Céline Dion’s Doctor Advances Medicine for Patients of Rare Neurological Disorders

This episode features a discussion about autoimmune neurological diseases, including the rare stiff person syndrome (SPS) that affects Canadian superstar Céline Dion. Our guest is Amanda Piquet, MD, associate professor of neurology and director of the autoimmune neurology program at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Piquet, whose team is conducting groundbreaking research on autoimmune neurologic disorders, has treated Dion’s SPS for over two years at UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital. Piquet calls the $2 million philanthropic investment her team received from the Céline Dion Foundation a turning point in the understanding of SPS and other autoimmune neurologic diseases.