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.


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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The nurse is so great. She has no problem finding a vein or getting blood. She’s so sweet and happy all the time. She’s fun to talk to. Love her!

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Genes

Genes and the Protective Effect of Vit D in MS

MS is autoimmune and neurodegenerative disease of unknown etiology but has about a 25% genetic risk and multiple environmental risk factors. Since 2006 low vitamin D levels have been known to be one of the risk factors along with EBV infection, smoking and adolescent obesity.Vitamin D insufficiency is one of the most studied environmental risk factors. Interestingly there is correlation in Caucasians but not in Blacks or Hispanics, suggesting genetic interaction with this environmental risk. In...
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A Nurse’s Perspective on MS patients’ self-care

A Nurse’s Perspective on MS patients’ self-care It is very important to educate patients on ways to live a healthy lifestyle with MS.  I was very intrigued when a patient brought to my attention an article on things MS nurses wish their patients would do and why.Here are my favorites from that article.Exercise, exercise, exercise! Doing an appropriate form of exercise on a daily basis can significantly improve patients’ wellbeing. Many patients from fatigue or some level of physical disability...

Events

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-...

Oct 22

Neurology Grand Rounds

Oct 22 to 9:30am
Lecture Topic: "Diagnosis and Management of Multiple Sclerosis" Aaron Miller M.D. Professor of Neurology Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai