The Division of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and General Neurology includes faculty and advanced practice providers focused on the care and management of autoimmune disorders of the central nervous system including multiple sclerosis, as well as those with other common neurological disorders including headache and memory disorders.

The division is home to a fellowship in multiple sclerosis and numerous funded research projects including clinical trials for MS and headache.

Areas of clinical care within the Division of Multiple Sclerosis and General Neurology

Neuroscientists at VCU are engaged in a wide spectrum of basic, translational and clinical research projects focused on understanding the underlying cause of MS and identifying potential therapies. Projects in recent years include:

The discovery of a form of axonal injury in animal models of multiple sclerosis that may revolutionize our understanding of axonal injury in multiple sclerosis
The study of how nociceptin and mu-opioid receptors control remyelination
The examination of how autotaxinpromotes remyelination through its action on oligodendrocyte progenitor cells
The study of serum biomarkers in MS
The testing of LXR agonists to reduce inflammation in the central nervous system

Education

Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Fellowship

The Division of Multiple Sclerosis and General Neurology offers one-year and two-year fellowship positions in multiple sclerosis and neuroimmunology.

Fellows will train in both the inpatient and outpatient care and management of MS and MS-related disorders, as well as participate in MS therapeutic trials and other clinical research. MS and MS-related disorders require multidisciplinary care, and thus fellows will have the opportunity to work with our colleagues in fields such as physical medicine and rehabilitation, urology, ophthalmology and neuroradiology.

Learn more about fellowship program

About the Chair

Prior to joining the faculty at VCU, Dr. Myla Goldman was an associate professor of neurology at the University of Virginia specializing in multiple sclerosis. She directed the multiple sclerosis clinic at UVA Health and served as chief of the Division of Multiple Sclerosis and Neuro-Immunology. Dr. Goldman received her bachelor’s degree in behavioral neuroscience from Lehigh University and her medical degree from Rush Medical College in Chicago. She completed her neurology residency at the University of Virginia and subsequently completed her fellowship in Clinical Neuroimmunology at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation while concurrently earning a Master’s degree in clinical research at Case Western University in Cleveland Ohio.