1002. The Future of Diagnosing Transverse Myelitis

For this episode of our Ask the Expert podcast series, "The
Future of Diagnosing Transverse Myelitis," Dr. GG deFiebre of
SRNA was joined by Drs. Kyle Blackburn, Stacey Clardy, Eoin P.
Flanagan, Benjamin Greenberg, Michael Levy, and Carlos
Pardo-Villamizar. Dr. Carlos Pardo-Villamizar began by explaining
the history of transverse myelitis. The experts then talked about
criteria for TM published in 2002 and how the diagnostic process
has changed in the past 20 years. They discussed the terminology
of TM, how vascular causes of myelopathies change our
understanding of diagnosing TM, and changes they foresee to the
TM diagnostic criteria and process. Finally, they answered
questions from the audience about potential research for
treatments or a cure and COVID-19 vaccines.