Bruce Zuraw, MD, has been appointed the new chief of rheumatology in the allergy and immunology division in the department of medicine at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), where he will provide leadership and direction to further research in the field.
On Sept. 24, the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) Division of Rheumatology held an event “Honoring Lupus Heroes” as part of the hospital’s 150th anniversary celebration. The event commended lupus patients’ contributions to lupus care and research.
HSS is internationally renowned for its efforts in lupus research and its large population of lupus patients. Due in part to patients’ tireless efforts and aid, lupus has gone from being a fatal disease to frequently being a chronic illness.
“Our patients are the unsung heroes who have helped transform lupus care,” said Jane E. Salmon, MD, director of the Lupus and Antiphospholipid Syndrome Center of Excellence at HSS. “They donate blood and tissue samples for research, take investigational drugs in clinical trials, provide personal insights to improve how we care for them and for others. They are philanthropic and volunteer as peer counselors. They sacrifice time, energy, personal resources, and their own privacy to advance science and clinical care.”
One patient, Rachel Grodzinsky, was one of the first people to participate in the hospital’s study that challenged the belief that women who had lupus should not become pregnant. Now the proud mother of two sons, she says, “I felt somewhat honored to be a part of it. I felt it was really important. Pregnancy was something I had been struggling with for a few years before I actually got into the study. It felt very dear to me because it was something that I felt would help people after me.”
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