Midwest Teleconference Series
Second Monday of every month, 8-9 pm EST
The 2011-2012 Midwest Teleconference Series is brought to you through a collaboration of the Midwest Region Chapters of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society serving Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North and South Dakota and Wisconsin. There is no charge for these calls but registration is required. Participation is limited for each call.
Each month an MS Specialist will provide up-to-date information on a specific topic in a one-hour teleconference format. Educate yourself from the comfort of your own home for FREE.
Partially underwritten by a grant from Novartis.
Please note that the link to the teleconference survey is located beneath each teleconference link.
EATING FOR HEALTHY LIVING WITH MS with Laurel Valentino, RN, Director of Neuroscience, Methodist Hospital
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Monday, November 14, 2011 at 8-9pm
HOT FLASH OR MS MOMENT? with Dr. Susan Rubin, Neurology Instructor, Northwestern Healthcare System
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Monday, December 12, 2011 at 8-9pm
YOU ARE NOT ALONE with Dr. A.S. Aniskiewicz, Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology, Michigan State University
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Monday, January 9, 2012 at 8-9pm
MAKING CONNECTIONS THRU SOCIAL NETWORKING with Erin Bickus, Founder of Empowered Living Social Media based Support Group and Bike Coordinator, Greater Illinois Chapter
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Monday, February 13, 2012 at 8-9pm
WHAT ABOUT PROGRESSIVE MS with Dorothy Northrup, MSW, ACSW, Vice President of Research and Clinical Operations, National MS Society
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Monday, March 12, 2012 at 8- 9pm
RESEARCH: WHERE ARE WE NOW, WHERE ARE WE GOING?
with Dr. Rana Zabad, Neurologist, University of Nebraska Medical Center MS Clinic
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Monday, April 9, 2012 at 8-9pm
MAXIMIZING YOUR PHYSICAL THERAPY FOR OPTIMUM BENEFIT with Dr. Deborah Silkwood-Sherer, Physical Therapist, Central Michigan University
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Monday, May 14, 2012 at 8-9pm
ME, MYSELF AND I: THE ART OF BEING YOUR OWN CARE PARTNER with Marcia Finlayson, PhD, OT (C), OTR/L, Clinical Assistant Professor and Academic Fieldwork Coordinator, Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Illinois at Chicago
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Monday, June 11, 2012 at 8-9pm
GIVE YOURSELF A HAND: TOOLS FOR EVERYDAY LIFE with Kate Collins, PT, Madonna Rehabilitation, Lincoln, Nebraska and Tabatha Sorenson, OTD, OTR/L
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Monday, July 9, 2012 at 8-9pm
THE CYCLE OF MS SYMPTOMS AND THEIR EFFECT ON BOWEL AND BLADDER with Colleen Berding, RN, Missouri VA Hospital
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Monday, August 13, 2012 at 8-9pm
SPASTICITY, WHAT’S UNDER YOUR CONTROL with Dr. Arthur Itkin, Neurologist, Neurologic Associates
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Monday, September 10, 2012 at 8-9pm
MS WHAT A PAIN with Heidi Maloni, PhD, ANP-BC, MSCN, Veterans Affairs Medical Center
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