Free Virtual
Lupus Health Conference
SATURDAY SEPT 30th| 12 PM- 2:00PM
JOIN US VIRTUALLY!
JOIN US VIRTUALLY!
Join us virtually for our 5th Lupus Health Conference of 2023!!
This first session's topics will be presented by Dr. Alvin Wells of the Aurora Rheumatology and Immunotherapy Center in Franklin, Wisconsin. He will discuss "Get Uncomfortable with Lupus Nephritis: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT LUPUS AND THE KIDNEYS".
Session Two: We are excited to welcome patients from our Sacramento & San Francisco Lupus Support Groups as our Patient Panel.
This program is FREE to lupus patients, family members, health professionals and other interested parties.
This first session's topics will be presented by Dr. Alvin Wells of the Aurora Rheumatology and Immunotherapy Center in Franklin, Wisconsin. He will discuss "Get Uncomfortable with Lupus Nephritis: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT LUPUS AND THE KIDNEYS".
Session Two: We are excited to welcome patients from our Sacramento & San Francisco Lupus Support Groups as our Patient Panel.
This program is FREE to lupus patients, family members, health professionals and other interested parties.
Session 1: Dr. Alvin Wells
Dr. Wells is currently a practicing rheumatologist at the Aurora Rheumatology and Immunotherapy Center in Franklin, Wisconsin, where he serves as the Director. He is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin and a Visiting Foreign Professor at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. He also maintains his clinical affiliation with Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC where he is an Adjunct Assistant Professor. Prior to returning to private practice, Dr. Wells was an Associate Medical Director at Abbott Laboratories where he played a central role in the launch of HUMIRA. Dr. Wells received his MD from the University of South Florida, Tampa and trained in Internal Medicine and in Rheumatology at Duke University, where he was a faculty member before joining Abbott. He received his PhD in Immunology from the University of South Carolina, where he developed an animal model for Reiter’s Syndrome. He was a recipient of the prestigious Fogarty Biomedical Research Award from the National Institutes of Health, which allowed him to undertake a 2-year postdoctoral fellowship at Uppsala University, Sweden. A member of the American Telemedicine Association and of the American College of Rheumatology, Dr. Wells has over 25 years of research experience, focusing on chronic inflammatory diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis, with an emphasis on connective tissue components, inflammatory mediators, and cytokines. He is the recipient of the 2019 Outstanding Teaching Award from the Medical College of Wisconsin and Ascension St Joseph Hospital. He is the recipient of the 2003 Abbott President’s Award. In 2001, he was honored with the Merck Young Investigator Award, and in 1999 he received the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Distinguished Alumni Award. Dr. Wells is an internationally renowned speaker and researcher and has had research support from the Arthritis Foundation and from the Robert Wood Johnson.Annual Conference.
Session 2: Patient Panel: Listen to fellow lupus patients from the Sacramento & San Francisco Lupus Support Groups discuss their lupus journeys and answer questions. This portion of the event will not be recorded.
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