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Presentations

Below are presentations and posters at conferences and meetings that have resulted from TSF-funded research

2024

Efficacy of Disease Modifying Therapies in Double Seronegative Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder
Joao Vitor Mahler, Gerome Vallejos, Takahisa Mikami, Philippe-Antoine Bilodeau, Guilherme Silva, Samira Apostolos-Pereira, Bruna Leles, Giovanna Manzano, Dagoberto Callegaro, Marcelo Matiello and Michael Levy
MGH Neurology Resident Retreat – Boston, Massachusetts
Underemployment, Work Hour Reduction, and Income Loss: An International, Multi-Centered, Cohort Study of Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder
Andrew Siyoon Ham, Isabella Gomez Hjerthen, Decai Tian, Hongfei Gu, Wen Gao, Akshatha Sudhir, Lekha Pandit, Y. Muralidhar Reddy, Jagarlapudi Muralikrishna Murthy, Sharareh Eskandarieh, Mohammad Ali Sahraian, Saeideh Ayoubi, Roberto Rodríguez Rivas, Francisco González-González, José de Jesús Flores Rivera, Enedina Oliveira, Raquel Paiva Portugal, Paloma Peter Travassos Zaidan, Shanthi Viswanathan, Karina Koh, Su-Yin Lim, Punchika Kosiyakul, Jiraporn Jitprapaikulsan, Sasitorn Siritho, Saúl Reyes, Jaime Toro, Jairo Gaitán, Deyanira Ramirez, Raúl Comme, Josmarlin Medina Baez, Maria Castillo, Ibis Soto, Sandra Mendoza de Salazar, Omaira Molina, Amany Hussein Ragab, Amr Mohamed Fouad, Nirmeen Adel Kishk, Juan Ignacio Rojas, Edgardo Cristiano, Liliana Patrucco, Bade Güleç, Ugur Uygunoglu, Melih Tutuncu, Aksel Siva, Amelia Yun Yi Aw, Kevin Tan, Tianrong Yeo, Raed Alroughani, Samar Farouk Ahmed, Malak Almojel, Jera Kruja, Ariola Verlaku, Olga Qirjako, Riwanti Estiasari, Kartika Maharani, Saif Huda, Patricia Kelly, Raffaele Iorio, Eleonora Sabatelli, Alvaro Cobo-Calvo, Georgina Arrambide, Javier Villacieros Álvarez, Simon Broadley, Unnah Leitner, Fodé Abass Cissé, Mohamed Lamine Touré, Kab Conde and Farrah Mateen.
ECTRIMS 2024 – Copenhagen, Denmark
Employment and its Associations in an International Cohort of Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibody Disease
Andrew Siyoon Ham, Isabella Gomez Hjerthen, Akshatha Sudhir, Lekha Pandit, Y Muralidhar Reddy, Jagarlapudi Muralikrishna Murthy, De-Cai Tian, Hongfei Gu, Wen Gao, Simon A. Broadley, Unnah Leitner, Amelia Yun Yi Aw, Kevin Tan, Tianrong Yeo, Saúl Reyes, Jaime Toro, Jairo Gaitán, Deyanira Altagracia Ramírez, Raúl Comme-Debroth, Josmarlin Patricia Medina Báez, Bade Gulec, Ugur Uygunoglu, Melih Tutuncu, Aksel Siva, Raffaele Iorio, Eleonora Sabatelli, Saif Huda, Patricia Kelly, Juan Ignacio Rojas, Edgardo Cristiano, Liliana Patrucco, Enedina Maria Lobato de Oliveira, Raquel Paiva Portugal, Paloma Peter Travassos Zaidan, Shanthi Viswanathan, Karina Koh, Su-Yin Lim, Seungwon Lee, and Farrah J. Mateen, MD
AAN Summer Conference 2024 – Atlanta, Georgia
NMOSD Patients Transitioning from Adolescent to Adult Care: A Multi-institutional Database Analysis in the United States
Melissa A. Wright, Ka-Ho Wong, Trieste Francis, Abigail Sorenson, Tammy L. Smith, John Rose and Stacey L. Clardy
AAN 2024 Annual Meeting – Denver, Colorado
Comparison of Depression and Anxiety in Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disease and Multiple Sclerosis Patients: Analysis of two National Datasets
Abigail H. Sorenson, Esther Zeng, Heewon Hwang, Tammy L. Smith, Melissa Wright, Aditi Sharma, Trieste Francis, John Rose, Ka-Ho Wong and Stacey L. Clardy
AAN 2024 Annual Meeting – Denver, Colorado
Frequency of Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder Correlated Symptoms: A pre and post diagnosis comparison from a National Dataset
Abigail H. Sorenson, Esther Zeng, Tammy L. Smith, Melissa Wright, Aditi Sharma, Trieste Francis, John Rose, Ka-Ho Wong and Stacey L. Clardy
AAN 2024 Annual Meeting – Denver, Colorado
Depression and Anxiety in Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disease (NMOSD): Analysis of a National Dataset
Esther Zeng, Abigail H. Sorenson, Tammy L. Smith, Melissa Wright, Aditi Sharma, Trieste Francis, John Rose, Ka-Ho Wong and Stacey L. Clardy
AAN 2024 Annual Meeting – Denver, Colorado

2023

Underemployment, Work Hour Reduction and Income Loss: A Global, Multi-centered, Cohort Study of Neuromyelitis Optica
Isabella Gomez Hjerthen
World Congress of Neurology 2023 – Montreal, Canada
Recipient of Elselvier – Best Clinical Paper Awards
The Influence of Misdiagnosis of Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder and Multiple Sclerosis: Multi-institutional Database Analysis in the United States
Ka-Ho Wong, Abigail Sorenson, Heewon Hwang, Trieste Francis, Sarah Germaine, Melissa Wright, Jonathan Galli, Robert Kadish, Julia Klein, M. Mateo Paz Soldan, John Greenlee, John Rose, Tammy L. Smith and Stacey L. Clardy
World Congress of Neurology 2023 – Montreal, Canada
Oral presentation
Recommendations on NMOSD Treatment in Latin America: Consensus-based RAND/UCLA methodology
Ricardo Alonso & Lorna Galleguillos
MSMilan 2023 – Milan, Italy
Misdiagnosis of Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder as Multiple Sclerosis: Multi-institutional Database Analysis in the United States
Ka-Ho Wong, Abigail Sorenson, Heewon Hwang, Trieste Francis, Sarah Germaine, Melissa Wright, Jonathan Galli, Robert Kadish, Julia Klein, M. Mateo Paz Soldan, John Greenlee, John Rose,  Tammy L. Smith and Stacey L. Clardy
MSMilan 2023 – Milan, Italy
Presymptomatic Aquaporin-4 (AQP4) Autoantibody Seropositivity in NMOSD: Analysis of the Department of Defense Serum Repository (DoDSR)
Tammy L. Smith, MD, PhD
AAN 2023 Annual Meeting – Boston, Massachusetts
Predictors of Unemployment in Patients with NMO: Interim Results of a Global Cohort
C. M. Trápaga Hacker, A. Shirkoohi, I. D. Soto, O. M. Molina, S. C. Mendoza, R. Rodríguez-Rivas, J. F. González, R. Alroughani, S. F. Ahmed, M. AlMojel, S. Reyes, J. Toro, J. Gaitán, N. A. Kishk, A. H. Ragab, A. M. Fouad, S. Viswanathan, K. Koh, F. A. Cisse and F. J. Mateen
ACTRIMS Forum 2023 – San Diego, California
Pattern of Cognitive Dysfunction Associated with Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) and Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibody-Associated Disease (MOGAD)
Edward Wilson, Jamie McDonald, Neda Sattarnezhad, Esther Nie, Anna Tomczak, Julia Sumera, Yamuna Joseph, Sujatha Kalle, Tara Sarkar, Lucas Kipp, Christopher Lock, Jeffrey E. Dunn, Gayle Deutsch, Luka Vlahovic and May H. Han
ACTRIMS Forum 2023 – San Diego, California
Impact of NMOSD on Employment: A Global Survey
C. M. Trápaga Hacker, I. Gomez Hjerthen, A. Shirkoohi, I. D. Soto de Castillo, O. M. Molina, S. C. Mendoza, R. Rodríguez-Rivas, J. F. González, R. A. Alroughani, S. F. Ahmed, M. B. AlMojel, S. Reyes, J. Toro, J. Gaitán, N. Adel Kishk, A. Hussein Ragab, A. M. Fouad, S. Viswanathan, K. Koh, F. A. Cisse and F. J. Mateen
ACTRIMS Forum 2023 – San Diego, California
Estimating the prevalence of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder using 28.7 million electronic health records from the United States
Jacqueline K. Shaia and Farren Briggs
ACTRIMS Forum 2023 – San Diego, California

2020

Therapeutic Response in Pediatric Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder
Raffaella Pizzolato Umeton, MD MMSc
MSVirtual 2020

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