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Building the Future of MS Care It is currently estimated that more than 400,000 Americans and 2.5 million people worldwide are living with MS. In order for MS patients to continue receiving the best care for generations to come, it is imperative that the workforce of MS healthcare professionals be large enough to meet the growing demands. The CMSC has focused on aggressively recruiting and training the community of dedicated specialists in the field. Our goal is to encourage medical students and other healthcare professionals to choose MS as an initial focus of study or to pursue more advanced and specialized training as part of their studies. Recipients are able to apply new skills and share knowledge with colleagues within their academic institution and practice settings.      
     
By increasing the number of well-trained healthcare professionals in MS, and ensuring that they are well-trained and well-prepared, we can continue to deliver the finest care, improve the quality of life for patients and families living with MS, and ultimately find a cure.  
For the CMSC to continue providing comprehensive care and specialized services to MS patients, it is paramount that the community of MS professionals has access to specialized training. Click here to make a donation to support an FCMSC Annual Meeting scholar.
The Foundation of the CMSC funds scholarships for - Neurology residents,
- MS Fellows,
- Research Scholarships for medical students
Recipients of Neurology Resident and Fellows annual meeting scholarships are able to apply new skills and share knowledge with colleagues within their academic institutions and practice settings. Click here to see the list of 2011 Annual Meeting Resident and Fellow Scholars. FCMSC Research Scholarships for Medical Students    
  One of the most promising ways to build a committed and competent MS Workforce of the Future is to expose students to new challenges under the mentorship of top-tier experts. The MS Summer Research Scholar program pairs medical students with an impressive group of leading MS research and clinical experts for two-month projects covering a wide spectrum of MS research. Click here to read personal feedback from FCMSC Research Scholars and their mentors.
These students are invited to present the results of their work at the following year's CMSC annual scientific meeting, encouraging a new pool of passionate MS professionals. Results of the work of 2010 Research Scholars were invited for presentation at the annual CMSC meeting in June, 2011. The following scholars' work was presented in poster form
Salim Abboud
Dr. Robert Bermell
| Functional and Structural MRI Assessment of Visual Recovery Following Acute Neuritis
| Scott Bendix
Dr. Mirela Cerghet | Analysis of Brain Structural changes in different stages of Multiple Sclerosis
| Sierra Ford
Dr. Joanna Cooper
| Provider Awareness of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use by Multiple Sclerosis Patients
| Sara Fridinger
Dr. Rock Heyman
| Multiple Sclerosis Patients' Experience with Bariatric Surgery
| Jimmy Huynh
Dr. Patrizia Casaccia | DNA Methylation and Multiple Sclerosis: An Undiscovered Link?
| Brian Lee
Dr. Susan C. Feldman
| Multiple Sclerosis: Development of a New Diagnostic Approach
| Jerry Loo
Dr. Lilyana Amezcua | Development and Testing of a Disease-oriented Efolder for Multiple Sclerosis patients
| Pedro Lourenco
Dr. Helen Tremlett | Oligoclonal banding in cerebrospinal fluid as a prognostic indicator in patients with MS
| Veronica Penyak
Dr. Kotil Rammohan &
Dr. Micheline McCarthy
| The Role of Vitamin D Supplementation in Multiple Sclerosis Patients
| Brian Soheil Shafa
Dr, Mirela Cerghet | Racial Disparities in Adherence To Disease Modifying Agents, Quality Of Life, and Other Patient-Centered Outcomes in A Cohort Of Patients With Multiple Sclerosis
| Fadi Kamil Shihadeh
Dr. David Pitt | Neuronal myelin uptake causes neurodegeneration in MS cortical lesions
| Jimmy Tanche Wang
Dr. David K. B. Li
| MRI Follow-up of Longitudinally Extensive Spinal Cord Lesions in NMO and OSMS
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Click here for the 2011 Research Scholars Results of the work of 2009 Research Scholars Yusuf Ali
Dr. Walter Royal, III | Development of Regulatory T Cell Clones | Shailesh Balasubramanian
Dr. Christopher Bever / Dr. Walter Royal, III | Sleep Disorders in MS | Magdalena Anna Dybalski
Dr. Dessa Sadovnick | Pregnancy and MS | Kaitlin Eng
Dr. Aaron Miller | Prediction of MS Course from Early Clinical and Brain MRI Features | Marc Ettensohn
Dr. Stephen Kirzinger | Brain MRI Activity and Expanded Disability Status Scale Score Progression in Multiple Sclerosis Patients Treated with Natalizumab Following Other Disease Modifying Treatments | Alejandro Fernandez
Dr. Lilyana Amezcua | Ethnicity and its Effect on Retinal Fiber Layer Degeneration in Multiple Sclerosis, as Measured by Optical Coherence Tomography | Daryl Nisbett
Dr. Stephen Kirzinger | Cognitive Dysfunction in MS Patients and Response to Disease Modifying Therapy | David Jeffrey Sackel
Dr. Laura Balcer | Contribution of Visual Symptoms to Overall Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) and Economic Status in Multiple Sclerosis | Jennifer Tam
Dr. Helen Tremlett | Pharmionics and Immunomodulatory Drugs for MS | Sara Teasdale
Dr. Ari Green / Dr. Stephen Hauser | Evaluating the Impact of TNFRSF1A Mutations in a Longitudinal Observational MS Cohort | Alex Weinberg
Dr.Galina Vorobeychik | Observational Study of Multiple Sclerosis in the Iranian Population in BC | Jos'lyn Iman Woodard
Dr. Lawrence Steinman | CD47 in the Progressive Pathology of MS |
Click here for the 2010 Research Scholars The Foundation of the CMSC salutes the supporters of MS Workforce of the Future initiatives: With your help and support of the Foundation of the CMSC, we can ensure that future generations of people with MS will receive the quality healthcare they need and deserve. Nelda P. Itzep Receives
CMSC/FCMSC San Antonio Host City Scholarship
 San Antonio medical student Nelda Patricia Itzep has been recognized as the recipient of the CMSC/FCMSC San Antonio Host City Scholarship for the 2010-2011 academic year. This inaugural award, supported the Foundation of the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (FCMSC) through a grant from Genzyme Corporation, was created to benefit an academic institution and deserv ing medical student in the city which hosts the annual CMSC scientific meeting. San Antonio Mayor, Julian Castro, welcomed CMSC members to San Antonio and expressed the city's appreciation for recognizing a San Antonio student. Ms. Itzep, a second-year medical student at the University of Texas Health Science Center's School of Medicine in San Antonio, (UTHSC), received the $10,000 scholarship award at a brief ceremony on campus in mid-July. Dr. Robert M. Esterl, Professor of Surgery and Associate Dean for Student Services, UTHSC, represented the University in this collaborative effort. The scholarship was awarded based on multiple criteria, including the candidate's desire to help others through the practice of medicine and interest in neurology. One of six children of immigrant parents and a cum laude graduate of the pre-med program at the University of Houston, Nelda is the first in her family to pursue a professional degree. She commented, "I cannot even tell you how much this means to me and my family. Please extend our gratitude to the scholarship committee and everyone who believed in me along the way." In addition to the scholarship, which will be administered by UTHSC, Genzyme Corporation's FCMSC funding provided a clinical preceptorship experience for Ms. Itzep, mentored by Dr. Suzanne Gazda, CMSC member and Director of the MS Center of South Texas. In the past year alone, FCMSC has provided more than two dozen medical students with the opportunity to participate in MS-related research projects and present the results of their work.
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