Faculty:
Guy J. Buckle, MD, MPH (Course Chair)
Director of Clinical Care
Partners MS Center
Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Aaron Boster, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
Pat Kennedy, RN, CNP, MSCN
Nurse Educator & Programs Consultant
Can Do Multiple Sclerosis
Gainesville, Virginia
Lynn Stazzone, RN, MSN, NP, MSCN
Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Specialist
Partners Multiple Sclerosis Center
Brookline, MA
Metrowest Medical Center
Multiple Sclerosis Center
Framingham, MA
Reviewer:
Ronald A. Codario, MD (Recertification review on 11/13/15)
Disclosures:
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Planning Committee and Faculty members report the following relationship(s) which are accurate at the time of original content release (May 2, 2014):
Guy J. Buckle, MD, MPH
Consulting Fee: Bayer, Biogen-IDEC, EMD Serono, Genzyme, Novartis and Teva Pharmaceuticals
Speakers Bureau: EMD Serono, Novartis and Teva Pharmaceuticals
Aaron Boster, MD
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Pat Kennedy, RN, CNP, MSCN
Consulting Fee: Biogen Idec, Genzyme, Questcor
Lynn Stazzone, RN, MSN, NP
Consulting Fee: Genzyme, Teva Pharmaceuticals
Reviewer reports the following relationship(s):
Ronald A. Codario, MD
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
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