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Patricia K. Coyle, MD, FAAN, FANA: Expert Care at Stony Brook Multiple Sclerosis Comprehensive Care Center BY K ATY MENA-BERKLEY MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SPECIALIST PATRICIA K. COYLE, MD, FA AN, FANA, PROFESSOR AND VICE-CHAIR OF CLINICAL AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY, RENAISSANCE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT STONY BROOK UNIVERSIT Y, AND DIRECTOR, STONY BROOK MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS COMPREHENSIVE CARE CENTER, IS DEDICATED TO DELIVERING SOPHISTICATED DIAGNOSTICS AND TRE ATMENTS TO INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH THIS CHRONIC NEUROLOGICAL CONDITION. MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (MS) is a disease characterized by mystery. A degenerative neuroimmune condition impacting the central nervous system, MS can be invisible to the untrained eye, while simultaneously wreaking havoc on the individual living with the disease. Historically, MS would present with telltale neurological complications, such as double vision, foot drop, numbness or sensations of shock that travel up and down a patient's spine, and clinicians could not do much more than tell patients to hope for the best. Today, the outlook for MS has been dramatically transformed. Thanks to dedicated research and sophisticated new technolo- gies, a variety of options are available to effectively diagnose and manage MS. At Stony Brook Multiple Sclerosis Comprehensive Care Center, Dr. Coyle has access to a broad spectrum of clinical options and offers patients care plans tailored to meet their unique needs. "At one time, this was a disease that had no treatment, so you would make a diagnosis in young people and tell them, unfortunately, there was nothing available to treat their disease," Dr. Coyle says. "Things are dramatically different today, and the Meet Dr. Coyle A N ATI V E OF the Bronx, Patricia K. Coyle, MD, FA AN, FANA, Professor and Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs, Department of Neurology, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, and Director, Stony Brook Multiple Sclerosis Comprehensive Care Center, earned her undergraduate degree at Fordham University – Rose Hill Campus before attending The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where she completed her residency in neurology and her fellowship in neuroimmunology and neurovirology. Dr. Coyle has an international reputation as an MS expert. She has been sought out by her peers to lead more than 10 MS educational programs where physicians from around the world come to learn from her and the other multidisciplinary experts of the Stony Brook MS Comprehensive Care Center. These efforts have also included a training fellowship in MS for neurologists from Latin America. The Center has continued its outreach activities virtually during the pandemic. Most recently, Dr. Coyle hosted an educational offering via Zoom to patients on the COVID-19 vaccine and MS. 1 2❱❱❱❱❱ P H Y S I C I A N S P O T L I G H T

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