and Rehabilitation research in MS come together in this way. He has an educational role in the faculty of medicine and physiotherapy.
He’s a member of the Belgian Study Group of Multiple Sclerosis, first President of ParadigMS and a member of advisory boards of different pharmaceutical companies with interest in Multiple Sclerosis. As acknowledgment of his scientific work, he received an honorary award of the Flemish government in the summer of 2019.
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