Stories

BRANDON HUDGINS | 2022 Patient Hero

Granulomatosis withpolyangiitis (GPA) • 2008 "The only true form of help is self-help. You have to be willing to do the work to get help. If you don’t make that decision you’ll never get the help you need."...

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MITCHELL HOROWITZ | VF Patient Hero 2022

Granulomatosis withpolyangiitis (GPA) • 2021 “You gather the best information youcan, then make the best decision you can, based on that information. Then don’t look back, you can’t change anything.” — Mitch Horowitz...

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Physician with GPA Continues Medical Career Despite Facing Obstacles and Discrimination

By Gary Salzman, MD (Edited by Nina Silberstein) A diagnosis of vasculitis changed my life, but I didn’t let it ruin it. Today, I’m a 69-year-old retired physician living in Scottsdale, Arizona, who mainly practiced Geriatric Medicine, but I was also certified in Internal Medicine, and Hospice and Palliative Care.…...

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UNC’s Multidisciplinary Vasculitis and Connective Tissue Disease Clinic Offers Patients Team-Oriented Approach to Care

Autoimmune diseases are complicated conditions that can impact many organ systems in a patient. Typical models of care with providers spread out in different offices can lead to delays in diagnosis and slow down treatment options, while confusing patients as to who is making the decisions. At the University of…...

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Twin Siblings Specializing in Vasculitis Are Working Together at KUMC

Kelly Liang, MD, and her twin sister, Kimberly Liang, MD, both joined the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC) in December 2021. Kelly is currently Associate Professor of Medicine in KUMC’s Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, and Kimberly is Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Allergy, Clinical Immunology…...

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