Providers MS Center

About the Multiple Sclerosis Center

The Weill Cornell Medicine Multiple Sclerosis Center is dedicated to improving the lives of people living with MS through comprehensive, personalized care. We bring together leading clinicians and researchers to improve outcomes today while advancing treatments for tomorrow.

Our mission is to:

  • Provide multidisciplinary care that addresses the medical, cognitive, emotional, and rehabilitative needs of patients and families.
  • Limit disability and restore function through innovative diagnostics, therapies, and clinical trials.
  • Advance clinical, translational, and basic research to identify new multiple sclerosis treatments and regenerative strategies.
  • Translate discovery into real-world impact through collaboration across neurology, imaging, immunology, and genetics.


MS Center staff

Conditions We Treat

  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Clinically isolated syndrome
  • Radiologically Isolated Syndrome
  • Neuromyelitis optica
  • Optic neuritis
  • Transverse myelitis
  • Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis
  • Autoimmune Encephalitis
  • CNS Vasculitis


Preparing for Your Appointment


  • Please bring all lab reports and prior medical records.
  • Bring a CD of your MRI scans so our physicians can review the actual images.
  • Your appointment reminder will include a link to eCheck-In to help speed up the check-in process.
  • Please arrive 15 minutes before your scheduled appointment time.
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What We Offer


Personalized, Multidisciplinary Care

Our neurologists develop individualized treatment plans using advanced diagnostic tools and the most current therapies. Care may include disease-modifying treatments, symptom management, and coordinated rehabilitation services tailored to each patient’s needs.

Nurses provide education and ongoing support related to medications, symptom management, and daily living with MS. Clinical social workers offer individualized guidance and help patients and families navigate emotional, cognitive, and practical challenges associated with the disease.

Specialty Services

Patients benefit from coordinated care with specialists in neuro-ophthalmology, rehabilitative medicine, urology, neuropsychology, neuroradiology, and neurosurgery. Physical and cognitive rehabilitation services are integrated into care to support function, independence, and quality of life.

Research and Clinical Trials

Research is a core mission of the MS Center. Our clinical, translational, and basic science programs focus on limiting disability, restoring function, and advancing new treatments for multiple sclerosis. Patients may have opportunities to participate in clinical trials evaluating novel therapies designed to slow disease progression and promote repair.

Our research spans neuroscience, immunology, genetics, and advanced imaging, including efforts to better visualize axons and myelin and to develop regenerative strategies for MS.



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Dr. Gauthier is the utmost empathetic, caring and brilliant professional, and I am so thankful that she is a part of my own MS care team. It’s been almost 2 decades now from walking to wheeling, and she has always given me as much and more information that I have requested to ultimately make my DMT, lifestyle and diet choices on this MS journey. Dr. Gauthier is a truly special human that I was lucky enough to meet from the start of my MS diagnosis and subsequent journey. 

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Events

Mar 25

The 3rd Annual Fred Plum, M.D. and Jerome B. Posner, M.D. Visiting Professorship in Neurology and Neuroscience

Mar 25 to 11:30am
Grand Rounds / Keynote Address: Lecture Title: MS as a Gateway Disease Fred Lublin, M.D., FAAN, FANA Professor of Neurology Director of The...

Oct 24

Pathways to Wellness: Building Resilience & Bridging Neural Networks

Oct 24 to 1:00pm
Friday, October 24 11 AM - 1 PM Location: Weill Greenberg Center, 1305 York Ave, Floor 2 Conference Room A Presented by Jen Smrtka Board-...