2009 NMO Roundtable Conference

2009 NMO Roundtable

The Guthy-Jackson Charitable Foundation
NMO Roundtable Conference 2009

In search for a cure for Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) Spectrum Disease, experts in NMO clinical care and research came together to continue scientific collaboration at The Guthy-Jackson Charitable Foundation’s second annual NMO Roundtable Conference at The Tower Beverly Hills in Los Angeles, CA, on Nov. 9 – 11.

For two days leading NMO researchers and clinicians intensely discussed scientific approaches, results, treatments, practices and future NMO scientific discovery in an attempt to ultimately find a cure for NMO.

The third day of the Roundtable Conference introduced a new aspect to this ground-breaking approach to scientific discovery by inviting members of the public to attend a NMO Patient Session, called Living with NMO.

The NMO Patient Session targeted those whose lives have been affected by NMO and allowed them to participate in a panel discussion with select NMO researchers and clinicians on a level never experienced by many participants.

The NMO Roundtable Conference welcomed researchers and clinicians and personnel from:

  • Accelerated Cure Project
  • Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
  • Mayo Clinic
  • National Institute of Neuroscience
  • Oxford University
  • St. George’s University of London
  • The Scripps Research Institute
  • Stanford University
  • Tohoku University School of Medicine
  • Transverse Myelitis Association
  • University of California, San Francisco
  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
  • Walton Centre

Foundation-sponsored
NMO Patient Days

Foundation Roundtable Conferences