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Posted by: The Sumaira Foundation in News & Announcements
On June 8th, 2025, TSF hosted a Patient Day for NMOSD & MOGAD in Washington DC in collaboration with Dr. Benjamin Osborne at the Georgetown University Conference Center (Thomas & Dorothy Leavey Center). Our in-person event hosted 75+ attendees including patients, caregivers, clinicians, advocates and industry representatives. Clinician experts joined us from MedStar Health, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Children’s National Hospital and UVA Health.
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MEET OUR PATIENT & CAREGIVER PANELISTS
Brian (MOGAD) | Carla (NMOSD) | Dini (MOGAD caregiver) | Ilona (NMOSD) | Johane (NMOSD)
Maggie (NMOSD caregiver) | Nell (NMOSD) | Scott (NMOSD caregiver) | Star (MOGAD) | Uneka (NMOSD)
MEET OUR CLINICIAN SPEAKERS
Faria Amjad, MD (MedStar Health / Georgetown University) | Brenda Banwell, MD, FRCPC, FAAN (Johns Hopkins Medicine) | Elizabeth Brown, MD (MedStar Health / Georgetown University) | Hillary Cohen, LICSW, LISW-C, LCSW (MedStar Health / Georgetown University) | Cole Hague, PhD (Children’s National Hospital) | Ilana Kahn, MD (Children’s National Hospital) | Luis Manrinque, MBBS, MD (MedStar Health / Georgetown University) | Benjamin Osborne, MD (MedStar Health / Georgetown University) | Robert Shin MD (UVA Health) | Elias Sotirchos, MD (Johns Hopkins Medicine)
SPECIAL THANKS
Volunteers: Karin Kenda, Alisann Tatemi, Andrea Thomas and David Wang
ASL Interpreters: Bethany Anderson, Carolyn Boykins and Kaylee Teixeira
Vendors: Georgetown University Catering, Bluestreet Productions (AV), No Admission LLC (Photography) and Lee’s Flower Shop
THIS EVENT WAS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM
Amgen (platinum sponsor), Alexion, Genentech and UCB
