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2025 National Patient Conference

Watch session recordings from the 2025 MGFA National Patient Conference

Recordings from the 2025 conference are available for you to watch. See below!

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Monday, March 31

MORNING SESSIONS
9:30 a.m. MSTWelcome Address
Samantha Masterson, MGFA President and CEO
9:45 a.m. MSTKeynote Address: Understanding the Disease Processes Driving the Subtypes of MG and Related Neuromuscular Junction Disorders
Kevin O’Connor, PhD, Yale School of Medicine
10:35 a.m. MSTDisease State and Treatment Options
Suraj Muley, MD, Director of Neurology, Bob Bove Neuroscience Institute & Professor of Neurology, University of Arizona School of Medicine
11:50 a.m. MSTTreatment Expectations in MG: The Changing Conversation
Jeffrey Rosenfeld, PhD, MD, Loma Linda University
AFTERNOON SESSIONS
1:40 p.m. MSTEmpowered Voices: Navigating Legislative Advocacy and Self Advocacy for Lasting Change
Melinda J. Burnworth, PharmD, NORD
2:25 p.m. MSTPanel Discussion: The Path for You – Shared Decision Making
Moderated by Kelly Graham Gwathmey, MD, Associate Professor of Neurology, Virginia Commonwealth University
Featuring Janel Worcester-Brown and Randy Clough

Tuesday, April 1

MORNING SESSIONS
9:35 a.m. MSTUnexpected Gifts: Transform Your Challenges and Rewrite Your Story 
Vickie Petz Kasper, MD, Author, Podcast Host, and Diplomate of the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology 
10:25 a.m. MST#AskPatients: How Patient Engagement Shapes the Future of Care 
Jen Horonjeff, PhD, CEO & Founder, Savvy Cooperative
Sponsored by Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
11:45 a.m. MSTStrength in Motion: Safe and Effective Exercise for ​Myasthenia Gravis​
Sarah Wright, DO, MS, Pediatric Neurologist, Children’s National Hospital
AFTERNOON SESSION
1:50 p.m. MSTClosing Plenary: Together We Rise
David Jack, Motivational Speaker

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