Aug 26, 2009
Annual meeting features satellite location in Kent County
Carla Koss
Thanks to live videoconferencing technology, members of the Delaware Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society—statewide—can stay close to home and still take part in the chapter’s annual meeting on Saturday, October 24, at the Ammon Medical Education Center on the campus at Christiana Hospital in Newark.
Featured for the first time this year, the videoconference will include participants at a satellite location in Kent County: Kent General Hospital, 640 South State Street, Dover. Like the participants in Newark, Kent County residents who attend the satellite location will also enjoy lunch, the chapter’s recognition awards ceremony and annual meeting, and a client-focused discussion about MS research. Scheduled to present their research are
• Bibiana Bielekova, M.D., an expert on immunology and MS;
• Lee Schacter, PH.D., M.D., who will present an overview of drug development;
• Tim Coetzee, PH.D., who will address the nature of future research; and
• Amy Waldman, M.D., a pediatric MS specialist from The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
The cost is $5.00 per person, and anyone who wants to attend needs to register by October 9 either online at www.MSdelaware.org or by calling (302) 655-5610.
About multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis, an unpredictable, often-disabling disease of the central nervous system, interrupts the flow of information within the brain and between the brain and the body. Symptoms range from numbness and tingling to blindness and paralysis. The progress, severity, and specific symptoms of MS in any one person cannot yet be predicted, but advances in research and treatment are moving us closer to a world free of MS.
Most people with MS are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50 with at least two to three times more women than men being diagnosed with the disease. MS affects more than 400,000 people in the U.S.; more than 1,500 Delawareans have been diagnosed.
About the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
MS stops people from moving; the National MS Society exists to make sure it doesn’t. We help each person address the challenges of living with MS. In 2007 alone, through our home office and 50-state network of chapters, we devoted more than $136 million to programs that enhanced more than one million lives. To move us closer to a world free of MS, the Society also invested more than $50 million to support 440 research projects around the world. We are people who want to do something about MS—NOW. Join the Movement at www.nationalMSsociety.org.
Early and ongoing treatment with an FDA-approved therapy can make a difference for people with multiple sclerosis. Learn about the options by talking to a health-care professional and then contacting the National MS Society at www.nationalMSsociety.org or at 800-FIGHT-MS (800-344-4867). In Delaware, call (302) 655-5610. Or visit www.MSdelaware.org.