May 6, 2020<\/p>\n
by Jon Stewart<\/p>\n
Living with vasculitis is one crazy thing,\u00a0living with vasculitis and COVID-19 is a whole new crazy thing!<\/strong><\/p>\n As a vasculitis patient, family\u00a0member, or friend of a vasculitis patient\u00a0you probably have a few questions about the impact of COVID-19 on vasculitis patients<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0Join us for the answers to some of those questions!<\/p>\n With the assistance of Dr\u2019s. Pagnoux and Khalidi from the Toronto and the Hamilton Vasculitis Clinics, VFC has assembled a team of vasculitis specialists to tackle your questions!<\/p>\n The team to answer your questions will be:<\/p>\n Katherine Siminovitch, M.D<\/strong>., FRCP(C), Professor of Medicine, Rheumatologist, Geneticist, Senior Investigator at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto. ON.;<\/p>\n Christian Pagnoux, M.D<\/strong>., M.P.H., Assistant Professor, Vasculitis Clinic, Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON;<\/p>\n Nader A. Khalidi, MD<\/strong>, FRCP(C), Professor of Medicine, McMaster University, Head of Service, Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care System;<\/p>\n Stephanie Garner, M.D<\/strong>., MSc, FRCP(C), McMaster University and 2020 Recipient of the VCRC & VF Fellowship Award;<\/p>\n Mats Junek, M.D<\/strong>., MSc, (HRM), McMaster University, COVID-19 Team Leader<\/p>\n To attend\u00a0Vasculitis & COVID-19 by ZOOM<\/strong><\/span>,\u00a0please\u00a0send an email to<\/strong>:\u00a0contact@vasculitis.ca<\/a>\u00a0and we\u2019ll\u00a0send you a ZOOM invitation by return email! \u00a0Space may be limited.<\/p>\n \u00a0To\u00a0Ask the Experts your\u00a0questions<\/strong><\/span>,\u00a0include in your email a maximum of 3 questions\u00a0that you would like answered about vasculitis\u00a0and COVID-19<\/strong>. \u00a0We\u2019ll work to get your answers during our ZOOM meeting. \u00a0To reduce any chance of “ZOOM booming” your invitation is linked to your email address, we admit you, and only you, into the meeting using that one email address.<\/p>\nJoin us for a meeting-of-the-minds on vasculitis and COVID-19.<\/h3>\n