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COURSE DESCRIPTION: 
Please join us for a conference on Landscape of Multiple Sclerosis in 2025 with Amy W. Laitinen (née Yu), M.D. Dr. Laitinen will explain the basic epidemiology of MS and the updated diagnostic criteria for MS, describe the new paraclinical tools used in MS, explore the current approaches to MS disease-modifying treatments (DMT), and discuss the trajectory of a patient diagnosed with MS in the current modern age may entail.

TARGET AUDIENCE:
Internal Medicine Physicians, Pharmacists, Physician Assistants, Residents,  Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, and all other interested healthcare providers

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• Explain the basic epidemiology of MS and the updated diagnostic criteria for MS.
• Describe the new paraclinical tools used in MS
• Explore the current approaches to MS disease-modifying treatments (DMT).
• Discuss the trajectory of a patient diagnosed with MS in the current modern age may entail.
   

FACULTY AND DISCLOSURES:

Amy W. Laitinen (née Yu), M.D.
Director of Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology
Marcus Neuroscience Institute
Baptist Health Boca Raton Regional Hospital 
Boca Raton, Florida

Amy W. Laitinen (née Yu), M.D., faculty for this educational activity, indicated that she is an advisor for Roche/Genentech, Horizon Therapeutics/Amgen, TG Therapeutics, EMD Serono, Sanofi. She has indicated that the presentation or discussion will not include off-label or unapproved product usage.  All of the relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

John F. Rubin, M.D., FACP, director for this educational activity, has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* to disclose, and has indicated that the presentation or discussion will not include off-label or unapproved product usage.

Non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* to disclose.

*Ineligible companies – Companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, reselling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

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ACCREDITATION STATEMENTS AND CREDITS

Baptist Health South Florida is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Baptist Health has been re-surveyed by the ACCME and awarded Commendation for 6 years as a provider of CME for physicians.

Baptist Health South Florida designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.   

This activity has been approved for 1 credit hour, CE Broker Course #20-1296402, by the Florida Boards of Medicine, Podiatry, Osteopathic Medicine and Physician Assistants.  

This activity has also been approved for 1 credit for Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Pharmacists and Pharmacy Techs, Laboratory Personnel, Athletic Trainers and Respiratory Techs. Baptist Health South Florida CE Broker Provider #50-182.