Takayasu’s Arteritis

Introducing Our 2022-2023 VCRC-VF Fellow: Gözde Kübra Yardimci, MD

Gözde Kübra Yardimci, MD, began her one-year Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium (VCRC)-Vasculitis Foundation (VF) Fellowship in July 2022 at Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her main areas of interest at present are severe ischemic events in Takayasu arteritis and Behçet’s syndrome. Through her fellowship, Dr. Yardimci is…...

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University of Michigan’s Vasculitis Program: Hoping to Impact Individual Patients and the Approach to the Diseases

Julia Ford, MD (left) and Ora Singer, MD, MS  The University of Michigan (U-M) Vasculitis Program began in September 2021 with a soft launch. “We started simply by instituting a dedicated vasculitis clinic and have been moving forward step by step,” said Ora Singer, MD, MS, Director of U-M’s Vasculitis…...

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Positivity, Perseverance Inspires Other Young Adults in Vasculitis Community

This summer’s International Vasculitis Symposium in Bloomington, Minnesota, marked another successful gathering of young adults and continued the growth of our community. While it was great to see old friends again, I was reminded of how this disease continues to impact new people every year, and how scary and daunting…...

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Connection at VF Symposium Eases Isolation of Takayasu Arteritis

Loneliness is a common feeling among patients with vasculitis. When you find someone else on a similar path, it can help ease the isolation. That’s what happened to Dedra DeMarco and Devri Velazquez, who met at the 2019 International Vasculitis Symposium in July and discovered they share a lot in…...

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VF Extraordinary Takayasu Arteritis Video Stories

VF Extraordinary Patient Stories are a series of patient video interviews. Their stories will educate and inspire you....

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