Episode 19 | Demystifying NMO & MOGAD: All Part of the Spectrum, All in it Together - a podcast by The Sumaira Foundation and Connor B Judge Foundation
from 2023-01-17T10:10:18
Season three starts with big news about the podcast. We talk with Sumaira Ahmed of The Sumaira Foundation about the podcast's growth and inclusivity and introduce a new co-host, Brian Dawson.
Then we were joined by one of the leading NMO and MOG researchers, Michael Levy, MD, Ph.D. Dr. Levy is the Research Director of the Division of Neuroimmunology & Neuroinfectious Disease at Massachusetts General Hospital and is an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School.
ABOUT US:
The Demystifying NMO and MOG podcast is a project of the Sumaira Foundation (TSF) and was made possible with the generous support of Genentech.
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 Launching Season 3 with Big News
00:01:00 The Merger
00:01:48 NMO & MOG, All In It Together
00:04:08 New Co-Host
00:05:26 A Preview of Season 3
00:07:00 Michael Levy, MD, Ph.D.
00:08:05 From MS to NMO, to MOG.
00:09:54 NMO & MOG Overlaps
00:11:47 Different Mechanisms, Similiar Outcomes
00:13:05 Diagnostic Differences
00:14:28 MOG ~vs~ MS
00:17:22 Longterm Outcomes
00:19:30 Being Misdiagnosed
00:21:22 Treatment Overlaps
00:24:44The Future of MOG & Clinical Trials
LINKS:
NMOSD Resources - https://www.sumairafoundation.org/nmosd-resources/
MOGAD Resources - https://www.sumairafoundation.org/mogad-resources/
CREDITS:
Host - Chelsey Judge
Producer & Co-Host - Brian Dawson
Music - Music by Denys Kyshchuk from Pixabay
Guest Photo - The Sumaira Foundation
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