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Fernando Pagan, MD discusses how adjunctive therapies, novel dopamine agonists like tavapadon, advanced levodopa formulations, and subcutaneous infusion pumps are revolutionizing Parkinson's disease treatment by optimizing dopamine levels, reducing motor fluctuations, and minimizing side effects while emerging gene therapies and stem cell treatments offer promising disease-modifying approaches for the future.

CMSC Live 2025: Daily Annual Meeting Recaps

CMSC President Jeff Wilken, PhD, interviews expert clinicians across the continuum of multiple sclerosis care daily from the floor of the annual meeting in Phoenix, Arizona.

An expert discusses the evolving treatment landscape of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), highlighting advances in gene therapy, exon-skipping agents, and novel corticosteroids that aim to slow disease progression, improve muscle function, and enhance quality of life, while emphasizing the growing role of personalized medicine and early intervention in optimizing long-term outcomes.

Panelists discuss how advances in seizure control and termination strategies focus on rapid identification and targeted treatment of seizure types, incorporating newer antiepileptic drugs, rescue therapies, and neuromodulation techniques to improve patient outcomes and prevent progression to status epilepticus.

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David Lynch, MD, PhD, discusses how Friedreich ataxia is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder caused by frataxin deficiency, leading to ataxia, cardiac issues, and multisystem complications. Its management requires multidisciplinary care, with recent advances including FDA-approved omaveloxolone and emerging treatments such as vatiquinone and gene therapy offering new hope.

Experts examine the evolving NMOSD treatment landscape, focusing on rituximab's safety concerns, comparative effectiveness of FDA-approved therapies, hospitalization rates, and strategies for optimizing patient outcomes through informed treatment selection and management approaches.

Stuart Isaacson, MD, discusses how patient-centric, personalized care in Parkinson's Ddisease involves integrating pharmacological therapies with wellness strategies, addressing addresses challenges in delivery, and emphasizing emphasizes the role of advocacy groups in supporting both patients and healthcare providers.

Scott Perry, MD, discusses how Dravet syndrome, a rare genetic epilepsy, presents significant challenges in diagnosis, treatment, and management, emphasizing the importance of early detection, comprehensive care strategies, and support for both patients and caregivers to optimize outcomes and quality of life.

Three medical experts explore key insights on novel treatments for NMOSD, focusing on relapse management, disability accumulation, and the efficacy of new versus traditional therapies.

CMSC President Jeff Wilken, PhD, interviews expert clinicians across the continuum of multiple sclerosis care daily from the floor of the annual meeting in Nashville, Tennessee.

Dr Lewis gives an in-depth overview of CIDP. He discusses the variants of CIDP, the most common signs and symptoms and the impact of updated CIDP guidelines on clinical practice. Dr. Lewis reviews the current therapeutic landscape and exciting new agents that are on the horizon which could soon add to armamentarium of clinicians treating patients with CIDP.

An expert neurologist discusses the use of targeted therapies to personalize treatment for patients with generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG) and reviews the impact on quality of life, the challenges of managing the disease, as well as new and emerging therapies.

A. Gordon Smith, MD, FAAN, offers perspective on the challenges of diagnosis, new developments in therapeutics, and the need for interdisciplinary collaboration for optimal patient care.

Dr Kita Willams discusses the role of multidisciplinary teams in treatment and management of patients with migraine. She shares the importance of shared-decision making while managing these patients, and the importance of CGRP agents in treatment of acute and preventative migraine.