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APPENDIX D: MEETING PARTICIPANTS
Jack Antel
Chair, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery
McGill University
W. Montreal
Quebec, Montreal CANADA
Craig Bash
Consultant
Paralyzed Veterans of America
Bethesda, MD USA.
Toby Behar
Program Director
Neural Environment
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke/NIH
Bethesda, MD USA
Celia Brosnan
National MS Society
Research Programs Advisory Committee
Departments of Neuroscience and Pathology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
New York, NY USA
Sally Buegeleisen
Director, National Board
NMSS Research Programs Advisory Committee
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Sarasota, FL USA
Peter Cardy
Chief Executive Officer
National MS Societies-Great Britain and Northern Ireland
London, UK
Cathy Carlson
Director of Research Information
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
New York, NY USA
John Carswell
Associate Executive Director for Health Policy
Paralyzed Veterans of America
Washington, DC USA
Jesse Cedarbaum
Vice President of Clinical Affairs
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Tarrytown, NY USA
Henry N. Claman
Professor, Medicine and Immunology
UCHSC
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Denver, CO USA
Jurgen Clausen
Chairman and Professor
Danish MS Society
Valby, DENMARK
Timothy Coetzee
Director, Research Training Programs
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
NewYork, NY USA
Elaine S. Collier
Chief, Autoimmunity Section
Acting Chief, Clinical Immunology Branch
Division of Allergy, Immunology and Transplantation
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH
Bethesda, MD USA
Patricia Coyle
Professor, Department of Neurology
SUNY Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY USA
Michael Dugan
President and CEO
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Research Programs Advisory Committee
New York, NY USA
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David Eckstein
Program Analyst
Neural Environment
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH
Bethesda, MD USA
Patricia A. Grady
Director
National Institute of Nursing Research/NIH
Bethesda, MD USA
Diane E. Griffin
Professor and Chair
Department of Molecular Microbiology andImmunology
The Johns Hopkins University
School of Hygiene and Public Health
Baltimore, MD USA
Deanna Groetzinger
Vice-President, Communications
Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada
Toronto, Ontario CANADA
Andras Guseo
President and Chief Executive
Department of Neurology
St. George Hospital
Seregelyesi, HUNGARY
Stephen L. Hauser
Professor and Chair
Department of Neurology
University of California, San Francisco
School of Medicine
San Francisco, CA USA
Karin F. Helmers
Program Director
National Institute of Nursing Research/NIH
Bethesda, MD USA
Paul Hoffman
Director, Medical Research Service
Department of Veterans Affairs
Washington, DC USA
Lisa Iezzoni
Professor
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA USA
Suzanne T. Ildstad
Institute for Cellular Therapeutics
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY USA
David Jacoby
Medical Director, MS/CNS
Serono, Inc.
Norwell, MA USA
Richard B. Johnston
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
National Jewish Medical and Research Center
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Denver, CO USA
Sharon L. Juliano
Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology and Neurosciences Program
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Bethesda, MD USA
Edward A. Kangas
Deloitte Touche
Research Programs Advisory Committee
Wilton, CT USA
Michael Katz
Vice President for Research
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
March of Dimes Society
Research Programs Advisory Committee
White Plains, NY USA
David W. Keer
Program Specialist
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
Washington, DC USA
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Jurg Kesselring
Professor, Department of Neurology
Chair of Medical Advisory, Swiss MS Society/IFMSS
Rehabilitation Centre
Valens, SWITZERLAND
Rivka Kreitman
Corporate Headquarters
TEVA Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd.
Petach Tikva, ISRAEL
Nicholas LaRocca
Director, Health Care Delivery and Policy Research Programs
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
New York, NY USA
Roland Liblau
Federation de Neurologie
Toulouse Cedex, FRANCE
Robert Lisak
Chair, Department of Neurology
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI USA
Fred D. Lublin
Professor of Neurology
Director, The Corinne Goldsmith Dickinson Center for MS
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
NewYork, NY USA
Kees Lucas
Professor of Neuroimmunology
Member, Scientific Board
Free University Amsterdam and Dutch Foundation for Support of MS Research
Den Haag, THE NETHERLANDS
Samuel K. Ludwin
Professor of Pathology (Neuropathology)
Chair, MS Society of Canada
Medical Advisory Committee
Queen's University
Kingston, ON CANADA
William McIlroy
National Medical Advisor
MS Society of Canada
Toronto, ON CANADA
Lindsay McMillan
Chief Executive Officer
National MS Society of Australia Ltd.
Toorak, Victoria AUSTRALIA
Patricia O'Looney
Director, Biomedical Research Programs
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
NewYork, NY USA
Anastasios Orologas
Professor of Neurology
University of Thessaloniki
Greek MS Society
Thessaloniki, GREECE
Audrey Penn
Deputy Director, NINDS
Office of the Director
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD USA
Christine Purdy
Chief Executive Officer
International Federation of MS Societies
London, UK
Stephen Reingold
Vice President, Research Programs
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
NewYork, NY USA
Raymond Roos
Chairman, Department of Neurology
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL USA
Nancy H. Ruddle
Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT USA
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Gregory Schuckman
Director of Federal Relations
University of Central Florida
Washington, DC USA
Donald Silberberg
Professor of Neurology
Senior Associate Dean, Director International Medical Programs
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA USA
Richard Slifka
Chairman of the Board
Global Petroleum Corporation
Waltham, MA USA
Richard L. Snyder
Foster Hill Farm
Milford, PA USA
Thomas E. Stripling
Senior Health Data Analyst
Health Policy Department
Paralyzed Veterans of America
Washington, DC USA
Alan Thompson
Garfield Weston Professor of Clinical Neurology and Neurorehabilitation
Institute of Neurology
London, UK
Patricia Turner
Program Analyst
Science Policy and Analysis Branch
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke/NIH
Bethesda, MD USA
Michael Weinrich
National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research NIH/NICHD
Rockville, MD USA
Hartmut Wekerle
Chairman and Director
Department for Neuroimmunology
Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology
Martinsreid,GERMANY
Caroline C. Whitacre
Professor, Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology & Medical Genetics
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH USA
Jerry S. Wolinsky
Professor of Neurology
University of Texas-Houston, Health Science Center
Houston, TX USA
