Archives for October 2013

ANNUAL CONFERENCE – 30th November 2013

The Sjogren’s Syndrome New Zealand Inc Annual Conference will be held at the Ernest & Marion Davis Medical Library & Lecture Centre on the 3oth November 2013.

 

AGENDA

8.30am     Registration

9.00am    Opening by David Zimmerman  

9.15am    GUEST SPEAKER: Dr Fraser Burling
                  Rheumatologist, Musculo-skeletal Medicine,

10.am      GUEST SPEAKER : Dr Jennifer P.Craig PhD MCOptom FAAO FBCLA,
                 Senior Lecturer in Ophthalmology. University of Auckland

MORNING TEA: 10 – 45 am

11.00am     Annual General Meeting                     
                      Topics  to cover:  

(1)     Vote in new Secretary and Treasurer

(2)    Establish a subcommittee to organize the conferences
                           and catering

Conference Fee: $20.00
Membership Fee: $40.00

Venue: Ernest & Marion Davis Library
(Auckland Hospital, 43 Park Road)

Parking available at Wilson car park, located within a short distance from the Marion Davis Library
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Newsletter – October 2013

Sjögren’s syndrome continues to be an academically fascinating issue blending the fields of pain, immunity and much of the psychological spectra.  However SS is far more than this. SS continues to prove resistant to crack, to understand and certainly to live with.

Venus Williams who sadly has SS, and it impinged acutely on her life, has raised the profile and in USA has become the Ambassador as the Honorary Chairperson of the Carroll Petrie Foundation Sjögren’s Awareness Ambassador Program. Hopefully gravity will operate and the goodwill and awareness will trickle down South!  [Read more…]