Events Calendar
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Conference Schedule
Our 2009-2010 academic year conferences have been updated. Please check under the conferences tab to see updated information on all our speaker series and educational conferences.
Past Events
Dr. Willken's Plaque Dedication & Reception
Division's 50th Anniversary Celebration ~ October 2008
Professorship Celebration ~ June 2008
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In Memoriam, Robert Willkens (1927-2009)
We recently heard the sad news that Bob Willkens passed away.
It is gratifying that we were able to pay tribute to Bob again this last summer for his 50 years of service and our wonderful professional and personal associations with him.
On July 9th, a plaque dedication was held in the Pat Steele Building at Harborview honoring Bob’s service to Harborview Rheumatology. The inscription on the plaque is Bob’s address to UW alumni at the National ACR Meeting in San Francisco in 2008.
In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that memorial donations be made to the to the Robert Willkens Endowed Fund and sent to Cathy Johnson, Division of Rheumatology, Box 356428, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle 98195.
Dr. George Tsokos - Visiting Speaker on Tuesday, November 24th
Dr. Tsokos is a visiting Grand Rounds speaker on Tuesday, November 24th. The presentation will be in the Health Sciences Building, Room RR110 from 8:30 - 9:30 am. The title of his presentation is “Immune cell signaling studies in SLE: New leads for the development of Biomarkers and Therapeutics”.
Dr. Tsokos is Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Chief of the Division of Rheumatology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He is known for his extensive basic and clinical research on Systemic Lupus Erythrematosus and his efforts to develop disease biomarkers and identify novel treatment targets. He runs a prototype annual School on Systemic Autoimmune Diseases and directs an NIH-funded T32 training program on Systemic Autoimmunity at Harvard Medical School. He has served as President of the Clinical Immunology Society and the boards of directors of the Lupus Foundation of America and the Research Foundation of the ACR. He has served numerous federal and foundation study sections and currently serves as Chair of an Immunology study section at NIH. He serves as editor or editorial boards of more than 40 journals, has published more than 400 papers and edited 8 books. Among other awards he has received the ACP Army Chapter William Crosby Superiority in Research Award. He has been elected to the American Association of Physicians and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences.
Dr. Sylvia Miescher - Visiting Speaker on Monday, September 28th
Dr. Miescher was a visiting Grand Rounds speaker on Monday, September 28th. The presentation was in the Health Sciences Building, Room RR110 from 1:30 - 2:30 pm. The title of her presentation was “IVIG fractions and their differential activities”.
Dr. Miescher currently at the research & development department of CSL Behring in Bern, Switzerland. Her current research interests include: mechanism of action of intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIG), natural antibody component in immunohomeostasis and exploration of potential therapeutic application of different fractions of Igs, including glycofractions, IgM and IgA.
Dr. Bakewell's Article Published
Dr. Catherine Bakewell and Dr. Carin Dugowson published the article "Baker's Cyst in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis" in the New England Journal of Medicine. You can read the article here.
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