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Detroit Public Forum December 2017

The Autoimmune Association hosted a public forum for the Metro Detroit area Saturday, December 9, 2017, at Second Ebenezer Church.  Thank you to the autoimmune patients, their families,  the physicians and the general public that pushed their way through our first winter storm to attend the event.

 

We had experts to speak on the following topics:

What is Autoimmunity?

Virginia Ladd, President and Executive Director, Autoimmune Association

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Women and Autoimmunity

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

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The Importance of Early Diagnosis (in Rheumatoid Arthritis)

David Fox, MD, Rheumatology, University of Michigan Medical Group

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Vasculitis

Ora Gewurz-Singer, MD, Rheumatology, University of Michigan Medical Group

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Autoimmune Diseases of the Brain

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

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Lupus and the Skin

Joseph McCune, MD, University of Michigan

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Coping with Autoimmunity

TV News Writer/Producer Nika C. Beamon, Author of “Misdiagnosed:  The Search for Dr. House”

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Thank you Wrigley’s Pharmacy, American Behcet’s Disease Association, Lupus Detroit, American Diabetes’s Association, Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America, National Alopecia Areata Foundation for providing valuable resources to the attendees.

 

And thank you to the DTE foundation for sponsoring the event

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An audio recording of the forum is available upon request, please contact Sandra at [email protected]

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