UC Davis Health MS Program

Sacramento, California

Academic MS Center
3 Active TrialsInfusion CenterVirtual CareLarge Center
30 MS centers statewide · Ranked #11 in California for clinical trials
What kind of place is this?
Comprehensive Care TeamResearch FocusedPart of Major Health System

You’re at an academic MS center with a broad, team-based approach to care. You’ll likely appreciate the mix of specialty neurology, rehab, mental health, pain management, and onsite infusion services. You may need a referral to get started, and this is a single-location program in Sacramento.

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Support Services5/5
Clinical Trials & Research3/5
Insurance & Navigation Help2/5
Scheduling & Virtual Care3/5

About UC Davis Health MS Program

This program includes a Pediatric Neuroimmunology and Demyelinating Disease Program, giving families access to MS and neuroimmunology care across the lifespan.

UC Davis Health MS Program provides specialized care for multiple sclerosis, neuroimmunology conditions, and other demyelinating diseases in Sacramento. The team treats conditions such as relapsing-remitting, primary progressive, and secondary progressive MS, along with disorders like neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder and optic neuritis. Patients can also receive diagnostic testing, infusion therapy, and rehabilitation services in one coordinated setting. The program serves both adults and children through dedicated specialty care.

UC Davis Health MS Program is a Sacramento center that cares for adults and children with multiple sclerosis and related demyelinating diseases. You can expect a multidisciplinary team, onsite infusion services, and access to rehabilitation, mental health, and pain support. The program is part of UC Davis Health and works closely with UC Davis Department of Neurology.

Featured Care Team Members

Michelle Apperson
director of the UC Davis Multiple Sclerosis Center; clinical professor; neuromuscular and neuroimmunology section chief
neurology
Mustafa Ansari
neurologist
multiple sclerosis
Vaishnavi Vaidyanathan, M.D.
co-director, Pediatric Neuroimmunology and Demyelinating Disease Program
neurology - neuroimmunology; pediatric neurology

Specialized Programs

Center for Comprehensive Multiple Sclerosis Care
Pediatric Neuroimmunology and Demyelinating Disease Program
pain program for demyelinating diseases
rehabilitation services for MS
adult and pediatric neuroimmunology care

Partnerships & Referral Network

  • UC Davis Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  • neuro-ophthalmology collaboration

Services & Treatments

What They Treat
multiple sclerosisrelapsing-remitting multiple sclerosisprimary progressive multiple sclerosissecondary progressive multiple sclerosisneuromyelitis optica spectrum disordermyelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated diseaseoptic neuritistransverse myelitisneurosarcoidosisCNS lupusSjogren's diseasecentral nervous system vasculitisautoimmune encephalitisdemyelinating diseases
How They Treat It
specialized multiple sclerosis careneuroimmunology carerehabilitation servicesmental health supportpain managementinfusion servicesreferral-based specialty caredisease-modifying therapiescorticosteroidsIV therapiesimmunomodulatory medicationsIVIGvitamin supplementsmedical marijuanaphysical therapyoccupational therapyspeech therapycognitive therapyrehabilitation
Diagnostics
blood testsevoked potentialsMRI of the brainMRI of the spineoptical coherence tomographyspinal taplumbar puncturevisual field testingCT scanPET/CT scan

Research & Clinical Trials

This center is currently involved in 3 clinical trials

Long-term Safety, Tolerability and Effectiveness Study of Ofatumumab in Patients With Relapsing MS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
ACTIVE NOT RECRUITINGPHASE3
OfatumumabTetanus toxoid (TT) containing vaccine (Td, Tdap)13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (13-PCV)23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (23-PPV)Seasonal Quadrivalent influenza vaccineKeyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH) neo-antigen
Serum Auto-Antibodies in Neurological Diseases
University of California, Davis
ENROLLING BY INVITATION
Blood DrawCheek swab
Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness and Safety of Ozanimod Compared to Fingolimod in Children and Adolescents With Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis
Celgene
RECRUITINGPHASE3
OzanimodFingolimodPlacebo

Insurance & Access

Contact
4860 Y St Suite 3700, Sacramento, CA 95817
Insurance & Support

FAQs from UC Davis Health MS Program

Yes. The program provides adult and pediatric neuroimmunology care, including a Pediatric Neuroimmunology and Demyelinating Disease Program.

The team treats multiple sclerosis, including relapsing-remitting, primary progressive, and secondary progressive MS. It also cares for related conditions such as neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder, MOG antibody-associated disease, optic neuritis, transverse myelitis, and neurosarcoidosis.

Services include disease-modifying therapies, corticosteroids, IV therapies, IVIG, rehabilitation, pain management, and mental health support. The program also offers physical, occupational, speech, and cognitive therapy support.

Diagnostic services include blood tests, MRI of the brain and spine, evoked potentials, optical coherence tomography, spinal tap or lumbar puncture, visual field testing, CT scan, and PET/CT scan.

Appointments are requested through a referral form or by phone. You can call 800-2-UCDAVIS to get started.

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