Tanuja Chitnis, MD

The associate neurologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital provided insight on the current state of promising targets in progressive MS and why anti-CD3 therapy might be a new consideration for future trials. [WATCH TIME: 2 minutes]

The associate neurologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital provided background on a new case study of a patient with progressive MS who showed positive outcomes using foralumab, an anti-CD3 targeting agent. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

Tanuja Chitnis, MD and Lauren B. Krupp, MD give insight into the future of pediatric multiple sclerosis by discussing unmet needs and advice for community neurologists.

Expert neurologists discuss drugs in development for pediatric multiple sclerosis and consider the potential for biomarkers to monitor treatment response or new disease activity in the future.

Lauren B. Krupp, MD considers how treatment failure in pediatric multiple sclerosis may be defined as disease relapse, new or enlarging legions, inability to tolerate treatment, or lack of adherence.

Leaders in neurology provide insight into first-line disease-modifying therapies for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, such as interferon or glatiramer acetate, and glucocorticoids for acute events.

Tanuja Chitnis, MD reviews the 2018 AAN guidelines on disease-modifying therapies and discusses goals of therapy when selecting first-line treatments and monitoring response in pediatric multiple sclerosis.

Experts in multiple sclerosis discuss the importance of a multidisciplinary approach for pediatric patients and emphasize the role of social workers, psychologists, and support groups for patients and families.  

Expert neurologist Lauren B. Krupp, MD provides insight into the use of diagnostic tools for pediatric multiple sclerosis such as MRI imaging, laboratory blood tests, and lumbar punctures.

Key opinion leaders in the management of MS comment on the current diagnostic criteria and discuss the importance of ruling out other common mimics in pediatric patients.

Lauren B. Krupp, MD provides insight into the signs and symptoms of multiple sclerosis and emphasizes differences in clinical presentation between adult and pediatric patients.

Thought leaders in neurology discuss the results of the phase 3 PARADIGMS trial as well as the safety and efficacy of fingolimod for use in pediatric patients with multiple sclerosis.

Tanuja Chitnis, MD provides an overview of genetic, environmental, and hormonal risk factors for pediatric multiple sclerosis and discusses its prevalence based on age, sex, and geographic location.

The director of the Partners Pediatric MS Center at Massachusetts General Hospital for Children provided insight on the consequences of incomplete relapse recovery in multiple sclerosis.

The professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School spoke about the long-term correlations between neurofilament light chain and MS outcomes.

The professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School shared her methods for diagnosing pediatric MS and about the importance of managing the disease in a larger sense.

The professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School provided some insight into her experience with treating pediatric patients with MS.