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Video Lectures, Talks & Presentations

February 27, 2018
Small Fibers, Big Pain: New Research on Fibromyalgia and Small Fiber Neuropathy 
Anne Louise Oaklander, MD, PhD, at Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University.

November 10, 2016
THE CHRONIC PAIN EPIDEMIC: What's to Be Done? 
Includes as Expert Participant Anne Louise Oaklander, MD, PhD. Presented by The Forum at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health jointly with The Huffington Post.

December 8, 2015
A Name for the Pain: The Story of Small-fiber Polyneuropathy 
Talk by Anne Louise Oaklander, MD, PhD at the The Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and Innovation

November 15, 2015
Fibromyalgia and Small Fiber Polyneuropathy: A Major New Development in Fibromyalgia, with Important Implications for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) 
Talk by Khosro Farhad, MD for the The Massachusetts CFIDS/ME & FM Association's Fall 2015 Lecture. There was also a question and answer period afterwards: Q&A video

March 15, 2013
Undiagnosed Small Fiber Polyneuropathy: Is It a Component of Gulf War Illness? 
Talk by Anne Louise Oaklander, MD, PhD, and Max Klein, PhD.

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