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      • Cryoglobulinemic Vasculitis
      • Cutaneous Small-Vessel Vasculitis
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      • IgA Vasculitis
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Bestselling Book Series Author Boosts Vasculitis Awareness

June 23, 2023

Blog How do people become aware of vasculitis? Sometimes it’s a book; sometimes it’s knowing someone who has vasculitis. For Patrick Taylor, MD, New York

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She Came. She Saw. She Loved. Tatum Hopper’s Family Celebrates Her Life

June 5, 2023

Blog Two months after Tatum Hopper passed away at age 24 from vasculitis, I greeted her parents, Jon and Angie, on Zoom. I had an

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“Fatherhood is My Driving Force.” Greg Patterson’s Vasculitis Story

June 5, 2023

Blog Greg Patterson, who describes himself as a “weekend warrior long-distance runner,” was in the middle of the Peachtree 10K Road Race in Atlanta, Georgia,

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Pei-Yu Chen, BS, MS, PhD, Awarded Two-Year Grant Through VF’s Young Investigator’s Award Program

May 8, 2023

Blog Pei-Yu Chen, BS, MS, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, Cardiovascular Medicine, at Yale University, has been awarded a two-year grant through the Vasculitis Foundation’s Young

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David Massicotte-Azarniouch, MD, Awarded Two-Year Grant Through VF’s Young Investigator’s Award Program

April 28, 2023

Blog David Massicotte-Azarniouch, MD, Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa and Associate Scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute in Ontario, Canada, has been

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Brett Hack Vasculitis Charities: Raising Awareness of This Rare Disease

January 27, 2023

Blog In 2012 Terry Hack’s son, Brett, had a grand mal seizure that came out of the blue. Several tests were done but there was

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University of Michigan’s Vasculitis Program: Hoping to Impact Individual Patients and the Approach to the Diseases

October 20, 2022

Blog The University of Michigan (U-M) Vasculitis Program began in September 2021 with a soft launch. “We started simply by instituting a dedicated vasculitis clinic

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MICHAEL AGATHIS | VF Patient Hero 2022

October 18, 2022

Blog 2022 Vasculitis Foundation Patient Hero, Michael Agathis was diagnosed with Granulomatosis withpolyangiitis (GPA) in 2013.“Strength comes from true belief and faith in God and

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Mom Climbs Highest Mountain in Africa in Memory of Her Extraordinary Daughter

September 29, 2022

Blog Update: Jo has made it to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro! The climb was by far the hardest thing she’s ever had to face

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Many Outstanding Questions Still Exist for Vasculitis Patients: The Massachusetts General Hospital Rheumatology Vasculitis Program Hopes to Find Some of the Answers

September 28, 2022

Blog Vasculitis tends to present in a systemic manner, often affecting multiple organ systems. Clinicians should consider a broad differential (possible conditions that share the

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