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S.L.E. Lupus Foundation Gathers City Leaders to Advance Professional Education and Training
in NYC
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The S.L.E. Lupus Foundation’s celebration of Lupus Awareness Month culminated with a first-ever event gathering more than 50 of the city’s top influencers for the Gaining Ground: The latest on lupus in New York breakfast briefing. Presentations by Medical Advisory Board Chairman Dr. Bruce Cronstein and renowned physician scientists Betty Diamond, MD, Philip Kahn, MD, and Jane Salmon, MD outlined the challenges, progress and future needs in addressing lupus as a public health, women’s health, racial and health disparities, and research issue.
A panel representing the Community Healthcare Network, the NAACP and the New York City Council as well as patient advocates told the story of lupus on a grassroots level. Speakers and attendees alike expressed renewed commitment to ensuring prompt diagnosis and improved care for all New Yorkers living with lupus. The event more than achieved its objective: to fully acquaint city health and community leaders with the challenges faced by the lupus community and to engage their help in overcoming them.
While this day got us off to a great start, it is only the beginning. Answering the call to action sounded by participants, we will facilitate a comprehensive conversation among a broad group of the city’s leaders on how to most effectively integrate lupus education and training into the public and private healthcare systems in NYC.
Since its founding in 1970 by families with lupus, the S.L.E. Lupus Foundation has helped tens of thousands of people with lupus and their families and friends cope with the anxieties and confusion that accompany daily living with a complex and dangerous chronic illness. The S.L.E. Lupus Foundation is a member of the Lupus Research Institute Coalition of patient advocacy groups across the country.
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