Meet Our Team

Orhan Aktas

Medical Advisory Board Member

Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf
Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf
NEMOS (Neuromyelitis Optica Study Group)

Fluent in German and Turkish

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Salman Aljarallah

Medical Advisory Board Member

King Saud University (KSU)
King Saud University Medical City (King Khalid University Hospital / KKUH)

Fluent in Arabic

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Jefferson Becker

Medical Advisory Board Member

Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)
Hospital São Lucas (HSL)
InsCer (Brain Institute of Rio Grande do Sul)
BCTRIMS (Brazilian Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis)
LACTRIMS (Latin American Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis)
European Charcot Foundation

Fluent in French, Portuguese and Spanish

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Jeffrey Bennett

Medical Advisory Board Member

University of Colorado School of Medicine (Anschutz Medical Campus)
Rocky Mountain MS Center
UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital

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Fabienne Brilot

Medical Advisory Board Member

University of Sydney
Children's Hospital at Westmead
Institute for Neuroscience and Muscle Research (INMR)
International Society of Neuroimmunology (ISNI)

Fluent in French

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Stacey Clardy

Medical Advisory Board Member

University of Utah
Salt Lake City Veterans Affairs Health System
Primary Children's Hospital
American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
NeuroNEXT Clinical Trials Network

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Álvaro Cobo-Calvo

Medical Advisory Board Member

CEMCAT (Centre d'Esclerosi Múltiple de Catalunya / Multiple Sclerosis Center of Catalonia)
Vall d'Hebron University Hospital / Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Fluent in Spanish

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Eoin P. Flanagan

Medical Advisory Board Member

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

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José Flores

Medical Advisory Board Member

National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery (INNN)
ABC Medical Center (The American British Cowdray Medical Center)
National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
National Academy of Medicine (Mexico)

Fluent in Spanish

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Kazuo Fujihara

Medical Advisory Board Member

Fukushima Medical University
Southern TOHOKU Research Institute for Neuroscience (STRINS)
Tohoku University
Multiple Sclerosis International Federation (MSIF)
European Charcot Foundation (ECF)
PACTRIMS (Pan-Asian Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis)
Japanese Society for Neuroimmunology (JSNI)

Fluent in Japanese

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Joachim Havla

Medical Advisory Board Member

LMU Hospital / Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich)
NEMOS (Neuromyelitis Optica Study Group)

Fluent in German

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Sarosh Irani

Medical Advisory Board Member

Mayo Clinic, Florida
University of Oxford
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
Autoimmune Encephalitis Alliance
Brain (journal)
Diagnostic and Advisory Service for Neuromyelitis Optica

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Ho Jin Kim

Medical Advisory Board Member

National Cancer Center (NCC)
National Cancer Center Graduate School of Cancer Science & Policy
PACTRIMS (Pan-Asian Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis)
Korean Society of Neuroimmunology
Multiple Sclerosis Journal
Journal of Clinical Neurology

Fluent in Korean

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Michael Levy

Chairman, Medical Advisory Board

Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School

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Romain Marignier

Medical Advisory Board Member

Hospices Civils de Lyon / Neurological Hospital of Lyon (Hôpital Pierre Wertheimer)
MIRCEM (French Referral Center for Rare Inflammatory Disorders of the Central Nervous System)
NOMADMUS
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
INSERM Unit 1028 / Lyon Neuroscience Research Centre (CRNL)
MEDEN

Fluent in French

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Sara Mariotto

Medical Advisory Board Member

Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona (AOUI Verona)
University of Verona
International Clinical Consortium for the Study of NMOSD
European Academy of Neurology (EAN)
Immunologic Research (journal)
MEDEN

Fluent in Italian

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Marcelo Matiello

Medical Advisory Board Member

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)
Harvard Medical School
Nantucket Cottage Hospital
Mass General Brigham Teleneurology Program

Fluent in Portuguese

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José Avila Ornelas

Medical Advisory Board Member

Puerto Rico Multiple Sclerosis Center (at HIMA San Pablo, Caguas)
University of Puerto Rico (UPR)
Hospital Menonita Caguas

Fluent in Spanish

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Jacqueline Palace

Medical Advisory Board Member

University of Oxford — Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
National NMO Service (jointly with Walton Centre, Liverpool)
National Congenital Myasthenia Service
European Charcot Foundation
European Reference Network (ERN-Euro-NMD)
MEDEN

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Lekha Pandit

Medical Advisory Board Member

Nitte University (Nitte Deemed to be University) / KS Hegde Medical Academy
Mangalore Demyelinating Disease Registry (MANDDIR)
PACTRIMS (Pan-Asian Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis)
International Panel for NMOSD Diagnosis (IPND)
MS International Federation (MSIF)
National Academy of Science India (NASI)

Fluent in Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam

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Friedemann Paul

Medical Advisory Board Member

Charité — Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC)
Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC)
NeuroCure Clinical Research Center
Clinical and Experimental MS Research Centre (Charité)
MEDEN
NEMOS (German NMOSD Study Group)

Fluent in German

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Sudarshini Ramanathan

Medical Advisory Board Member

University of Sydney
Concord Hospital (Concord Repatriation General Hospital)
University of Oxford — Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Australasian MOGAD Study Group
NHMRC (National Health and Medical Research Council)

Fluent in Tamil

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Dalia Rotstein

Medical Advisory Board Member

University of Toronto
St. Michael's Hospital / Unity Health Toronto
Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute
CANOPTICS
NIRVE (Neurology International Residents Videoconferencing Exchange)
Frontiers in Neurology

Fluent in French and Hebrew

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Sara Salama

Medical Advisory Board Member

Alexandria University
University College London (UCL)

Fluent in Arabic

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Fu-Dong Shi

Medical Advisory Board Member

Tianjin Medical University General Hospital
Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University
Beijing-Tianjin Center for Neuroinflammation (BTCN)
Chinese Neurological Association
European Charcot Foundation
Academia Europaea
Charité — Universitätsmedizin Berlin
PACTRIMS

Fluent in Mandarin

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Patrick Waters

Medical Advisory Board Member

University of Oxford — Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Oxford Autoimmune Neurology Group
NHS Specialised Services for Neuromyelitis Optica

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Mitzi Joi Williams

Medical Advisory Board Member

Joi Life Wellness Group MS Center
Morehouse School of Medicine
Joi Life Foundation
National African American Multiple Sclerosis Registry (NAAMSR)
Grady Health System

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E. Ann Yeh

Medical Advisory Board Member

The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)
University of Toronto
IMSVisual
Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders (MSARD)
Neurology and Multiple Sclerosis Journal
Ontario Institute for Regenerative Medicine (OIRM)

Fluent in French, Japanese and Mandarin

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