BRUNSWICK, Georgia: Feb. 15, 2012– Lori A. Trefts, M.D. will be the
featured speaker at a free seminar about multiple sclerosis (MS) on Thursday,
Feb. 23, at 6 p.m. The event, which includes dinner, will take place in
the Linda S. Pinson Conference Center at the Southeast Georgia Health
System Brunswick Campus, 2415 Parkwood Drive. The benefits of Gilenya,
a prescription medication used to treat relapsing forms of MS in adults,
will be discussed.
Trefts is a board-certified neurologist at Southeast Georgia Health System
Physician Associates-Neurosciences, a strategic affiliate of the Health
System. She earned her medical degree from St. Louis University School
of Medicine. Trefts completed her residency in neurology and a fellowship
in clinical multiple sclerosis at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical
Center in Winston-Salem, N.C. She is a member of the American Academy
of Neurology and served as a member of the National Multiple Sclerosis
Society Hampton Road Chapter Board of Trustees in 2009.
A patient currently taking Gilenya will also speak at the seminar. Although
the event is free, those wishing to attend are asked to RSVP by Tuesday,
Feb. 21, by calling 1-800-973-0362. About Southeast Georgia Health System