Kenneth Johnson Kenneth P. Johnson, MD, founder and past president of the Americas Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ACTRIMS), passed away on September 3, 2011 at the age of 79.  Ken was a leader in the field of multiple sclerosis. In 1995, he had a vision for a North American organization, which [...]

Hillel Panitch Hillel S. Panitch, MD, a prominent MS researcher and clinician, died December 23, 2010 in Williston, Vermont of advanced melanoma. He was 70 years old and had recently been named Senior Researcher of the Year by the University of Vermont. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Wesleyan University and a Fulbright Scholar, he [...]