MitoAction Expert Series

MitoAction Expert Series

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MitoAction Expert Series episodes

  • Mito Basics: Genetics, Testing and Financial - David Keane - 12/4/20
    Join MitoAction and David Keane from GeneDX for our December Monthly Mito Expert Series presentation titled: Mito Genetic Basics: Disease, Testing and Financial. 
    About the Speaker:
    David Keane has been involved with Neurogenetics since 1998 when he started working for Athena Diagnostics.  He has attended over 50 Mitochondrial Disease Grand Rounds Presentations by Dr. Bruce Cohen, Sumit Parikh, Fran Kendall, Amy Goldstein, among others.  David was hired by GeneDx in 2011 to help build the Neurogenetics team and currently serves as a Senior Genetic Testing Consultant specializing in Neurology and Mitochondrial Genetics.
     
    Accompanying slides can be found by clicking here.
    1 hr 2 min
  • Energy in Action Launch
    Join us for our new podcast series, Energy In Action. Energy in Action will consist of conversations with patients, families, researchers and thought leaders in the mitochondrial disease communities. These podcasts will give you a glimpse into the lives of families affected by mitochondrial disease and the latest in clinical trials, diagnosis, research and the advancement of therapies.
    10 min
  • Mitochondrial Myopathy - Dr. Bruce Cohen - 11/20/2015
    What is Mitochondrial Myopathy?
    my·op·a·thy
    mīˈäpəTHē/
    The word “myopathy” means disease of the muscle tissue. As the term implies, mitochondrial myopathy (MM) is a neuromuscular disease caused by damage to the mitochondria. Many patients with mitochondrial disease have a mitochondrial myopathy, either as their sole diagnosis or as an additional, descriptive co-diagnosis as part of their mitochondrial disorder. Mitochondrial myopathy may be present in adults and children, and may occur with or without a genetic mitochondrial disease diagnosis. Further, several clinical trials are currently examining the impact of various therapies or potential treatments for people with mitochondrial myopathy.
    Join us this month on Friday, November 20th at 12 pm EST with Dr. Bruce Cohen, Director of Pediatric Neurology and then the Director of the NeuroDevelopmental Science Center at Akron Children’s Hospital. Dr. Cohen is well-known and highly respected as an expert author, speaker, clinician and research investigator in mitochondrial disorders. Topics for this important discussion include:
    What is mitochondrial myopathy?
    How is it diagnosed?
    Are there treatments for mitochondrial myopathy? Other management strategies?
    What are the most common symptoms of mitochondrial myopathy?
    Who typically is diagnosed with mitochondrial myopathy?
    About The Speaker
    Dr. Bruce H. Cohen attended college at Washington University in St. Louis and a BA in chemistry, graduating summa cum laude in 1978. He received his medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, N.Y. in 1982 and went on to his pediatric residency at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, followed by a residency in neurology at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York.  He then obtained a two-year American Cancer Society fellowship in neuro-oncology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.  In 1989 Dr. Cohen joined the Cleveland Clinic’s department of Neurology, and served as chief of Pediatric Neurology from 1999-2002, with joint appointments in the Clinic’s Taussig Cancer Center, the Eepartment of Neurosurgery and the department of Pediatrics. In 2011, he joined Akron Children’s Hospital in Akron, Ohio, as Director of Pediatric Neurology and then the Director of the NeuroDevelopmental Science Center.   He serves in many leadership roles within Akron Children’s Hospital.
    His specialty interests include adult and pediatric neuro-oncology, mitochondrial medicine, neurofibromatosis, neurometabolic diseases and pediatric neurology. He has served on a number of committees for the Children’s Oncology Group, the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), the Child Neurology Society.  He currently serves as chairman of the Coding Subcommittee within the Medical Economics and Management Committee of the AAN, and Secretary-Treasurer of the CNS.   His past leadership positions include Chairman of the Pediatric Section of the AAN, Chairman of the Practice Com
    1 hr 30 min
  • Diet, Dysmotility, and Tube Feeding - Kristen R. Roberts - 12/4/2015
    Many children and adults with mitochondrial disease experience significant gastrointestinal or digestive issues as part of their daily disease challenges. When considering the pros and cons of a feeding tube and struggling to identify the best diet for dysmotility, many parents, patients and families are confused by all of the possibilities. On December 4th, 2015, Thrive RX Clinical Specialist Kristen R. Roberts PhD RD shares about diet, dysmotility and tube feeding.
    Topics for this presentation include:
    What are the benefits of nutrition support for someone with dysmotility?
    What type of assessment is needed in order to determine if a feeding tube (and enteral nutrition, or tube feeding) is right for me/my child?
    What strategies can help improve overall tolerance to diet and enteral nutrition in a person with mitochondrial disease and dysmotility?
    What are some examples of specific situations when enteral nutrition should be considered?
    This presentation is appropriate for adult patients, parents of affected children, caregivers, family members and healthcare providers.
    About the Speaker
    Kristen Roberts is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and a Registered Dietitian specializing in gastrointestinal nutrition, intestinal failure and home nutrition support.  She received her bachelor’s degree in Dietetics at Bowling Green State University and her Master’s degree and internship in Human Nutrition at Arizona State University.  She completed her PhD in Human Nutrition at The Ohio State University where she studied the impact of dietary interventions for disease prevention.  Kristen has spent most of her clinical years working with intestinal failure patients and specializing in intestinal rehabilitation and home parenteral nutrition.  She is an active member in The Ohio Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition and is the coauthor of the iThrive program, which is a nutritional guide for consumers with intestinal dysmotility. Kristen has spoken nationally on the management of acid/base imbalances in clinical practice, improving nutrition support education for physicians and the management of intestinal failure patients. In addition to these presentations, she has published several articles and book chapters dedicated to the clinical management of intestinal failure.
     
    To view the accompanying slides, click here.
    1 hr 15 min

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