Dr. Sylvie Destian spoke at this morning's Grand Rounds on the topic of 'Imaging of Multiple Sclerosis'. She is a neuroradiologist at SUNY Syracuse and will be associated with the new MRI facility on the 3rd floor. This talk focused primarily on specialized imaging techniques for the clinical evaluation of Multiple Sclerosis as well as techniques for MS research. She also discussed the various disorders which can appear similar to MS on MRI.
Please check out the center’s new Facebook page! Click “LIKE” on the IMSMP’s site page www.facebook.com/IMSMP and help support the battle against Multiple Sclerosis. You can also help spread the news of our page to friends and family by updating your status with a direct link to the page for others to see.
Our third floor expansion plans are well under way!! We hope to have the MRI facility up and running after the New Year. For a preview, click on the link below, which leads to renditions provided by our architectural firm, Yoshihara McKee, who were also our original architects for the Center.
http://www.yoshiharamckee.com/PROJECTS/institutional/imsmp2.html
Dr. James Stark presented the following article at Journal Club this week:
Daclizumab in Active Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis (CHOICE study): A phase 2, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, add-on trial with IFN-beta.
We are pleased to announce that construction has resumed on the first part of our expansion! MS Imaging of New York will consist of two 3-tesla MRI machines, which will provide exceptional quality images just steps away from your physician's office. Patients can choose to have their MRI right before their doctor's visit so that they will no longer have to wait to review the images with their physician. Furthermore, MRI's may be incorporated into emergency visits if necessary to expedite that process.
Our planned opening is after Thanksgiving of this year.
Congratulations to our employee of the month, Jennifer Norman! Jennifer has worked tirelessly as our comptroller to secure funding for expansion and to manage the human resources needs of our ever-growing staff. Moreover, as a first for our organization, Jennifer deferred the honor to recognize her colleague, Umar Sadiq, for all of his work.
Congratulations to both of them!
Dr. Andrew Sylvester presented the following article at Journal Club this week: “Differential effects of fingolimod (FTY720) on immune cells in the CSF and blood of patients with MS” by Kowarik et al in Neurology (2011). The discussion focused on the effect of fingolimod on various immune cell types in the brain and cerebrospinal fluid.
