“Welcome to the Greater Northwest Chapter”
Recorded: November 4, 2010
Time: 50 minutes
Size: 11MB
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 Presenters: 

• Trevis Gleason has been a Coast Guard navigator, food journalist and published author, a consultant, an award-winning chef and culinary instructor. Retired from a distinguished career and living in Seattle, Washington, Trevis has taken on the even larger challenge of living with Secondary-Progressive Multiple Sclerosis. He is an active volunteer for the National MS Society and lives with his wife, Caryn, and their "Pack" of three dogs, Sadie, Stella and Max, in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood. Trevis also posts a “Life with MS” blog on everydayhealth.com.
• Ray Heacox was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2003. At the time of those first symptoms, Ray was working as an executive for NBC in New York. Nearly a decade on, Ray has held several interesting positions and has made his way back home to the Pacific Northwest. Ray is also the chairman of the board of trustees of the newly re-monikered Greater Northwest Chapter of the National MS Society; offering programs, services and assistance to over 12 ,000 people living with a diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis and over 72,000 of their families, doctors and employers.

“Talking with Friends and Family about MS”
Recorded: December 2, 2010
Time: 61 minutes
Size: 13MB
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Presenter: Allison Shadday, LCSW
 Allison Shadday, LCSW, is a medical clinical social worker and is the author of the book MS and your Feelings: Handling the Ups and Downs of MS. She has counseled hundreds of people with MS and their families over the past 11 years, and was personally diagnosed with MS in 1994.
 

“Complimentary and Alternative Medicine for MS”
Recorded: January 7, 2011
Time: 57 minutes
Size: 11MB
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Presenter: Dr. Alan Bowling, MD, PhD
Dr. Bowling is Director of the Complementary and Alternative Medicine Service at the Colorado Neurological Institute (CNI). He is also Medical Director of the Multiple Sclerosis Service at CNI and Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology at the University of Colorado. 

“Getting the Most Out of Your Health Insurance”
Recorded: February 3, 2011
Time: 60 minutes
Size: 13MB
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Presenters:

• Liz Mercer, regional trainer, Statewide Health Insurance Benefits Advisors Helpline, Washington state Office of the Insurance Commissioner
• Elizabeth Pelley, Greater Northwest Chapter trustee and former insurance company executive
• John Wood, attorney and consumer advocate

“Dealing with the Emotional and Mental Aspects of MS”
Recorded: March 3, 2011
Time: 58 minutes
Size: 12MB
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Presenter: Dawn Ehde, PhD
Dr. Ehde is a clinical psychologist and Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington. She has conducted studies on the treatment of pain and depression in persons living with MS. These studies have revealed that many people with MS are eager to learn additional ways of managing their pain, mood, and/or fatigue but are often unable to access such care.

“My Body and MS – Keep Moving Forward!”
Recorded: April 7, 2011
Time: 48 minutes
Size: 10MB
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Presenter: Craig Smith, PT
Craig Smith went to college at WSU and graduated from physical therapy school in Texas. Craig has been working with Group Health as head of the PT department for 20 years. He routinely works with MS patients and has had an enjoyable and understandably challenging time with all of his MS patients. Craig is also contracted with a State facility for the disabled and mentally handicapped and works in two group homes. He is on the advisory board for the National MS Society, Inland Northwest Chapter in Spokane, Washington.

Session 3: “Finding the Right Program and Getting Started”
Recorded: January 26, 2010
Time: 1 hour, 15 minutes
Size: 59MB
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Presenters:

• Kurt Johnson, PhD is a professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Washington.
• Joe Stuckey, MS, CRC is a nationally certified Rehabilitation Counselor with over 13 years of clinical experience at the University of Washington Medical Center (UWMC).
• Barney Fleming, PhD, ATP is a training and information specialist with the Northwest ADA Center, University of Washington.
• Conrad Kuehn, MA is a training and information specialist and MIS/IT specialist with the Northwest ADA Center and the Center for Continuing Education in Rehabilitation, University of Washington.

Session 2: "And if it's not working..."
Recorded: May 18, 2010
Length: 60 minutes
Size: 15MB
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Presenters:

• Bob Fraser, Ph.D.,CRC a counseling and rehabilitation psychologist and a certified rehabilitation counselor.
• Andrea Brenneke is a University of Washington alum and a cum laude graduate of the Harvard Law School. She practices law at the Seattle firm of MacDonald, Hoague and Bayless where she specializes in employment law and civil rights litigation as well as facilitation of creative solutions to several workplace issues.
• Laurie Ford, MS is the Director of the Region 10 TACE Center, coordinating training and technical assistance activities to VR agencies and their partners in Alaska, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.

Presenters:

• Pavle Repovic, MD, PhD is a MS specialist at the Swedish Neuroscience Institute in Seattle. He received his neurology training at Cornell-New York Presbyterian Hospital, followed by a fellowship in MS and neuroimmunology at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. He has been involved in a number of clinical trials of novel treatments for MS. Dr. Repovic is a recipient of the Sylvia Lawry Physician Fellowship grant from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
• Shana Johnson, MD is a physical medicine and rehabilitation physician who specializes in the management and rehabilitation of multiple sclerosis. She received her medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin and completed a physical medicine and rehabilitation residency at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. She completed a multiple sclerosis fellowship at the University of Washington Medical Center under George H Kraft, MD. She relocated to the Olympia area following the completion of her fellowship and joined the Providence Physical Medicine group in the fall of 2009.

• Ted Thompson recently joined the Society's Public Policy Office as the new Vice President of Federal Government Relations. Prior to this position he was Senior Vice President of Public Policy and Mission Advancement for the Minnesota Chapter where he oversaw public policy, chapter programs and client services. Ted has extensive federal public policy background including 9 years work for two Members of Congress including 5 years as chief of staff. He learned health policy both as a Congressional staffer and during a stint as Legislative Counsel and Director of Federal Legislation for the Minnesota Medical Association. As a one-time candidate for office he also brings the perspective of a candidate focused on earning votes. He has joined the federal team at a particularly busy time with the ongoing debt ceiling issues, federal budget deficits, and a difficult political environment.
• Dr. Lily Jung Henson, MD, MMM, FAAN is the Medical Director of the Neurology Clinic at Swedish Neuroscience Institute (SNI) in Issaquah and a member of the MS Center at SNI. Lily is the chief of neurology at Swedish Hospital and sits on the Government Relations Committee of the American Academy of Neurology and the Board of the BrainPAC. She is on the Federal Activism Council of the National MS Society and currently serves on the National Board of Directors for the National MS Society.