Training MS specialists: a banner year.Increasing the quality of care for people with MS goes hand-in-hand with training doctors and nurses to be MS specialists. The Multiple Sclerosis multiple sclerosis (MS), chronic, slowly progressive autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system attacks the protective myelin sheaths that surround the nerve cells of the brain and spinal cord (a process called demyelination), resulting in damaged areas Clinical Care Physician Fellowships Program encourages neurologists This is a list of the most important neurologists, with their dates of birth and death and nationality.
Society president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Joyce Nelson took action, speaking to chapters across the country. With help from the Allegheny District, Central New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt. , Gateway, and Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, chapters, all eight fellowships were funded. More MS rehab specialists More people in rehabilitation rehabilitation: see physical therapy. research means that more therapies and strategies will be developed to help people with MS maximize their abilities. To grow this area of research, the Society has launched a five-year fellowship to enable experienced MS rehabilitation specialists to recruit and train talented clinician-researchers. Nurses widen the circle Nurses with MS training not only provide higher-quality care for people with MS, they spread their knowledge to other staff wherever they work. Since 2003, the John Dystel Nursing Fellowship in Multiple Sclerosis has provided advanced training in MS care to two nurses every year. This year, the Fellowship is expanding with a new pilot program for nurses who work in Veteran Administration facilities. All in all, 2006 will see a dozen MDs and nurses engaged in long-term clinical fellowships in MS care. Short, but long on reach To spread the word to even more medical professionals, six short-term intensive training programs will educate up to forty physicians and nurses in MS care over the coming year. |
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