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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Confirmation

Confirmation of Epsilon Toxin as a Possible Environmental Cause of MS

A major focus of the Vartanain lab is understanding how new MS lesions are formed.  We believe that a bacterial toxin produced in the gut is responsible for new MS lesion formation.  Specifically, we believe that the epsilon toxin produced from the bacteria Clostridium perfringens is an environmental cause of MS in people who are genetically-at-risk for the disease.  In 2015 in the journal of PLOS One, we published a study that demonstrated that MS patients have increased exposure to both the...
What

What is the best diet for patients with MS?

Diet is important for everyone but especially for patients with multiple sclerosis. I am always asked about diet by my patients.The best study recently is reported in Neurology this year.  Diet quality is associated with disability and symptom severity in multiple sclerosis. Kathryn Fitzgerald, ScD is first author.They used the North American Research Committee (NARCOMS) registry to have large data base of patients. Almost 7000 patients were analyzed. Patients filled out patient derived disease...

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