Ask an MS Expert Program Series
The Ask an MS Expert program series provides an opportunity to learn more about multiple sclerosis from top MS experts. Programs focus on trending topics related to the MS community. Experts answer your questions and MS Navigators provide live resource support throughout each program.
Programs are recorded so that you can view them as your schedule allows. Check out previous episodes below. Closed caption is available live on Facebook and on the Society’s
YouTube channel.
Veterans Program: Managing Anxiety and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Tuesday, May 17 | 1:00 p.m. ET – 2:00 p.m. ET
Join us for a conversation to learn about the impact of anxiety and PTSD on Veterans living with multiple sclerosis and steps to take for living well with anxiety. Presenters will include Steven Erickson, a Licensed Clinical Neuropsychologist at Greenville Veterans Affairs Health Care Center in North Carolina and Lisa Lynn, a military Veteran and private practitioner and owner of Dove Wellness and Counseling, LLC.
Spanish Program: El Embarazo y la Esclerosis Múltiple
Wed., May 18 | 7:00 p.m. ET – 8:00 p.m. ET
La EM se diagnostica comúnmente a una edad, cuando muchas personas están en el proceso de tomar decisiones importantes de la vida como comenzar una familia. En este programa estará con nosotros la Dra. Ingrid Loma-Miller, neuróloga, especialista en EM, y estaremos conversando acerca de las dudas que muchas mujeres, y sus parejas, tienen sobre el impacto de la EM en el embarazo.
How to Manage the Cost of MS
Friday, May 20 | 1:00 p.m. ET – 1:30 p.m. ET
A new study titled, The Economic Burden of Multiple Sclerosis in the United States, shows the average total cost of living with multiple sclerosis is $88,487 per year and the annual economic burden, the cost to all of society, is $85.4 billion. Join us and Sherry Perry, Director of Benefits, Employment and Insurance at the National MS Society, who will share some strategies and resources to help us understand how to manage the high cost of MS.
Quarterly Veterans Program