About the Speaker

Aliza Ben-Zacharia, PhD, DNP, ANP-BC, FAAN Dr. Ben-Zacharia is a full-time faculty and an assistant professor on a tenure track at Hunter College and is the Co-Director of the Research/EBP fellowship at the Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing (PSON). At Mount Sinai PSON, she oversees the Phillips Fellowship Program, a formal interdisciplinary program comprising mentorship, collaborative research projects, and enhanced clinical rotations at The Mount Sinai Hospital. She is a board certified ANP with experience in acute care, neurology, and rehabilitation. Dr. Ben-Zacharia is a multiple sclerosis expert and a researcher and has her independent Multiple Sclerosis practice. She has a passion for gaining a greater understanding and working toward improving the care of patients with neurological diseases. Her research in MS focuses on nutrition, obesity, quality of life and palliative care. She published numerous articles and book chapters in the field of MS. Dr. Ben-Zacharia developed multiple neurological educational programs for patients and health care providers. She has been the past president of the International Organization of Multiple Sclerosis Nurses (IOMSN). Dr. Ben-Zacharia is on the editorial board of MS Perspectives, a patient MS magazine and one of the editors of the Practical Implementation of Nursing Science Journal (PINS). Dr. Ben-Zacharia has won multiple awards from the NMSS (Hall of Fame and educational award), the IOMSN (Research award), and Mount Sinai Hospital (rehabilitation, neurology service award and the Cullman Patients’ award in 2019 and 2020 at Mount Sinai Hospital). The Cullman Family Award for Excellence in Physician/APC Communication (99 percentile) in clinical practice, is provided to clinicians who ranked in the top one percent nationally in provider communication based on the CG CAHP patient experience survey.

How to participate

The class will become available about 30 minutes prior to the start of the presentation. During this time, you should ensure that you have the Zoom client installed and working.

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How to get your Participation Certificate

After the presentation, return to this course to take the post-lecture quiz. The quiz will consist of information that was presented during the session and should not be difficult if you watched the presentation. Once you finish and pass the quiz, mark the course as complete. Your certificate will be available for download as a PDF file upon completion.

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