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Paula B. Bellin, MD Dr. Paula Bellin is a board certified urologist with a special interest in female urology, incontinence, and kidney stones. In private practice in Worcester, MA, she is on staff at UMass Memorial Medical Center. She is also a member of the Chapter's Clinical Advisory Committee.
 Linda Y. Buchwald, MD Dr. Linda Buchwald is board certified in psychiatry and neurology, and is Chief of Neurology at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Mass. In addition to her private practice in neurology, she is the Medical Director of the Mount Auburn Hospital Multiple Sclerosis Care Center and a member of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Greater New England Chapter, Clinical Advisory Committee.
 Tanuja Chitnis, MD Dr. Tanuja Chitnis is the Director of the Partners Pediatric MS Center at the Mass General Hospital for Children. She also sees adult patients with MS at the Brigham and Women's Hospital. She is a member of the International Pediatric MS Workgroup, has written many publications and reviews related to multiple sclerosis, and is actively involved in several research projects to help to better understand and treat MS in children.
David M. Dawson, MD Dr. David Dawson is Director, Partners Neurology Residency Program; Chairman, Clinical Advisory Committee, National MS Society, Greater New England Chapter. He is a neurologist at the Brigham and Women's Hospital MS Clinical Center.
 Ellen Lathi, MD Dr. Ellen Lathi is Director of the MS Center at St Elizabeth's in Boston and a staff neurologist at Caritas St Elizabeth's Medical Center. She is an assistant professor of Neurology at Tufts University and is a member of the Chapter's Clinical Advisory Committee.
 James R. Lehrich, MD Dr. James Lehrich. Board Certification: Neurology; Medical Education: Harvard Medical School, MD; Provider Type: Specialist Clinical Interests: Multiple Sclerosis, Spinal Cord Diseases, Back Pain.
 David Moultrup, LICSW David Moultrup is a member of the Chapter's Clinical Advisory Committee and Mental Health Network. He is a Social Worker in private practice in Belmont, Mass.
 David J. Rintell, EdD Dr. David Rintell is a clinical psychologist at the MS Clinical Centers at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and at the Metrowest Medical Center in Framingham, Mass. He also has a private practice in Brookline, and is a member of the Chapter's Clinical Advisory Committee.
 Peter Riskind, MD, PhD Dr. Peter Riskind is the Medical Director of the Multiple Sclerosis Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center, has conducted several MS research studies and is a member of the Chapter's Clinical Advisory Committee.
 Arthur Safran, MD Dr. Arthur Safran is a neurologist in private practice in Framingham, Mass. He is the Medical Director of the MetroWest Medical Center MS Clinic and a member of the Chapter's Clinical Advisory Committee.
 Lynn Stazzone, RN, MS, NP Lynn Stazzone is a nurse practitioner with 15 years experience as a clinician in MS clinical settings. She sees patients at the Brigham & Women's Hospital MS Center in Boston, and at the MetroWest Medical Center MS Clinic in Framingham, and has served on the Chapter's Program Advisory Committee for the last seven years.
 Richard Toran, MD Dr. Richard Toran is Chief of Neurology Services at the Newton-Wellesley Hospital and Medical Director of the Newton Wellesley Hospital Multiple Sclerosis Clinic. He is a member of the chapter's Clinical Advisory Committee and an assistant professor at Tufts University School of Medicine.