The Centers

The Nancy Davis Center Without Walls program has succeeded tremendously as a result of it’s constant exchange of information and collaboration. Several new and exciting scientific achievements in the past year have continued to fuel the Center Without Walls program and it’s commitment to find a cure for multiple sclerosis.

Scientific meetings provide an open forum for discussion and presentation of novel ideas and findings. Centers with specific expertise provide valuable support to others, with each having a unique background.

This constant exchange process is nurturing an outstandingly rich research activity. During these meetings, 30 key investigators of the 7 institutions shared information prior to publication. Guest speakers have also been invited to share their on-going work with the NDCWW. The specific scientific accomplishments of individual Centers are contained in the individual reports. The following are the highlights from each center:

Cleveland Clinic – Richard Rudick, M.D.

Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

Hazel Prior Hostetler Chair of Neurology, Cleveland Clinic

Director, Mellen Center for Multiple Sclerosis Treatment and Research, Cleveland Clinic

Vice Chairman, Research and Development in the Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic

Read Bio Of Dr. Richard Rudick M.D.

Harvard Brigham and Women’s Hospital – Howard Weiner, M.D.

Robert L. Kroc Professor of Neurology at the Harvard Medical School

Director and Founder of the Partners Multiple Sclerosis Center

Co-Director of the Center for Neurologic Diseases at the Brigham & Women’s Hospital

»Read Bio Of Dr. Howard Weiner, M.D.

Johns Hopkins – John Griffin, M.D. and Peter Calabresi, M.D.

Professor of Neurology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Director of the Johns Hopkins Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Center

Co-Director of the Division of Neuroimmunology

»Read Bio Of Dr. Peter Calabresi, M.D.

Oregon Health Sciences University – Dennis Bourdette, M.D. FAAN

Chair and Roy and Eulalia Swank Family Research Professor

Director, Multiple Sclerosis Center of Oregon Department of Neurology

Co-Director, Department of Veterans Affairs MS Center of Excellence-West Portland VA Medical Center

»Read Bio Of Dr. Dennis Bourdette, M.D. PhD

University of California, San Francisco – Stephen Hauser, M. D.

Chair of Department of Neurology, UCSF

Robert A. Fishman Distinguished Professor

Chair of the Committee on Gulf War and Health Outcomes

Editor-in-chief of Annals of Neurology

Former President of the American Neurological Association

»Read Bio Of Dr. Stephen Hauser, M.D. PhD

University of Southern California – Leslie P. Weiner, M.D.

Professor of Neurology and Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at the Keck School of Medicine

Medical Director, MS Comprehensive Care Center & Research Group

Richard Angus Grant, Sr. Chair in Neurology

Editor-in-Chief – Neural Stem Cells – Methods and Protocols

Read Bio Of Dr. Leslie P Weiner, M.D. PhD

Yale University – Stephen Waxman, M.D. PhD.

Founder of the Neuroscience and Regeneration Research Center at Yale

Bridget Marie Flaherty Professor of Neurology, Neurobiology, and Pharmacology

Visiting Professor at University College London and the Institute of Neurology, London

Read Bio Of Dr. Stephen Waxman, M.D. PhD