SESSION 1:
EPIDEMIOLOGY, PHYSIOPATHOLOGY, MS CRITERIA

New diagnostic criteria for Multiple Sclerosis

SPEAKER

Bassem Yamout (UAE)

Dr. Yamout is a Professor of Neurology and director of the Neurology Institute at Harley Street Medical Center in Abu Dhabi. He graduated from medical school at AUB in 1984, received his training in neurology at the University of Cincinnati-Ohio in the USA, and followed by a fellowship at the Montreal Neurological Institute-McGill University in Canada. He received his American Board in Neurology and joined the faculty at the American University of Beirut in 1988.

He is currently president of MENACTRIMS (Middle East North Africa Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis), member of the MSIF (Multiple Sclerosis International Federation) Scientific Advisory Board, The International Mc Donald Diagnostic Criteria Review Committee, The International Panel for Diagnosis of NMOSD, the medical advisory committee of the UAE National MS Society, The European Charcot Foundation Board, fellow of the American Academy of Neurology and recipient of the 2024 Abdul Hamid Shoman Award for Arab Researchers in the field of medicine.

Dr. Yamout is one of the leading experts on multiple sclerosis in the Middle East with more than 140 publications in peer reviewed journals. In addition, he is currently the principal investigator on several ongoing international multiple sclerosis research trials. Dr. Yamout is currently Chief Editor of the MS newsletter “MS today”, and on the editorial board of “Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders” and “Pediatric Neurology”.