Program Director: Elliot M. Frohman, M.D., PhD., FAAN
Contact Information: Teresa Frohman
Program Phone: 214-645-0555
Program Fax: 214-645-0556
Email: teresa.frohman@utsouthwestern.edu
MS Fellowship Application (PDF format)
MS Fellowship Description (PDF format)
The Multiple Sclerosis Center at UT Southwestern, under the direction of Dr. Elliot Frohman, emphasizes a comprehensive approach to the triad of patient care, clinical and basic research, and teaching. The clinical group is comprised of neurologists, an MS fellowship trained physiatrist (PM&R), two physician assistants, a dedicated MS infusion suite with chemo-certified nurse, a dedicated social worker/case manager, a clinical triage nurse, three clinical research assistants, two clinical trial research nurses, a post-graduate public health fellow, a neurophysiologist, and two staff assistants. There are about 30 neuroimmunology research workers (faculty, post-doctoral fellows, graduate students) associated with the MS Center.
The group cares for in excess of 4000 patients from all 50 states and several foreign countries, and is actively involved in multiple clinical trials that evaluate disease-modifying agents, symptomatic therapies, and new diagnostic and prognostic criteria. We are actively involved in studies aimed at understanding neurodegeneration and neuroprotection, utilizing optical coherence tomography (OCT) and other neuro-ophthalmologic assessments that characterized retinal damage following optic neuritis.
The MS Clinical Center is comprised of eleven exam rooms, an infusion center, on-site bladder evaluation and intrathecal baclofen pump refills, ocular motor physiology and optic nerve laboratories (equipped with state of the art retinal imaging technologies). We have complete electronic charting, ordering, and digital imaging (EPIC, Magic Web).