2010 Annual Meeting | Clinical Issues in Multiple Sclerosis
| 09:00 AM - 09:15 AM | Debate: Argument For: Resolved That MS Can Be Reliably Diagnosed in Presymptomatic Individuals Brian G. Weinshenker, MD, FAAN | |
| 09:15 AM - 09:30 AM | Debate: Argument Against: Resolved That MS Can Be Reliably Diagnosed in Presymptomatic Individuals Paul W. O'Connor, MD | |
| 09:30 AM - 09:50 AM | Rebuttals and Summary | |
| 09:50 AM - 10:05 AM | Management of Fatigue in MS: Should We Use Stimulants or Alternative Treatments First? Dean M. Wingerchuk, MD, FAAN | |
| 10:05 AM - 10:20 AM | Debate: Argument For: Resolved That Immunotherapy Is Not Beneficial for Patients With Progressive Forms of MS and It Is Inappropriate to Prescribe Such Therapy Alasdair Coles, MD, PhD | |
| 10:20 AM - 10:35 AM | Debate: Argument Against: Resolved That Immunotherapy Is Not Beneficial for Patients With Progressive Forms of MS and It Is Inappropriate to Prescribe Such Therapy Dean M. Wingerchuk, MD, FAAN | |
| 10:35 AM - 10:55 AM | Rebuttals and Summary | |
| 10:55 AM - 11:10 AM | Break | |
| 11:10 AM - 11:25 AM | Role of Vitamin D in MS Causation/Pathogenesis: Important Etiological Factor or Oversimplified Explanation of the Latitudinal Gradient? Paul W. O'Connor, MD | |
| 11:25 AM - 11:40 AM | Risks of Mitoxantrone: Are the Risks of Leukemia and Cardiotoxicity Justified? Alasdair Coles, MD, PhD | |
| 11:40 AM - 12:45 PM | Interactive Case Discussions: Diagnostic Difficulties, Early Management Controversies, and Treatment of Refractory Cases Brian G. Weinshenker, MD, FAAN, Dean M. Wingerchuk, MD, FAAN | 
| Brian G. Weinshenker, MD, FAAN | Dr. Weinshenker has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as a Consultant for CANbridge Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Weinshenker has received personal compensation in the range of $0-$499 for serving as a Consultant for CALIBR. Dr. Weinshenker has received personal compensation in the range of $5,000-$9,999 for serving as a Consultant for Horizon. Dr. Weinshenker has received personal compensation in the range of $10,000-$49,999 for serving on a Scientific Advisory or Data Safety Monitoring board for Alexion. Dr. Weinshenker has received personal compensation in the range of $10,000-$49,999 for serving on a Scientific Advisory or Data Safety Monitoring board for Roche Group (Chugai, Genentech, Roche). Dr. Weinshenker has received personal compensation in the range of $10,000-$49,999 for serving on a Scientific Advisory or Data Safety Monitoring board for UCB Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Weinshenker has received research support from Guthy Jackson Charitable Foundation. Dr. Weinshenker has received intellectual property interests from a discovery or technology relating to health care. | 
| Dean M. Wingerchuk, MD, FAAN | Dr. Wingerchuk has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as a Consultant for Imcyse. Dr. Wingerchuk has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as a Consultant for Merck. Dr. Wingerchuk has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as a Consultant for TTY Biopharm. Dr. Wingerchuk has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as a Consultant for Reistone Biopharm. Dr. Wingerchuk has received personal compensation in the range of $10,000-$49,999 for serving on a Scientific Advisory or Data Safety Monitoring board for Horizon Therapeutics. Dr. Wingerchuk has received personal compensation in the range of $5,000-$9,999 for serving on a Scientific Advisory or Data Safety Monitoring board for Genentech. Dr. Wingerchuk has received personal compensation in the range of $10,000-$49,999 for serving on a Scientific Advisory or Data Safety Monitoring board for Roche. Dr. Wingerchuk has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving on a Scientific Advisory or Data Safety Monitoring board for Novartis. Dr. Wingerchuk has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving on a Scientific Advisory or Data Safety Monitoring board for Bristol Meyer Squibb. Dr. Wingerchuk has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving on a Scientific Advisory or Data Safety Monitoring board for UCB Pharma. Dr. Wingerchuk has received personal compensation in the range of $5,000-$9,999 for serving on a Scientific Advisory or Data Safety Monitoring board for AstraZeneca. Dr. Wingerchuk has received personal compensation in the range of $5,000-$9,999 for serving on a Scientific Advisory or Data Safety Monitoring board for Alexion. Dr. Wingerchuk has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving on a Scientific Advisory or Data Safety Monitoring board for Abcuro. Dr. Wingerchuk has received personal compensation in the range of $10,000-$49,999 for serving as an Editor, Associate Editor, or Editorial Advisory Board Member for Wolters Kluwers. | 
| Paul W. O'Connor, MD | No disclosure on file | 
| Alasdair Coles, MD, PhD | Dr. Coles has nothing to disclose. |