Transforming How We Diagnose MS
The recommendations that came out of that meeting include more options and tests to confirm an MS diagnosis with more certainty — and more quickly — than ever before. This matters because we know that the sooner you get a diagnosis, the sooner you start treatment and get on a path to better health.The new criteria will also help rule out MS more quickly — so if someone doesn’t have MS, they can get the correct diagnosis and the treatment they need.
How We’re Changing the Diagnostic Criteria for MS
Dr. Tim Coetzee is the President and CEO of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Tim first joined the field of MS as a lab researcher — working on a Society-funded team to understand the effects of MS on the brain and ways to repair myelin damage. The Society played a role in launching his career with a postdoctoral fellowship. Prior to joining the Society, Tim was a faculty member at the University of Connecticut Health Center and received his PhD in molecular biology from Albany Medical College.
