Faculty Bios
Patient Education Program Series 2022
Thomas Leist, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology, Thomas Jefferson University Director, Comprehensive Multiple Sclerosis CenterEducation:
- PhD: Biochemistry – University of Zurich
- Fellowship: Microbiology, Immunology – University of California Los Angeles
- Medical School – University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
- Internship: Internal Medicine – University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
- Residency: Neurology – Weill Cornell Medical College
- Fellowship: Neuroimmunology – National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Annette Okai, MD, FAAN
Director, Clinical Neuroimmunology & Multiple Sclerosis Research North Texas Institute of Neurology and Headache, Plano, TXEducation:
- Medical School – MCP-Hahnemann School of Medicine
- Internship: Medicine – Pennsylvania Hospital
- Residency: Neurology – Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
- Fellowship: Multiple Sclerosis – Thomas Jefferson University, Department of Neurology