Although being diagnosed with vasculitis can feel scary at times, one thing that can help you manage the disease and come to terms with it is talking to other patients. VF Board Member Sara Baird Amodio, MSW, EdD, was diagnosed with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA, formerly Churg-Strauss syndrome)…...
VF Celebrates Vasculitis Awareness Month 2018
The Vasculitis Foundation, the world’s largest organization dedicated to providing advocacy, education and support for people with vasculitis, announces the launch of Vasculitis Awareness Month (May 2018), an annual effort to create global awareness of the disease that’s so rare that fewer than 200,000 new cases are diagnosed each year.…...
Introducing our 2017-2018 VCRC-VF Fellow
Kaitlin Quinn, MD, is the recipient of the 2017 VCRC-VF Fellowship. She received her medical degree from New York Medical College in Valhalla, New York. She completed her Internal Medicine residency and a two-year Rheumatology fellowship training program at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C. Dr. Quinn is currently…...
Vasculitis Update 2017 CME Course: Chicago, June 24
The Vasculitis Foundation is pleased to present the 2017 Vasculitis Update CME Course for health care professionals in partnership with Northwestern Division of Rheumatology on Saturday, June 24, 2017 from 7:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at the Marriott Chicago O’Hare. Topics will include: utilizing biomarkers and imaging in vasculitis, management…...
