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Public Forum

Autoimmune Association Presents

“What Every American Needs to Know About Autoimmune Disease”

 

This FREE conference is open to autoimmune patients, their families, healthcare providers, and the general public.

 

Saturday, December 9, 2017

10:00 AM – 2:30 PM (Registratio

 

n begins at 9:30 AM)

 

Second Ebenezer Church

14601 Dequindre Road, Detroit, MI  48212

(Free Secured Parking)

 

 

LUNCH IS PROVIDED

(Pre-registration required)


 

Public Forum X

Presentations Include:

 

 

 

What is Autoimmunity?

Virginia Ladd, President and Executive Director, Autoimmune Association

Women and Autoimmunity

Rita Baron-Faust, Author of “the autoimmune connection” and “Being Female”; St. Francis College, Adjunct Professor

Autoimmune Diseases of the Brain

Brendan P. Kelley, MD, MSc, Henry Ford Health System

Being Your Own Best Advocate

Donna Oram, MSW, Author of “When Lupus Throws You

For a Loop – A Handbook for the Newly Diagnosed, Lupus Veterans, and For Those Who Love Them.”

…and more!

 

Pre-registration is required

Dietary restriction? Please call us 586-776-3900

Questions? Email us at [email protected]

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