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SeAndrea Ferguson, Board of Trustees

Meet New Board Member SeAndrea Ferguson SeAndrea Ferguson is a wife, a mom, a teacher, an individual living with myasthenia gravis (MG) and member of Conquer MG’s Board of Trustees. She enjoys listening to music, reading, watching her favorite shows, and spending time with her amazing family and good friends. Q: Where do you call… Read more »

MGNet Announces 2025 Scholars

The 2025 Myasthenia Gravis Rare Disease Network (MGNet) Scholar Awardees are Drs. Patricia Sikorski and Alexandra Bayer Wildberger. Alexandra Bayer Wildberger, PhD, is a postdoctoral associate with Dr. Kevin O’Connor at Yale School of Medicine. She completed a Master in Molecular and Cellular Biology and a PhD in Cell Biology and Immunology at the Sorbonne University in Paris…. Read more »

Ocular Myasthenia Gravis (MG): Understand How to Manage Eye Weakness

By Dr. Rabia Malik and Dr. Thomas Mizen How Common is Ocular Myasthenia Gravis (MG)?  Symptoms related to eye weakness, or ocular symptoms, are common in patients with MG. Fifty percent (50%) of patients will present with ocular symptoms such as double vision and eyelid droop as their first symptom of MG. Over time, ocular… Read more »