Free Public Forum: What Every American Needs to Know About Autoimmune Disease
American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association (AARDA)

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“What Every American Needs to Know

About Autoimmune Disease”

This FREE conference is open to autoimmune patients, their families, healthcare providers, and the general public.
Saturday, March 9, 2013

10:00 AM - 3:30 PM (Registration begins at 9:30)

Holiday Inn - Charlotte Airport
Conference Ballroom
2707 Little Rock Road
Charlotte, NC 28214

09:30 AM  Registration/Exhibits
10:00 AM  Welcome – AARDA and Lupus Foundation of America,    North Carolina Chapter
10:05 AM  What is Autoimmunity? – Noel R. Rose, MD, PhD, Director, Autoimmune Disease Research Center, Johns Hopkins University
10:45 AM  Women and Autoimmune Disease –Rita Baron-Faust, MPH, CHES – author of The Autoimmune Connection
11:15 AM    Lupus 101– Stacy Kennedy, MD, Rheumatologist, Rowan Diagnostic Clinic
11:45 AM      Autoimmune Diseases of the Skin – Ronea Harris, MD, Lead Dermatologist, Presbyterian Dermatology South
12:15 PM     Lunch Break **(lunch for pre-registered attendees)
01:00 PM     Coping With Autoimmune Disease – Robert H. Phillips, PhD, Director, Center for Coping, Long Island, NY
01:40 PM    What is the Immune System? - Maeve O’Connor, MD, FACAAI, Director,Allergy Asthma & Immunology Relief of Charlotte (AAIR)
02:10 PM     Overview of Rheumatic Diseases - Diane George, MD, Rheumatologist, Rheumatology Mecklenburg Medical Group
02:40 PM      Do You Adhere to What You Hear? Autoimmune Disease

Patients and Adherence to Therapies - Virginia T. Ladd,
President and Executive Director

03:10  PM      Q&A

Exhibitors include the Lupus Foundation of America, North Carolina Chapter,  Graves' Disease & Thyroid Foundation, Vasculitis Foundation and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Limited Seating - Registration is Required.
**Dietary restriction? Call us at 586-776-3900.
American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association
22100 Gratiot Ave, Eastpointe, MI 48021 www.aarda.org  ph: 586-776-3900
Sponsored by educational grants from Genentech and GlaxoSmithKline