Quality Assessment in Multiple Sclerosis Therapy-The QUASIMS Survey

James R. Miller, MD
Chairman

Dr. Miller is the former director of the Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Care Center at the New York Presbyterian Hospital at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. Dr. Miller received his medical degree from the New York University School of Medicine. He then went on to do his internship in internal medicine at the New York University School of Medical Divisions, Bellevue Hospital and his residency in neurology at the New York Neurological Institute at the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. He also completed a special fellowship in neurovirology at The Rockefeller University in New York City. He is board certified in neurology.

Dr. Miller's major research interests are multiple sclerosis and central nervous system infections. He has received a number of honors and awards in these areas including a Cardin Fellowship in Immunology and Virology of the Romill Foundation and a Fulbright Visiting Lecturer in Neurovirology (India). He has published over 40 articles and book chapters.

Volker Limmroth, MD
Associate Professor and Vice Chairman of Neurology and Director of the Multiple Sclerosis Center at the University Hospital of Essen - Essen, Germany

Volker Limmroth, MD, is an associate professor and vice chairman of the department of neurology, University of Essen, and consultant neurologist at the University Hospital of Essen in Germany. He is also head of the neurochemistry laboratory and the director of the Multiple Sclerosis Center at the University Hospital of Essen.

Dr. Limmroth attended medical school at Georg-August-Universität in Göttingen, Germany, University of Rio de Janeiro and Recife, Brazil. He completed his internship at the Hospital das Clinicas in Recife and the University Hospital in Göttingen, Germany. He served his residency in neurology at the University of Essen and his fellowship at the neuroscience center of Massachusetts General Hospital at Harvard University. Dr. Limmroth earned his PhD in clinical pharmacology at the University of Essen.

Dr. Limmroth is a member of a number of professional organizations, including the German Neurological Society and the American Academy of Neurology. He is the author of more than 100 scientific papers and 5 books.

Jeffrey Greenstein, MD
Clinical Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Temple University School of Medicine, and Director of the Multiple Sclerosis Institute - Philadelphia, PA

Dr. Greenstein received his medical degree from the University of Cape Town in South Africa and completed his residency in neurology and his fellowship in neuropathology at Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital in Ohio. Dr. Greenstein is board certified in neurology.

Dr. Greenstein's research interests include the regulation of immune responses to self antigens to MS, functional neuroimaging of gait disorders, and experimental immunotherapy in multiple sclerosis. Dr. Greenstein is widely published in scientific and neurology journals and sits on the board of trustees of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.