Announcing Our 2022 VF Patient Heroes
Blog Announcing the 2022 Patient Heroes Ordinary people can become extraordinary in their journey through life — and this has never been truer than it is today. Look around and you’ll see that there are everyday heroes living among us. That’s why this Vasculitis Awareness Month, the VF will be highlighting a few of the […]
The VF Welcomes Dr. Elizabeth J. Brant to the Board of Directors
Blog The VF Welcomes Dr. Elizabeth J. Brant to the Board of Directors As both a vasculitis patient and healthcare provider, Elizabeth J. Brant, MD, brings a unique perspective to the Vasculitis Foundation’s (VF’s) Board of Directors. Currently, Dr. Brant is a nephrologist and Assistant Professor of Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, at Dartmouth Health. […]
2022 V-RED Winners
Blog There’s something unique about the Vasculitis Foundation’s (VF’s) 2022 Recognizing Excellence in Diagnostics (V-RED) award program: We have two winners who tied for first place and two winners who received honorable mentions. Now in its ninth year, the V-RED award program calls on patients worldwide to nominate a medical professional they want to recognize […]
VF Board of Directors Welcomes Nona Bear
Blog Nona is a nationally known advocate of healthcare reform and champion of seniors’ issues. Originally an academic who served on the faculties of several Washington-area universities including American, Howard, and George Mason, she was hired to establish a continuing education program at the U.S. Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home, a facility serving thousands of military […]
VPPRN Vasculitis and ANCA Workshop Research Abstract
Blog Vasculitis and ANCA Workshop | April 2022 | Dublin, Ireland As part of the 20th International Vasculitis and ANCA Workshop, our investigators examined changes in anxiety and interruptions in the use of immunosuppression medications among patients with vasculitis during the COVID-19 pandemic, along with the reasons for such medication interruptions. Take a look at […]
Introducing Our 2022-2023 VCRC-VF Fellow: Mohanad M. Elfishawi, MBBCh, MS
Blog Mohanad M. Elfishawi, MBBCh, MS, began his one-year Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium (VCRC)-Vasculitis Foundation (VF) Fellowship on January 1, 2022. Dr. Elfishawi will be working on several projects in giant cell arteritis (GCA) including investigating metabolic risk factors for GCA. In addition, he plans to study aortic involvement in patients with GCA and the […]
Introducing Our 2020-2021 VCRC-VF Fellow: Kinanah Yaseen, MD
Blog Kinanah Yaseen, MD, was awarded the 2020 Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium (VCRC)-Vasculitis Foundation (VF) Fellowship. She is currently a junior faculty member in the Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases at Cleveland Clinic. Her interests involve all forms of vasculitis, especially small vessel vasculitis including granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), microscopic polyangiitis, eosinophilic granulomatosis with […]
Physician with GPA Continues Medical Career Despite Facing Obstacles and Discrimination
Blog 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. I’m married but due […]
VF Patient Online Support Groups
Blog Vasculitis Patient Engagement and Impact of Online Patient Support Group Meetings Patients living with a rare disease like vasculitis face significant physical and psychosocial challenges. Loneliness is a common feeling among patients with vasculitis and the COVID-19 pandemic has compounded feelings of isolation and loneliness. Online patient support groups are a medium through which […]
UNC’s Multidisciplinary Vasculitis and Connective Tissue Disease Clinic Offers Patients Team-Oriented Approach to Care
Blog 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 North Carolina at Chapel […]