Keynote Speaker: Jayne Ness, MD-PhD on “Pediatric MS”
Pediatric MS is a very promising avenues for MS research and we are very excited to have Dr. Jayne Ness, a Pediatric Neurologist, the Director of the Center for Pediatric Onset Demyelinating Disease at the Children’s Hospital of Alabama.
In 2006, the National MS Society established a nationwide network of six Pediatric MS Centers of Excellence to provide comprehensive evaluation and care to children and teens (up to age 18) with MS, and other related central nervous system (CNS) demyelinating disorders. The centers have multidisciplinary teams of adult and child specialists; ties to an adult MS center; staff to evaluate and address school and other psycho-social issues; support for families; and the ability to work collaboratively with other institutions in the network.
The Pediatric MS Centers of Excellence were established through the National MS Society’s Promise: 2010 initiative targeting vital MS research and care.