{"id":377573,"date":"2026-08-21T15:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T15:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/377573\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T15:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T15:38:08","slug":"multiple-sclerosis-treatment-center-opens-in-lutz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/377573\/","title":{"rendered":"Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Center Opens in Lutz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Multiple sclerosis patients in northern Hillsborough County have a new treatment option after a <a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/category\/clearwater\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"22\" title=\"Clearwater\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Clearwater<\/a>-based specialty practice opened its second Tampa Bay center in Lutz.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The MS &amp; Neuromuscular Center of Excellence developed the Lutz center in partnership with Nira Medical. The facility includes on-site infusion services and will offer patients opportunities to participate in clinical research.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Mark Cascione will lead the center, 30 years after joining Tampa Neurology Associates. He later launched the <a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/category\/south-tampa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"26\" title=\"South Tampa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">South Tampa<\/a> MS Center and, according to Nira Medical, has participated in more than 300 clinical trials as a principal investigator or sub-investigator.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Lutz center is accepting new patients, as Cascione said Tampa Bay\u2019s growth has increased the need for specialized MS care in the region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs the Tampa Bay region continues to grow, there is an increasing need for comprehensive care that can meet patients where they are,\u201d Cascione said.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Multiple sclerosis patients in northern Hillsborough County have a new treatment option after a Clearwater-based specialty practice opened&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377574,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-377573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}