Robert L. Kroc Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Director and Founder, Brigham MS Center, Co-Director, Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Howard L. Weiner has pioneered immunotherapy in MS and has investigated immune mechanisms in nervous system diseases including MS, Alzheimer’s Disease, ALS, stroke and brain tumors. He has also pioneered the investigation of the mucosal immune system for the treatment of autoimmune and other diseases and the use of anti-CD3 to induce regulatory T cells for the treatment of these diseases. He discovered Th3 regulatory T cells which act via TGF-β, now recognized as a central cytokine in immune system differentiation and he is currently at the forefront of investigating the microbiome in MS and modulating the microbiome by oral administration of microRNAs. Many of his discoveries in basic neuroimmunology are being translated to human disease including MS, ALS, and AD. He established the Comprehensive Longitudinal Investigation of Multiple Sclerosis (CLIMB) observational cohort of 2300 MS patients at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital now in its 20th
year to deeply phenotype MS patients and the development of precision medicine for MS. In 2004, Harvard Medical School honored him with the establishment of the Howard L. Weiner Professorship of Neurologic Diseases. Dr. Weiner is the 2007 recipient of the John Dystel Prize for MS Research and in 2012 he received the NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award for investigating the innate immune system in Alzheimer’s disease. He is the author of the book CURING MS and THE BRAIN UNDER SIEGE (to be published in October 2021). He wrote and directed the award-winning documentary film WHAT IS LIFE? THE MOVIE and the award-winning film ABE AND PHIL’S LAST POKER GAME starring Martin Landau and Paul Sorvino.
Steps to claim CME credits for BWH Neurology Grand Rounds 2020-2021:
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Text this code "SUYRON” to 1-857-214-2277.
- A link will be sent to your email. Click on the link and complete the evaluation. After you complete the evaluation, your CME will be recorded. You will then be able to download a PDF of your certificate.
If you have any questions about the CME credit, please contact Partners Office of Continuing Professional Development at PartnersCPD@partners.org.
Upcoming Schedule:
5/26/21 - Dimitri Krainc
6/2/21 - Michael Heneka
6/9/21 - Combined Longwood GR
6/16/21 - Neurodegenerative Case Conference
6/23/21 - Dean Brashear
6/30/21 - Guoping Feng
