WeAreSRUK at Royal Free Scleroderma Family Day
We're meeting leading medical professionals to discuss the latest in scleroderma
We'll be in the Atrium of the Royal Free Hospital, London this Saturday 19th May for the Scleroderma Family Day with talks from leading medical professionals. Come and visit us to talk about Scleroderma and Raynaud's, the work of SRUK, to sign up for our E-newsletter, pick up some information leaflets, and buy raffle tickets.
We'll be at talks 'Getting to the heart of scleroderma' by Dr Dan Knight, 'Importance of classification in scleroderma' Dr Kristina Clark, 'Emerging biological therapies for scleroderma' Dr Voon Ong, 'Update on fat stem cells to treat scleroderma' Prof Peter Butler, 'Psychological aspects of chronic immunological disease' with Dr Mari Campbell, Clinical Psychologist and 'Juvenile systemic sclerosis and difference to adult patients' with Dr Ivan Foeldvai.
There will be an opportunity to meet Prof Chris Denton, Dame Carol Black and David Abraham. We're looking forward to meeting National Institute of Health Research, Dr Kevin Howell,the Royal Free research team, Rachel Ochiel, Christine Menzies, Aoife Tynan, Keith Hunt, Sally Reddecliffe, Adele Dawson, Louise Parker, Joseph Cainap and Lynn Steblecki.
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