The Transverse Myelitis Association Officers and Board

The Officers and the Board of Directors of the TMA are volunteers. The TMA has no paid employees. The TMA has nearly no overhead. We have no offices; the officers and board work from their homes, pay for most of their own supplies and office equipment, their own computer equipment, their own long-distance phone bills and internet access. The TMA does not use any of its funds for fundraising purposes. All of the funds we receive go directly to offering services to our members. The vast majority of our operating costs are for the printing of information that is distributed to our members and for postage.

The Transverse Myelitis Association Medical Advisory Board

The physicians on our Medical Advisory Board are regular contributors of articles for the newsletter regarding symptom management issues and about TM research. They provide critical advice and direction regarding the TMA's goals, programs, and policies. They provide critical information regarding the most effective treatment approaches for adult and pediatric TM. The Medical Advisory Board physicians also participate in all of our symposia and workshops around the country and around the world. All of these physicians serve in the TM Consortium and most of them are involved in TM research. They are intensively involved in disseminating information and educating about TM to both people with TM and their family members and to the medical community as presenters at symposia and through publications. Perhaps most importantly, we refer TM patients to these physicians and they are offering these people the best possible treatments and care.