Date/Time
Date(s) - 05/20/2021
6:30 pm CDT - 7:30 pm CDT
Categories
Join us Thursday, May 20, 2021 from 6:30-7:30 PM CST (7:30-8:30 PM EST, 5:30-6:30 PM MT, 4:30-5:30 PM PST).
As the United States and other countries continue to roll out their vaccine efforts, many of us still have questions. Join Dr. Peter Sporn of Northwestern Medicine and Dr. Wonder Drake of Vanderbilt as they answer your questions about the COVID-19 Vaccines and Sarcoidosis. Moderated by patient and SarcFighter Podcast creator and host, John Carlin. All questions must be submitted via registration, as there will not be a live Q&A portion to this webinar.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/education-series-covid-19-vaccines-sarcoidosis-webinar-tickets-154431238993
About the Experts
Peter Sporn, MD has clinical interests in sarcoidosis, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), interstitial lung disease. His research Interests include pathophysiology and treatment of sarcoidosis; effects of hypercapnia (elevated levels of CO2) on innate immunity and host defense in the lung; airway inflammation and remodeling in asthma and COPD. Dr. Sporn is Professor of Medicine at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, Illinois.
Wonder Puryear Drake, MD is interested in exploring the etiology as well as pathogenesis of chronic inflammatory states, particularly sarcoidosis. She is currently using polymerase chain reactions to investigate possible infectious etiologies of sarcoidosis. Dr. Drake is also using techniques such as in situ hybridization to directly localize microbial nucleic acid in the tissue specimens and molecular microarrays in collaboration with our colleagues at Cleveland Clinic, and Medical University of South Carolina. Dr. Drake is Professor of Mediicne, Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville Tennessee.
About the Moderator:
John Carlin is an award-winning news anchor currently working at WSLS 10 in Roanoke, Virginia. He is the host of the bi-weekly SarcFighter Podcast. He is a FSR Patient Advocate and member of FSR’s Patient Advisory Committee. John is also an avid cyclist, a strong pillar of his local community, a loving husband, father, and grandfather, and a sarcoidosis warrior.
Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim.
