#039: Interview with Dr. Barry Singer on precision medicine for MS

MS-Perspektive - The Multiple Sclerosis Podcast

Dr. Barry Singer explains how to make the most of precision medicine for MS patients. He shares his Insights and perspectives.

You can read the full transcript on my blog: https://ms-perspektive.com/39-barry-singer

Dr. Barry Singer provides insights and perspectives into the precision medicine of today for people with multiple sclerosis. He also provides some outlook into future treatment options to come. Barry is a leading MS expert, who is steadily involved in clinical trials. He has experienced big changes in MS treatment over the years and is more than happy to offer his patients a variety of options to find the best matching treatment for each of them.

Enjoy the interview and check out his website and podcast “MS Living Well” where you can find lots of information on how to live well despite having multiple sclerosis.

Table of Contents

• Introduction – Who is Dr. Barry Singer?
• Current treatment landscape for MS
• Personalized treatment of multiple sclerosis
• Patient involvement
• Emerging therapies
• Telemedicine and remote monitoring
• Farewell

Introduction – Who is Dr. Barry Singer?

I am a director of an MS center here in St. Louis, in the heartland of the United States, right in the center. And I run a comprehensive MS center. We take care of over 4,000 patients at our center and do it with a whole team of wonderful nurses and medical assistants. And in addition, we do a lot of clinical research. So we’ve been involved in numerous clinical trials, bringing some of the medications that we have available to the market and research on remyelination. So very exciting research as well. And, you know, in my spare time, I have a website, MS Living Well, that was started in 2008, which provides comprehensive education for people living with MS around the globe. And then also MS Living Well podcast for the past five years. So keeps me busy.

How and where can interested people follow your research activities?

If you are interested, check out the MS Living Well podcast. So it’s on various podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts. The website is MSLivingWell.org. And so a lot of great information there, there’s a blog, there is information on understanding your disease, I got animated videos, understanding your MRI, and some award-winning content there. And then I’m on Twitter, or X, I guess it’s called now. And so, you know, I post there as well, particularly during the meetings, the academic meetings, like Ekram’s and Actrooms and try to post the latest news. So if something new is going on in the world of MS, I put it out there and I announced my podcast on there as well.

Links to Dr. Barry Singer’s online presence:

• MS Living Well Website: https://www.mslivingwell.org/
• MS Living Well Blog & Podcast: https://www.mslivingwell.org/blog/
• X or Twitter: https://twitter.com/drbarrysinger

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See you soon and try to make the best out of your life, Nele

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