CMSC Live: 2025 Annual Meeting Day 1

Host

• Jeffrey Wilken, PhD
  President-Elect, Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC); assistant professor of neurology, Georgetown University; director of Research, Neuropsychology Associates of Fairfax; executive director, Washington Neuropsychology Research Group

Guest

• Marie Namey, APRN, MSCN
  Independent nurse consultant focusing on multiple sclerosis in University Heights, Ohio

Segment Breakdown

• 00:00 – Jeffrey Wilken, PhD, introduces the meeting and honors June Halper, emphasizing her foundational role and the meeting’s theme of comprehensive MS care as a tribute.
• 01:30 – Marie Namey, APRN, MSCN, expresses deep personal connection to June and shares the emotional process of preparing a lecture that honored her mentor and friend.
• 03:30 – Marie Namey, APRN, MSCN, recounts the origins of comprehensive MS care and highlights the importance of understanding this history, especially for new attendees.
• 05:30 – She emphasizes the legacy of CMSC’s founding figures and the need to pass that knowledge to the next generation of MS care providers.
• 07:00 – Marie Namey, APRN, MSCN, identifies interdisciplinary teamwork as a major challenge for new providers, especially in the wake of more siloed practices post COVID.
• 08:15 – Discussion shifts to the financial barriers patients face and the expanding roles of team members like pharmacists and social workers in comprehensive care.
• 9:25 – Marie Namey, APRN, MSCN, shares that networking and long-standing relationships are her favorite part of CMSC, which fosters a community of shared values in MS care.
• 10:00 - Jeffrey Wilken, PhD, closes by thanking Marie for her heartfelt lecture and looks forward to continuing the conference on the following day.

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