Clinical Reflections®: Ensuring Best Practices in Spinal Muscular Atrophy Management

Program Overview

In this activity, a panel of experts in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) use a series of case vignettes and clinical reflection points to emphasize the importance of early diagnosis and treatment of patients with pre-symptomatic, infantile-onset, and late-onset SMA.

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Target Audience

Neurology clinicians who diagnose and manage spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) in patients.

Educational Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be better able to:

  • Describe the expected impact of newborn screening on the early commencement of treatment in patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)
  • Employ available efficacy, safety, and tolerability data on disease-modifying treatments in pre-symptomatic and symptomatic patients with SMA
  • Apply established symptomatic and supportive care strategies in patients with SMA throughout the course of their disease

 

Activity Faculty

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Diana P. Castro, MD (Chair)

Associate Professor, Pediatrics and Neurology
University of Texas Southwestern
Children’s Health
Dallas, TX

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John Brandsema, MD

Child Neurologist and Neuromuscular Section Head
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Assistant Professor, Clinical Neurology
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

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Crystal M. Proud, MD

Neuromuscular Neurologist  
Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters
Norfolk, VA

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