Posts by Tanuja Chitnis, MD
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Study Details How Epstein-Barr Virus Reactivation May Lead to MS Relapses
Mass General Brigham investigators found Epstein-Barr virus lytic reactivation precedes multiple sclerosis (MS) relapses by roughly two to three months, interacting with MS risk genes to drive inflammatory B cell expansion and an immune cascade that can lead to individual flareups.
Biography
Dr. Chitnis is the Director of the Partners Pediatric MS Center at the Mass General Hospital for Children. She also sees adult patients with MS at the Brigham and Women's Hospital. She completed her medical training at the University of Toronto Medical School, her Neurology residency in Philadelphia, and a fellowship in Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology at the Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Chitnis has had a longstanding interest in Pediatric MS. She is the Chair of the International Pediatric MS Workgroup, and has written many publications and reviews related to multiple sclerosis. She is actively involved in several research projects to help to better understand and treat MS in children.
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