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You are invited to attend TSF’s old Hollywood-themed 5th NMO Awareness Gala Saturday, March 26, 2022 at 7 PM Mandarin Oriental, Boston We’ve set an ambitious goal to raise $250,000 to fund innovative, groundbreaking NMOSD/MOG-AD research through TSF’s SPARK & Unicorn Grants. Click here to view the research we’ve been able to fund thanks to […]
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On July 21, 2021, we gathered in person to celebrate 7 years of illuminating the darkness of neuromyelitis optica in Boston. With your support, we were able to raise over $22,000 to fund NMO/MOG-AD research! Cheers to more years of impact. See you at our 5th Annual NMO Awareness Gala set to take place in […]
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Let’s celebrate! March is NMO Awareness Month and we’re proud to share all of the ways you can get involved and help illuminate the darkness of neuromyelitis optica Join the Campaign Our #IYKYK NMO campaign will last all month long! Be part of the campaign by downloading and sharing our custom media assets on your social […]
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My name is Ryan. Three years ago, I was living the dream. I was happily married to my best friend, and we have three beautiful and perfectly healthy children. We all lived together in our new home in Westwood. For the past seventeen years I worked for what is now called Eversource Electric, the largest […]
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December 16, 2019 — The Sumaira Foundation for NMO (TSF) and The Elliot Lewis Center are pleased to announce their partnership as of December 2019. The organizations have a shared mission to enhance care and treatment of patients with neuromyelitis optica. The Sumaira Foundation for NMO TSF is a 501(c)(3) organization founded by an NMO […]
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The theme for Gala 2020 is “old Hollywood” in celebration of the premiere of our 5-year impact video! We’ve set an ambitious goal to raise $100,000 to fund innovative, groundbreaking NMO research through TSF’s SPARK & Unicorn Grants. Lauren Michaels & Gaetano Morello & HOST COMMITTEE Zachary Cohen | Sara Marsh | William […]
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December 5, 2019 – The Sumaira Foundation for NMO is pleased to welcome Joshua Katz, MD to its medical advisory board. Joshua Katz, MD Dr. Joshua Katz is the Co-Director of the Elliot Lewis Center in Wellesley, which treats over 2,500 patients with multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis optica, anti-MOG antibody syndrome, and other CNS demyelinating diseases. […]
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The NMO Clinic and Research Laboratory at Massachusetts General Hospital November 7, 2019 – Three board members of The Sumaira Foundation for NMO, Dr. Michael Levy, Dr. Marcelo Matiello, and Gabriela Romanow, are formally announcing the creation of The NMO Clinic and Research Laboratory at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). The Clinic is founded on three […]
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Imagine this: You’re driving on a highway, and suddenly, your hands stop working completely. You can’t grip the wheel. Imagine the terror and the confusion… And then imagine, that, thank goodness, your husband is in the car with you and takes over driving before you get into an accident. You assume something crazy happened and […]
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October 30, 2019 – The Sumaira Foundation for NMO is pleased to welcome Bart Chwalisz, MD to its medical advisory board. Bart Chwalisz, MD Dr. Chwalisz grew up in Poznan, Poland and later in Berlin, Germany before moving to the United States. After college, he taught and researched Medical Ethics at the University of Oxford, […]
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