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Affected Vocal Cords, Unaffected Humor: Carolyn’s Life With Spasmodic Dysphonia

July 28, 2021

Carolyn Bolz has such a passion for public speaking that she often recites her speeches entirely in rhyme. From Riverside, California, Carolyn fills her life with family, faith, Toastmasters Club, and—for the past several years—the National Spasmodic Torticollis Association (NSTA) led by Justin Aquines and Vi Tran.

From Post-Polio Syndrome to the Boston Marathon: Mary’s Path to Healing

July 28, 2021

Mary McManus, MSW from Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts is many things. She is a motivational speaker, an author, a poet, and a runner. She also happens to be a polio survivor.

Team O for the Win: A Young Boy's Battle Against Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

February 10, 2021

4 year old Owin Petersen is battling against Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and Autism Spectrum Disorder.

AANEM Seeking Early Career Speaker to Receive the 2020 Surinderjit Singh Young Lectureship Award

December 13, 2019

New for 2020, the American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM) Annual Meeting plenary will include a speaker who is the winner of the Surinderjit Singh Young Lectureship Award. This lecture will honor long-time AANEM member Dr. Surinderjit Singh. The lectureship topic preferably will align with the theme of the 2020 Orlando meeting, Emergent Therapies in Neuromuscular Diseases. There will be plenary speakers to review the current and future landscape in treatments of important neuromuscular diseases such as SMA, ALS, muscular dystrophy and myasthenia gravis.