Midwest Teleconference Series
Second Monday of every month, 8-9 pm EST
The Midwest Teleconference Series is brought to you through a collaboration of the Midwest Region Chapters of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society serving Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North and South Dakota and Wisconsin. There is no charge for these calls but registration is required. Participation is limited for each call.
Each month an MS Specialist will provide up-to-date information on a specific topic in a one-hour teleconference format. Educate yourself from the comfort of your own home for FREE.
Recordings from past teleconferences are made available a week or two after each teleconference takes place. Participating is simple. Just browse below to check for upcoming teleconference topics, then click on Register or call 1.800.344.4867 to sign up for the calls that interest you.
Please note that the link to the teleconference survey is located beneath each teleconference link.
Monday, April 8, 2013 8-9pm
Calm Before the Storm, Teresa Lange, Preparedness Specialist, St. Louis Area Chapter of the Red Cross
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Monday, May 13, 2013 8-9pm
It’s Not Just in Your Head, Julie Bobholz, Ph.D., Neuropsychologist, Aurora BayCare Clinic and Froedtert Hospital/Medical College of WI
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Monday, June 10, 2013 8-9pm
My Family has MS, Dr. Rosalind Kalb, Vice President, National MS Society’s Clinical Care Network
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Monday, July 8, 2013 8-9pm
WAKE UP! Douglas Schell, MS Certified Nurse, Mid America Neuroscience Institute
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Monday, August 12, 2013 8-9pm
Probiotics and MS, Loren Rolak, M.D., Director Marshfield Clinic MS Center
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Monday, September 9, 2013
Complementary and Alternative Medicine for MS, Patricia Kennedy, R.N., C.N.P, M.S.C.N., Can Do MS Nurse Educator and Programs Consultant
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Archived Teleconferences 2011-2013
EATING FOR HEALTHY LIVING WITH MS with Laurel Valentino, RN, Director of Neuroscience, Methodist Hospital
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Monday, November 14, 2011 at 8-9pm
HOT FLASH OR MS MOMENT? with Dr. Susan Rubin, Neurology Instructor, Northwestern Healthcare System
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Monday, December 12, 2011 at 8-9pm
YOU ARE NOT ALONE with Dr. A.S. Aniskiewicz, Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology, Michigan State University
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Monday, January 9, 2012 at 8-9pm
MAKING CONNECTIONS THRU SOCIAL NETWORKING with Erin Bickus, Founder of Empowered Living Social Media based Support Group and Bike Coordinator, Greater Illinois Chapter
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Monday, February 13, 2012 at 8-9pm
WHAT ABOUT PROGRESSIVE MS with Dorothy Northrup, MSW, ACSW, Vice President of Research and Clinical Operations, National MS Society
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Monday, March 12, 2012 at 8- 9pm
RESEARCH: WHERE ARE WE NOW, WHERE ARE WE GOING?
with Dr. Rana Zabad, Neurologist, University of Nebraska Medical Center MS Clinic
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Monday, April 9, 2012 at 8-9pm
MAXIMIZING YOUR PHYSICAL THERAPY FOR OPTIMUM BENEFIT with Dr. Deborah Silkwood-Sherer, Physical Therapist, Central Michigan University
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Monday, May 14, 2012 at 8-9pm
ME, MYSELF AND I: THE ART OF BEING YOUR OWN CARE PARTNER with Marcia Finlayson, PhD, OT (C), OTR/L, Clinical Assistant Professor and Academic Fieldwork Coordinator, Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Illinois at Chicago
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Monday, June 11, 2012 at 8-9pm
GIVE YOURSELF A HAND: TOOLS FOR EVERYDAY LIFE with Kate Collins, PT, Madonna Rehabilitation, Lincoln, Nebraska and Tabatha Sorenson, OTD, OTR/L
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Monday, July 9, 2012 at 8-9pm
THE CYCLE OF MS SYMPTOMS AND THEIR EFFECT ON BOWEL AND BLADDER with Colleen Berding, RN, Missouri VA Hospital
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Monday, August 13, 2012 at 8-9pm
SPASTICITY, WHAT’S UNDER YOUR CONTROL with Dr. Arthur Itkin, Neurologist, Neurologic Associates
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Monday, September 10, 2012 at 8-9pm
MS WHAT A PAIN with Heidi Maloni, PhD, ANP-BC, MSCN, Veterans Affairs Medical Center
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Monday, October 8, 2012 at 8-9pm
Managing Cognitive Changes in MS, Jeffrey Gingold, author of “Mental Sharpening Stones, Manage the Cognitive Challenges of Multiple Sclerosis.”
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Monday, November 12, 2012 at 8-9pm
Exercise: Maybe a pain, but a lot to gain, Dr. Rob Motl, Associate Professor Kinesiology & Community Health, University of Ill. at Urbana-Champaign
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Monday, December 10, 2012 at 8-9pm
Don't quit your day job, John E. Murray, attorney with the daw firm of Lindner & Marsack, S.C.
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Monday, January 14, 2013 8-9pm
African Americans get MS too, Adil Javed, MD, PhD, The University of Chicago Medicine
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Monday, February 11, 2013 8-9pm
What's happening NOW - MS Research, Dr. Bruce Bebo, AVP, Discovery Research, National MS Society
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