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Amy MB Sullivan, PsyD, ABPP is a Board Certified, Staff Clinical Health Psychologist and the Director of Behavioral Medicine at the Mellen Center for MS Treatment and Research at the Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Sullivan received her doctorate degree at Argosy University-Atlanta, her internship at the University of Cincinnati, and her fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic in Pain Medicine. Prior to her graduate studies, she was a Division 1 basketball player at St. Bonaventure University, where she received her degree in psychology and chemistry. Dr. Sullivan is the training director for behavioral medicine at the Mellen Center where she trains multiple student clinicians and researchers. She is also the principal investigator for several clinical trials at the Mellen Center, where her research interests are focused on MS, pain, exercise and behavioral medicine. She is passionate about physician and caregiver self-care, burnout and psychological health and spearheaded the efforts for Mellen Center to win the National Psychologically Healthy Workplace Award, Best Practice by the American Psychological Association. Dr. Sullivan’s clinical interests are in individual, family and group work with patients and family members affected by Multiple Sclerosis. It is easy to understand how having MS, with its potential for progressing to permanent disability, can bring on depression, stress, grieving and anxiety. Emotional liability can be one of the most challenging aspects of MS from the standpoint of family life. Learn from Amy Sullivan, PsyD how anti-depressant medications, professional counseling, support groups and stress management strategies can help people with MS.

Jennifer is the Director of Community Engagement for BioNews (Multiple Sclerosis News Today is a subsidiary of BioNews). Jenn is also the host of the Multiple Sclerosis Podcast as well as a featured columnist. An active advocate in the MS community, Jenn imparts her hopeful optimism into real-life challenges facing the MS community. Now with secondary-progressive MS, Jenn continues to elevate the patient voice to better the lives of those living with MS. When she is not writing, Jenn enjoys volunteering with her local golden retriever rescue, traveling, and spending time with family and friends. Jenn resides in Orange County, California, with her husband and golden retrievers.

Vicky Leavitt is a neuropsychologist and neuroscientist specializing in the psychological and cognitive symptoms of MS. For over ten years, Dr. Leavitt’s research has focused on symptoms that affect quality of life for people living with MS including fatigue, cognitive impairment, depression, anxiety, and loneliness. An additional focus of her research involves quantifying large-scale neuronal network alterations as a predictor of future memory decline in MS. Finally, her laboratory explores the benefits of treatment interventions focused on diet, exercise, sleep, intellectual enrichment, social support, physical activity, mood, personality, and other potentially modifiable lifestyle factors.Dr. Leavitt is assistant professor of neuropsychology in the Department of Neurology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. She has received grants from the National Institutes of Health, the United States Department of Defense, and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. In 2019, she launched eSupport Health (www.esupporthealth.com), a telehealth company delivering online support to people with MS.Vicky earned a Bachelor’s of Science in Human Development from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and received her Ph.D. in Neuropsychology from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.