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SUMMARY:Webinar – Resilient Voices: Practical Voice Techniques for MS Care
DESCRIPTION:Living with MS can sometimes change how your voice feels and sounds. Join MSAA and voice expert Dr. Gloriana Cruz Rivera on this supportive\, hands-on webinar designed to help you speak with greater ease\, clarity\, and confidence. You’ll learn to recognize common voice changes related to MS and practice simple\, fatigue-friendly techniques to support breathing\, improve clarity\, reduce strain\, and make everyday communication smoother and more effective. \n\n\n\nWalk away with practical tools you can start using right away — because your voice matters. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAbout the Presenter\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Gloriana Cruz Rivera holds a Clinical Doctorate in Sciences with a specialty in speech-language pathology and voice disorders. Since 2008\, she has combined her passion for teaching with academic and clinical practice\, currently serving as SLPA Program Chair and Assistant Professor at the College of DuPage. She has extensive experience working with professional voice users\, focusing on vocal rehabilitation and healthy voice use. \n\n\n\nDr. Cruz Rivera maintains active professional affiliations with the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and is co-author of Sing and Shout for Health: Scientific Insights and Future Directions for Vocology (2025).
URL:https://mymsaa.org/event/webinar-resilient-voices-practical-voice-techniques-for-ms-care/
LOCATION:Pennsylvania
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SUMMARY:MSAA’s 12th Improving Lives Benefit: In-Person & Streaming
DESCRIPTION:MSAA’s signature event\, the Improving Lives Benefit\, features both an in-person donor reception and a live virtual event to bring the community together\, whether attending at the event space or from the comfort of their homes. \n\n\n\nTo learn more about this event or to get registered\, visit mymsaa.org/benefit. \n\n\n\nClick here to view an album from the previous Improving Lives Benefit\, and watch a recording of the livestream below. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMission Honoree\n\n\n\nTyler CampbellMS Advocate\, Best-Selling Author\, and Inspirational Speaker \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCorporate Honoree\n\n\n\nicometrixicometrix has built FDA-cleared AI software that analyzes brain scans of people with neurological conditions like multiple sclerosis\, helping clinicians make better-informed decisions
URL:https://mymsaa.org/event/msaas-12th-improving-lives-benefit-in-person-streaming/
LOCATION:The Switch House by Cescaphe\, 1325 Beach Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19125\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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SUMMARY:Philadelphia\, PA – Patient Educational Program: Women's Voices in MS Care
DESCRIPTION:Join MSAA for an engaging and informative in-person educational program\, Women’s Voices in MS Care\, which brings together expert insight and lived experience. Join us to explore early\, high-efficacy MS treatments\, women’s health across the lifespan\, and strategies for self-advocacy and shared decision-making. \n\n\n\nGuest Presenters: Dr. Karen Berkowitz\, Dr. Rohini Samuldralwar\, and Dawn Morgan\, MS Advocate \n\n\n\nTo register\, please visit this link. For more information\, please contact Yahaira Rivera-Bobadilla\, Director of Mission Delivery and Program Development\, at yrivera@mymsaa.org or (800) 532-7667\, ext. 151. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Presenters:\n\n\n\nKaren M. Berkowitz\, M.D.Associate Dean for Medical Student ResearchResearch & Scholarship Clerkship DirectorAssociate Professor Obstetrics and Gynecology\, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyCollege of Medicine\, Drexel University \n\n\n\nRohini Samudralwar\, MD Neurologist\, MS Specialist Co-Director\, Multiples Sclerosis and Related Disorders FellowshipAssociate Program Director\, Adult Neurology ResidencyProfessor of Clinical Neurology\, University of Pennsylvania \n\n\n\nDawn MorganMS Advocate                                                                                                                      Lived Experience Expert Women’s Health Researcher 
URL:https://mymsaa.org/event/philadelphia-pa-womens-voices-in-ms-care/
LOCATION:Hilton Philadelphia City Avenue\, 4200 City Avenue\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\, 19131\, United States
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