Midwest Teleconference Series
This free educational program series focuses on a different monthly topic October 2009 through September 2010. Keynote speakers include a variety of experts, speaking on topics covering all aspects of life with multiple sclerosis. These hour-long teleconferences will give you the opportunity to learn about a particular topic, and will have time at the end of each call for a question and answer period.
Dates: Second Monday of designated months
from October 2009 through September 2010
Time: 7:00 p.m. Central Time / 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time
|
Topic |
Keynote Speaker |
Date |
|
Intimacy and MS: Answers to the Questions You Always Wanted to Know but Were Too Afraid to Ask |
Heather Raznick, MSW, LCSW, Clinical Sex Therapist and Licensed Psychotherapist |
October 12, 2009 |
|
Eating Healthy and Staying Fit Though the Holidays |
Tony Maslan, CSCS |
November 9, 2009 |
|
Oral Medication Update |
Dr. Robert Naismith, John L. Trotter MS Center in St. Louis |
December 14, 2009 |
|
Update in MS Research, Genetics and Clinical Trials |
Dr. Patricia O’Looney, VP of Biomedical Research for NMSS |
January 11, 2010 |
|
Men’s Issues and MS |
Randall T. Schapiro, MD, Medical Director of the Schapiro Center for MS at the Minneapolis Clinic of Neurology |
February 8, 2010 |
|
Nutrition and MS |
Marla Brodsky, R.D., L.D. Handout - The Anti-Inflammatory Diet and MS |
March 8, 2010 |
|
Coping with Changes in Cognition |
Jared Bruce |
April 12, 2010 |
|
MS and the Urinary Tract |
Brett Trockman, M.D. |
May 10, 2010 |
|
Coping with Change |
Lisa Sworowski, Ph.D. |
June 14, 2010 |
|
Bowel Dysfunction and MS |
Douglas K. Rex, M.D., FACP, FACG, FASGE |
July 12, 2010 |
|
Progressive MS |
Dorothy Northrop, MSW, ACSW |
August 9, 2010 |
|
Navigating the SSDI Process |
Yvonne Ernzen, Erica Kiehnhoff, and Nicole Nielsen |
September 13, 2010 |
To register for any of the upcoming teleconferences, please call 1-800-344-4867, option#2 and ask for Heather Donegan.
You will be given the call-in information you need to participate when you call to register.
To listen to a recording from a Teleconference, please click here. For additional information on this series or to access the teleconference, please call the Chapter office at (800) 344-4867, option#2, or email Heather Donegan, Client Programs Coordinator.