Matthew McAdams, director of the Multiple Sclerosis Centre at the Lahey Hospital and Medical Centre in Boston, Massachusetts, is the guest speaker at the latest Docs for Dinner for the island’s doctors to hear from overseas medical professionals.

Dr McAdams will speak at 6.30pm in the Hamilton Princess Hotel and Beach Club this Thursday, courtesy of Bermuda Healthcare Services and the Brown-Darrell Clinic.

His topic for the quarterly event will be “The Role of Imaging in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis”.

Dr McAdams, a graduate of Boston University, leads a multidisciplinary specialist team providing MS patients with the latest innovative treatment technologies.

He is involved in clinical research trials aimed at discovering a cure for multiple sclerosis, which attacks nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord.

Docs for Dinner was started in 2008 in affiliation with the Lahey Clinic, bringing physicians together to exchange ideas and cutting-edge medical information with Bermuda’s medical community.

Details are available by calling 737-7007 or e-mailing dfdcommunications@bhcs.bm.