Treatment of Neurological Disorders with Immunoglobulin Therapy
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This program will review the current immunglobulin therapies that are FDA approved for both autoimmune and neurological disorders. However, this therapy is used for a variety of disorders based on evidence and ancedotal results and contributes to the overall quality of life in many patients. The program will also review the mechanism of action, dosing, and management of adverse events with immunoglobulin therapy administration.
Learning Objectives:
- Review and understand the mechanism of action by which immunoglobulin can treat autoimmune and neurological disorders.
- Understand the disease states for which immunoglobulin is indicated as a treatment in the autoimmune and neurological patient.
- Understand the effectiveness of immunoglobulin therapy in treating autoimmune and neurological disorders.
- Review and understand how to manage adverse events that may occur due to the administration of immunoglobulin products.
Ryan Garst, PharmD, MBA, IgCP, BCSCP
Sr Director Clinical Services
NHIA
Ryan Garst, Pharm D, MBA, BCSCP is the Senior Director of Clinical Services at the National Home Infusion Association. Garst has almost 15 years of experience in home infusion and nearly twenty years of experience in pharmacy clinical and operational leadership and management, information technology, sales, and clinical practice experience. At NHIA, Garst is responsible for clinical education and services, Infusion Magazine Clinical Editor, and oversees a variety of programs administered by the National Home Infusion Foundation including the industry resident program, the National Benchmarking Program, and clinical trials and research. Prior to joining NHIA, Garst served on a variety of committees for the association and participated in numerous annual conferences. Garst holds a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Ohio Northern University and a Master of Business Administration from Kent State University and is Board Certified in Sterile Compounded Preparations via BPS.
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Dr Salman Bhai MD
MD, Assistant Professor
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dr. Salman Bhai is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Director of the Neuromuscular Center at the Institute of Exercise and Environmental Medicine (IEEM) at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas. He earned his BS in mathematics at Duke University and his MD from Harvard Medical School, where he earned multiple research grants including the Bertarelli Fellowship and a Wilderness Medicine Society grant. He completed his internship, neurology residency, and neuromuscular fellowship at Harvard: internship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and residency and fellowship in a joint program between Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
Dr. Bhai specializes in the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of neuromuscular disorders. He specifically focuses on patients with inflammatory and metabolic myopathies as well as those with immune checkpoint inhibitor complications.
His research focuses on understanding how muscles communicate with other organ systems, particularly when muscle is inflamed, like in myositis. The goal of his research is to better understand, diagnose, and treat patients with myositis through exercise and muscle physiology studies and analyzing biospecimens for molecular perturbations. He also works to offer clinical trials for myositis patients.
Clinical Trials: site PI on two metabolic myopathy trials sponsored by Reneo Pharmaceuticals
Research PI: muscle signaling in inflammatory conditions, physiological and immune perturbations in inflammatory myopathies
Research collaborations: immune molecular phenotyping in checkpoint inhibitor complications (David Gerber – UTSW lab), biomarkers of muscle damage (Ning Liu, Lin Xu – UTSW)
Dr. Bhai is dedicated to neurologic medical education. During his neurology residency, he worked to create a multi-modal curriculum for internal medicine residents and lead the implementation of the program. He also dedicated his time to teach parts of the curriculum. He continues to work with medical students, neurology residents, and neuromuscular fellows to further neurology education.
Dr. Bhai is dedicated to helping patients and their families understand and navigate difficult conditions by providing exceptional clinical care.
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