Volume 4, Issue 12

Effects of Race/Ethnicity on MS Diagnosis and Treatment

In this issue:

How aware are clinicians that MS should no longer be considered a “White people only” disease? What roles have race and ethnicity been shown to play in MS disease severity and disability progression? What do health care professionals need to know to provide the most effective care for all their patients? 

Join Dr. Yujie Wang from the University of Washington and Dr. Kimystian Harrison, a post doctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins University, as they explore these and other questions in this eMultipleSclerosis Review podcast. 

Learning objectives:

  • Discuss the impact of race and ethnicity on MS severity and disease course. 
  • Describe the impact of race and ethnicity on imaging findings in MS. 

Authors:

Yujie Wang, MD
Yujie Wang, MD
Acting Assistant Professor of Neurology
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Neurology
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
Kimystian Harrison, MD
Kimystian Harrison, MD

Neuroimmunology Fellow
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Baltimore, MD

Program Directors:

Pavan Bhargava, MBBS, MD

Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

Lisa Fox, PA-C, MPAS

Department of Neurology
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD

Michael Kornberg, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

Length of activity:

0.5 hour Physicians
0.5 contact hour Nurses

Launch date: October 4, 2022
Expiration date: October 3, 2024