2026 Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC) Annual Meeting

Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC) Annual Meeting is organized by the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC) and will be held from May 27 - 29, 2026, at Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America.

What to Expect at CMSC
The CMSC Annual Meeting offers unmatched access to multidisciplinary expertise, practical training, and the latest clinical research impacting rehabilitation in MS.

• Collaborate with neurologists, nurses, and mental health specialists
• Discover new tools and data supporting functional recovery
• Expand your professional network within the MS community

Rehabilitation Topics:

• Kinesio Taping for Neurological Conditions
• Neuromodulation for Functional Recovery in MS: The Role of Spinal Cord Stimulation
• Integrating Wearables into MS Clinical Care: From Research to Routine Practice
• Community Wellness Program Models for People Living with MS
• Rehab Platform Session
• International Symposium on Gait and Balance in Multiple Sclerosis
• Poster session dedicated specifically to rehabilitation in MS
• Preconference session led by experts in MS rehabilitation research and practice

Tracks and Learning Objectives
The Continuing Education Committee has identified educational gaps in ten content areas and has invited noted faculty to develop and conduct educational sessions in each of the following learning tracks.

• Mental Health MH
  • Conduct a thorough patient assessment that allows for differentiation between mental health, psychosocial, and cognitive issues in MS and incorporates information obtained into therapeutic plans of care.
  • Identify professional and community resources that support the work of the mental health team in providing comprehensive care that monitors for changes in quality of life and promotes optimization.
• MS Management MS
  • Compare MS models of care in order to support the provision of team-based, comprehensive care via the most appropriate model for a given practice setting that appropriately incorporates roles and responsibilities of clinicians and ensures the delivery of evidence-based MS care.
  • Summarize methods to monitor treatment outcomes including patient self-report, automated self-assessment, data from wearable devices, clinician reported outcomes, imaging, and biomarkers in order to optimize their utilization in clinical practice and research.
• Nursing RN
  • Evaluate current nursing models of care to promote patient centered care and individualize interventions and monitor outcomes of patients with MS.
  • Incorporate specific and evidence-based nursing skills into the development of teambased plans for individualized care of patients and families affected by MS
• Pharmacologic and Symptomatic Management PS
  • Identify assessment techniques to isolate those factors that affect the the complex pathology of MS and related neuroimmune disorders and differentiate between these disease processes and their manifestations and course.
  • Analyze common symptoms of MS and related disorders and their appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions in order to develop strategies designed to maximize function and quality of life.
• Professionalism, Ethics, Advocacy PE
  • Support MS patients and their families as they confront challenges while protecting the individual’s right to privacy, information, refusal of treatment, promotes patient selfadvocacy, and supports legal and human rights.
  • Promote and advance the roles of healthcare professionals dedicated to MS care to allow full practice authority and improve access to needed treatments, programs, and services.
  • Incorporate acquired information into professional practice skills that enhance comprehensive MS care and better serve patients, families, and colleagues
• Rehabilitation RH
  • Integrate rehabilitative strategies into the multidisciplinary management of the comorbidities and sequelae of MS to optimize patients’ function and quality of life.
  • Identify MS-specific screening techniques that facilitate individualized and targeted rehabilitation services.
• Research RS
  • Synthesize emerging data on treatment, safety, and efficacy in order to promote continuing insights into pathology, course, and management and of MS and other rarer neuroimmune disorders.
  • Review the design and outcomes of clinical trials in neuroimmune conditions and disseminate this information to prepare clinicians to evaluate trial quality and, where appropriate, integrate findings into clinical practice.
• Science of MS SC
  • Review the current understanding of diagnostic criteria, phenotypes, and variants of MS and other neuroimmune conditions to promote accurate diagnosis, initiation of appropriate therapy and monitoring of outcomes.
  • Identify the roles and interactions of genetics and epigenetics, the microbiome, environmental factors, age, comorbidities, and risk behaviors as factors contributing to pathogenesis and course of neuroimmune conditions including MS, MOGAD, NMOSD, and other disorders.
• Technologic Advances TC
  • Examine innovations in diagnostic, rehabilitative, adaptive, communication, and educational technology that have an impact on the care of patients with neuroimmune disease throughout the spectrum of the disease.
  • Incorporate technology appropriately to enhance care and research in MS and neuroimmune disorders.
• Wellness WE
  • Recognize the importance of focusing on wellness outcomes and incorporate this perspective into all clinical care and patient and family education.
  • Integrate wellness concepts into long-term planning as the patient condition changes to optimize wellness strategies at all stages of disease.

Why should you attend the 2026 Annual Meeting for the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers?

• Summit
  Join world renowned thought leaders and experts in the field of MS for clinical courses, plenary sessions, and symposia at the largest North American educational meeting on MS care and research.
• Hot MS Topics
  Attend lectures by top MS clinicians and researchers on: cutting edge research, comprehensive care best practices, mental health and cognition, disease modification, neuroimaging, pediatric MS, rehabilitation strategies, and advocacy.
• Networking
  Sustain your professional expertise through networking opportunities, award ceremonies, poster sessions, platform presentations, satellite symposia and exhibits with the latest products and services - all included in your registration fee!
• Advancement
  Continuing education credits offered for physicians, PAs, nursing professionals, pharmacists, occupational therapists, psychologists, social workers, and dietitians. Certificates of completion will be provided for all other healthcare professionals.