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Holiday Greeting Cards

2011 Holiday Card Artwork Ansley Lesley
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Send winter tidings to your friends
and family with this special folded card. The artwork was created by 10-year-old Ansley Lesley of South Carolina. Ansley is a scleroderma patient and Foundation member. Inside message reads "Seasons Greetings."

Cost: $16 for 10 cards and blank white envelopes (includes S&H)

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Great News for Scleroderma Patients and the Medical Dr. Galina BogatkevichUniversity of South Carolina!

Dr. Richard Silver, Director of the Division of Immunology and Rheumatology at Medical University of South Carolina, has let the SC Chapter know that Dr. Galina Bogatkevich has been awarded a 2-year grant totaling $150,000 for her project entitled, Role of IQ Motif Containing GTPase Activating Protein 1 in Scleroderma Interstitial Lung Disease by The Scleroderma Foundation and its Board of Directors.  
 
Dr. Silver states, "Galina is an outstanding scientist and her work on lung fibrosis in scleroderma is cutting edge. I am glad that the Scleroderma Foundation has awarded her this 2-year research grant. We are proud of Galina and very grateful for the Foundation' support of our research."

Patient Education Conference in Charleston, Jan. 29, 2011

Karen Saunders, Nurse Educator with Actelion Pharmaceuticals, standing with the box lunches provided by Actelion.
Karen Saunders, Nurse Educator with Actelion Pharmaceuticals, standing with the box lunches provided by Actelion.
Dr. Richard M. Silver, Director, MUSC Division of Rheumatology and Immunology with SC Board Members Susan Melvin, Karen Kemper and Cynthia Maxwell.
Dr. Richard M. Silver, Director, MUSC Division of Rheumatology and Immunology with SC Board Members Susan Melvin, Karen Kemper and Cynthia Maxwell.
Participants enjoying the Conference.
Participants enjoying the Conference.
Dr. Janet Poole, Keynote Speaker, demonstrating an exercise.
Dr. Janet Poole, Keynote Speaker, demonstrating an exercise.
An informal shot of participants and speakers and board members in the lobby.
An informal shot of participants and speakers and board members in the lobby.
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