Evan T. Cohen, PT, MA, PhD, NCS earned his MA in Physical Therapy from Touro College (NY) in 1992, and his PhD in Health Sciences from Trident University (CA) in 2010. He has been an ABPTS Neurologic Certified Specialist since 2002. His clinical practice has focused primarily on neurologic rehabilitation with a specific concentration on the rehabilitation of people with multiple sclerosis. He has published and presented extensively about physical therapy examination, outcomes measurement and physical therapy for people with multiple sclerosis. He has served as a member of the Neurology Section’s MSEDGE Task Force, and co-authored the Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Summary and supporting cases on PTNow, the translational knowledge portal of the APTA. He is an Associate Professor in the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program at Arcadia University.

Herb Karpatkin received his Masters degree in Physical Therapy from Boston University, and a Doctorate in Neurology from Rocky Mountain University. He is a board certified in neurology and geriatrics through the American Physical Therapy Association, and a certified Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Specialist through the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers. He has held clinical posts at the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, the International Multiple Sclerosis Management Practice, and academic posts in the physical therapy departments of Touro College and Hunter College. He has presented extensively both nationally and internationally on physical therapy and multiple sclerosis, and has published articles on Multiple Sclerosis in the Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, International Journal of Multiple Sclerosis and Multiple Sclerosis International. He is the recipient of the  2015 American Physical Therapy Association Award for Excellence in Neurologic Education and the 2019 National Multiple Sclerosis Society Research Partners award. In addition to continuing to be actively involved in patient care, he is a tenured associate professor of physical therapy at Hunter College, City University of New York  teaching courses in neurologic evaluation and intervention, psychosocial aspects of health care, and research design, as well as mentoring DPT students through the research process. His primary areas of research are aimed at understanding and developing  interventions that result in improved mobility for persons with MS.