Cleveland Clinic Hosts Vasculitis Symposium for Patients, Families and Friends - May 3, 2011 Register Today!

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What's Happening: 

The VF is pleased to partner with the Cleveland Clinic Center for Vasculitis Care and Research to present this half-day symposium on vasculitis. Attendees will learn about advances made in the treatment and management of disease from leading physicians with expertise about vasculitis.

When:  Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Time:   1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location:  InterContinental Hotel, Cleveland, Ohio
 
Registration:  $20/person
Click here to register online or call the VF office 800.277.9474
Or download the form below and mail to the VF office.
PO Box 28660
Kansas City, MO 64188-8660
Registration deadline:  Friday, April 29, 2011.

Schedule

1:00 pm - 1:10 pm     Welcome and Introductions
                                  Joyce A. Kullman, Executive Director
                                  Vasculitis Foundation
                                  Carol Langford, MD, MHS
                                  Director, Center for Vasculitis Care      
                                  and Research
 
1:10 pm - 1:30 pm     Overview of Large Vessel Vasculitis
                                  (Giant cell arteritis and Takayasu’s arteritis)
                                  Rula Haji-Ali, MD
                                  Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
                                  of Case Western Reserve University
                                  Department of Cell Biology, Lerner
                                  Research Institute, Department of 
                                  Rheumatologic and Immunologic  
                                  Diseases, Orthopaedic and  
                                  Rheumatologic Institute, Cleveland Cinic
 
1:30 pm - 1:50 pm     Overview of Small Vessel Vasculitis
            (Wegener’s granulomatosis and Microscopic polyangiitis)
                                  Carmen Gota, MD
                                  Center for Vasculitis Care and Research
                                  Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic  
                                  Diseases, Orthopaedic and  
                                  Rheumatologic Institute, Cleveland Cinic
 
1:50 pm - 2:10 pm     Question and Answer Panel
 
2:10 pm - 2:40 pm     Life and Mindset Adjustments to Vasculitis
                                  Don Gebhart, MD, Vasculitis Foundation
                                  Board of Directors, Chair, Research Program
 
2:40 pm - 3:00 pm     Break

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm     Medications and Monitoring
                                  Alexandra Villa-Forte, MD, MPH

                                  Department of Rheumatologic and 
                                  Immunologic Diseases
                                  Cleveland Clinic
 
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm    New Treatments in Vasculitis
                                 Carol Langford, MD, MHS
 
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm    Research in Vasculitis – Where Do We Go 
                                 From Here?
                                 Gary Hoffman, MD, MS Cleveland Clinic
                                 Lerner College of Medicine
                                 of Case Western Reserve University
                                 Harold C. Schott Professor Rheumatic and
                                 Immunologic Diseases, Orthopaedic and
                                 Rheumatologic Institute
                                 Cleveland Clinic
                              
4:30 pm - 4:50 pm   Question and Answer Panel

4:50 pm - 5:00 pm   Closing Comments
                                Joyce A. Kullman
                                Carol Langford, MD, MHS

 
Click here to register online or call the VF office 800.277-9474
 
Registration deadline: Friday, April 29, 2011.
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