Holy Name Press Releases

Holy Name Hospital To Hold Multiple Sclerosis Lecture

October 28, 2009

Holy Name Hospital will be holding a program "New Applications in Mutliple Sclerosis" on Wednesday, November 4 at Holy Name Hospital's Marian Hall Conference Center. Keynote speaker will be Mary Ann Picone, M.D., medical director of the Holy Name Hospital MS Center. The event is free of charge and open to the public. Registration will begin at 6 pm and will be followed by the lecture, question and answer and dinner.

The program is sponsored by Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals. Registration is required, please call 1-800-788-1467 option 4. Holy Name Hospital's MS Center offers comprehensive medical, nursing, physical rehabilitation, and support services for MS patients in one location. The Center's staff consists of board-certified neurologists specializing in MS, registered nurses and clinical nurse practitioners, and social services professionals who assist patients and families coping with MS-related issues. Each patient has a specific plan of care that is communicated and coordinated with other physicians involved in their medical care.

For more information on Holy Name Hospital MS Center please call 201-837-0727 or visit us on the web at www.holyname.org/mscenter.

Holy Name Hospital is a fully accredited, not-for-profit, acute care community hospital located in Teaneck, New Jersey. Founded and sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace in 1925, the hospital is now a comprehensive 361-bed medical center offering leading-edge medical practice and technology, administered in an environment rooted in a tradition of compassion and respect for every patient. Affiliation with the NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System brings further advantages to our Bergen County community, including access to clinical trials, highly specialized physicians, and expanded opportunities for professional medical education.