South Central Region

In the next AFTD Educational Webinar, Melissa Armstrong, MD, MSc, Associate Professor of Neurology at the University of Florida (Gainesville) will provide an in-depth look at corticobasal syndrome and corticobasal degeneration. In the webinar, she will discuss the vocabulary used in this disease (what’s the difference between the syndrome and degeneration?), how a diagnosis is…

Throughout April, AFTD will present a series of webinars reflecting material originally developed for the 2020 AFTD Education Conference, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The material has been adapted to reflect the current climate. Caring for a loved one with FTD is a difficult journey even in the best of times. Over…

Throughout April, AFTD will present a series of webinars reflecting material originally developed for the 2020 AFTD Education Conference, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The material has been adapted to reflect the current climate. In this webinar, AFTD’s CEO Susan L-J Dickinson will speak with Bruce Miller, MD, Director of the UCSF…

On February 4, AFTD will host an online Community Information Session, providing information and answering questions about  the upcoming AFTD-hosted virtual Externally Led Patient Focused Drug Development (EL-PFDD) meeting. The Externally Led PFDD meeting, to be held March 5, will give all whose lives have been affected by  FTD the chance to share their direct…