Our Multiple System Atrophy Symposium featured six main speakers -- Stanford's Dr. Mitchell Miglis and Dr. Jocelyn Jiao, Kaiser’s Dr. Elena Call and speech therapist Stevy Shadwick, UCSF’s physical therapist Dr. Erica Pitsch, and Brain Support Network’s Robin Riddle. There was a panel moderated by Brain Support Network’s Candy Welch, including two active MSA caregivers, one former MSA caregiver, a person with MSA-C, and a person with MSA-P. Plus there was a very short talk by Stanford researcher Dr. William Robinson.
The symposium was recorded. And two or three writers with Stanford Parkinson's Community Outreach are writing up their notes from the various presentations! See the agenda.
Below, you will find:
- slides from all speakers
- recordings of the presentations (including questions-and-answers) and the panel
- notes from event (as they are completed)
- multiple system atrophy resources
- multiple system atrophy quiz
The co-hosts -- Brain Support Network and Stanford's Movement Disorders Center -- thank the generosity of those who made the symposium possible: our sponsor CurePSP, speakers, and panelists. We also thank those who purchased "scholarship" tickets so that people in the MSA community with a financial need could attend.
AUTONOMIC SYMPTOMS OVERVIEW
Mitchell Miglis, MD
Autonomic Disorders Specialist and Co-Director of the MSA Center of Excellence, Stanford
NEURO-PALLIATIVE CARE OVERVIEW
Movement Disorders Specialist and Palliative Care Physician, Stanford
BRAIN DONATION FOR MSA
Robin Riddle, CEO
Brain Support Network
Notes - Coming Soon
MSA PANEL
Moderated by Candy Welch
Leader, Brain Support Network's MSA Caregiver Group
Panelists (L to R): Noelle, Saurabh, Kaly, Steve, and Michelle
Notes - Coming Soon
MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY QUIZ
Take the quiz! See how you do on 25 questions about multiple system atrophy!
MSA SYMPOSIUM EVALUATION
Whether you attended the symposium live or are watching the recordings later, please share feedback through this very short survey.
THANK YOU!
If you attended on May 4, 2024, THANK YOU. We know it's not easy for a person with MSA or a caregiver to dedicate several hours for education. And thanks to those who submitted questions and completed a survey, giving us your feedback.
For the in-person event at Stanford, we thank those who volunteered their time to make the symposium successful -- members of the Brain Support Network community, members of the Robinson Lab at Stanford, and Stanford Neurology students. And we thank our exhibitors (Tobii Dynavox and Care Indeed), on-site at Stanford.