Vasculitis

Top Vasculitis-Friendly Travel Tips for the Holidays

Getting ready to travel? Our community of vasculitis warriors shared their top travel tips to help you face your adventures with extra calm and control!...

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Painting Her Pain: How One Woman Uses Art to Tell Her Vasculitis Story

Dr. Shanali Perera was training to be a rheumatologist specializing in vasculitis when she started experiencing her own mysterious symptoms. The years it took for her to finally get diagnosed left her feeling disempowered, doubted, and like she had lost her identity. Today, Shanali is reclaiming control of her life…...

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12 Things I’m Grateful For Because of Vasculitis

‘Tis the season of thankfulness. Although life with vasculitis isn’t always easy, we wanted to know: how has this disease impacted you for the better? We reached out to our community and asked them: “Despite vasculitis, or because of it, what are you grateful for?” Here’s what some of you…...

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Introducing Our 2023-2024 VCRC-VF Fellow: Roger Yang, MD

Roger Yang, MD, began his Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium (VCRC)-Vasculitis Foundation (VF) Fellowship in September 2022. Dr. Yang’s training through the Penn Vasculitis Center at the University of Pennsylvania will focus on both clinical care of patients with all forms of vasculitis and research on the diseases. As vasculitis may…...

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DIANNE SHAW | VF Hero to Patient 2022

Past VPPRN Co-Principal Investigator | Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) • 1995 Dianne is “a human dynamo constantly working to advance research and improve patients’ lives. Also, the best joke teller ever!”...

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