Northwest Region

In the next AFTD Educational Webinar, Dr. Beth Rush from the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL will provide an in-depth look at the ALS-FTD overlap experience. She will discuss the signs and features of motor neuron disease and how the presence of overlapping ALS-FTD symptoms changes the experience of the person with the disease. Dr. Rush's…

In the next AFTD Educational Webinar, Melissa Armstrong, MD, MSc, Associate Professor of Neurology at the University of Florida (Gainesville) will provide an in-depth look at corticobasal syndrome and corticobasal degeneration. In the webinar, she will discuss the vocabulary used in this disease (what’s the difference between the syndrome and degeneration?), how a diagnosis is…

Throughout April, AFTD will present a series of webinars reflecting material originally developed for the 2020 AFTD Education Conference, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The material has been adapted to reflect the current climate. Caring for a loved one with FTD is a difficult journey even in the best of times. Over…

Throughout April, AFTD will present a series of webinars reflecting material originally developed for the 2020 AFTD Education Conference, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The material has been adapted to reflect the current climate. In this webinar, AFTD’s CEO Susan L-J Dickinson will speak with Bruce Miller, MD, Director of the UCSF…