About Dr. Leorah Freeman
Leorah Freeman, MD, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Neurology at Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin, where she directs the Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology Center. Over two decades of clinical practice, she has cared for patients with multiple sclerosis and its rarer relatives — NMOSD, MOGAD, autoimmune encephalitis — and, increasingly, for patients with dysautonomia, hEDS and small fiber neuropathy.
She is a clinical trialist whose research focuses on the development of new therapeutics for neuroimmune conditions and the validation of novel imaging and digital biomarkers. She is the principal investigator of the MS Implementation Network, a national practice-based research network dedicated to closing the gap between innovation and clinical adoption.
She earned her MD and PhD (in neurosciences) from Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris, where she also completed her neurology residency. She trained in MS and neuroimmunology through fellowships at La Pitié-Salpêtrière in Paris and UTHealth in Houston, TX.
She writes The Neuroimmunologist to bring clinical evidence, the emerging immune lens on complex chronic illness, and the practical work of managing these conditions to the patients, families, and clinicians who need it.
Why subscribe?
Are you living with multiple sclerosis, POTS, hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, small fiber neuropathy, or one of the rarer neuroimmune conditions like NMOSD or MOGAD? A family member trying to make sense of a complicated diagnosis? A clinician caring for patients whose illness sits at the intersection of neurology and immunology?
This publication is for you.
Here’s what you’ll find inside:
Clinical evidence, translated. Plainspoken writing on what the research actually says and what it doesn’t yet about MS, autoimmune neurology, dysautonomia, hEDS, and small fiber neuropathy.
Tools to build the skills needed to manage a nervous system that doesn’t work the way it used to. Pacing, autonomic regulation, sleep, treatment decisions, appointment preparation, and the skills of getting heard by your clinical team.
Two decades of clinical perspective. What I’ve learned from caring for patients with these conditions in a real neuroimmunology practice: the patterns, the trade-offs, and the questions worth asking.
Disclaimer
The views expressed here are my own and do not represent those of Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin, or any organization with which I am affiliated.
This publication is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for personalized medical advice. Please consult your own clinicians about your specific situation.
