The Wayne State University Multiple Sclerosis Program/Harper University Hospital MS Clinic presented nine papers at the annual Congress of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis, in Madrid, Sept. 27 through Sept. 30. This was the most papers from any single center from North America.

ECTRIMS is the largest international meeting focused on multiple sclerosis and related disorders. The annual attendance was 5,000 this year, with representation from all continents.

WSU's papers included both investigator-initiated studies as well as multi-center trials. This is the first year in the 22 years of the Congress history that Wayne State University was the top ranking center. The top 10 North American Centers were:

1. Wayne State University (9)
2. University of British Columbia, Vancouver (8)
2. SUNY at Buffalo (8)
3. Neuroimmunology Branch, National Institutes of Health (7)
4. Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School (7)
5. University of California, San Francisco (7)
5. Cleveland Clinic (7)
6. Johns Hopkins Medical Center (6)
6. Mayo Clinic (6)
6. University of Texas,. Dallas (6)

Omar Khan, M.D., WSU associate professor of neurology, is director for Experimental Therapeutics & Clinical Research, WSU Multiple Sclerosis Center; director of the WSU Multiple Sclerosis Neuroimaging Laboratory; and director of the Harper University Hospital MS Clinic.