Lupus Foundation of America

Southeast Region 5th Annual Lupus Empowerment Conference

Date:

Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Time:

10:30 AM - 2:30 PM

Location:

Zoom

Southeast Region Lupus Empowerment Conference 2023

The Southeast Region’s Annual Lupus Empowerment Conference will be held virtually on Saturday, August 5 from 10:30 am-2:30 pm EST. The conference is an experience that celebrates, inspires, supports, and uplifts lupus warriors, care partners, family, and friends.

The event is designed to empower attendees through expert-led sessions that will help them better navigate a life with lupus and make meaningful connections with other attendees that will last far beyond the day’s event. Topics include lupus and research advances, ways to cope and thrive with a lupus diagnosis, improving communication with your healthcare team, the role patients play in influencing lupus research, and breakout sessions for lupus warriors and care partners.

Speakers:

Joan T. Merrill, MD Professor of Medicine, Arthritis & Clinical Immunology Program, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Karen H. Costenbader, MD, MPH Chair, Medical-Scientific Advisory Council; Prof., Rheumatology, Harvard University Medical School; Director, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Editor, Arthritis and Rheumatology