The newly released Healthy Living with AxSpA video features Chef Gillespie, a Top Chef fan favorite and Atlanta-area restaurateur, along with insights from Dr. Hillary Norton, a highly respected rheumatologist, and Dana Marton, an SAA Support Group Leader and AS patient. Their combined expertise and personal experiences provide a comprehensive and relatable visual guide of the benefits of an anti-inflammatory diet, especially for joints and mobility, for individuals living with ankylosing spondylitis.
For researchers and the spondyloarthritis community, 2023 marks another historic anniversary. Fifty years ago, researchers first unearthed a groundbreaking connection between the HLA-B27 antigen and ankylosing spondylitis (AS). This discovery had a profound and lasting impact on both the field of rheumatology and people living with AS.
This year's educational program provides attendees access to 12 presentations covering advanced and introductory topics such as treatment options, diet and nutrition, genetics, sleep and spondyloarthritis, gender differences, surgery recommendations, cannabis, cardiovascular disease, flares, and more.
SAA welcomes Dr. Erin Arnold, MD, to its Governing Board of Directors. As recognized leaders across various areas of expertise, SAA’s Board members are instrumental in helping the organization fulfill its mission to be a leader in the quest to cure ankylosing spondylitis and related diseases, and to empower those affected to live their lives to the fullest.
The Board of Directors of the Spondylitis Association of America (SAA) has announced that it has selected Cassie Shafer as the new Chief Executive Officer/Executive Director, effective Sept. 18, 2017. Due to a serious illness, Laurie Savage, who has been the CEO/ED for the past 10 years, will be moving into a consulting position focused on research and projects.
Helgi Olafson planned to attempt his second Triple Crown of 200 mile ultramarathons beginning August 13, 2021, but found a way to add to the challenge as a fundraiser for the Spondylitis Association of America. Facing injury and wildfires, Olafson pushes onward, adapting to new challenges.
Helgi Olafson, a health activist, professional yacht chef, and endurance athlete living with ankylosing spondylitis, will undertake an epic journey to benefit the Spondylitis Association of America. Helgi Olafson, a health activist, professional yacht chef, and endurance athlete living with ankylosing spondylitis, will undertake an epic journey to benefit the Spondylitis Association of America.
Dr. Pamela Weiss, MD, MSCE has been appointed Chair of SAA’s Medical & Scientific Advisory Board (MSAB). Dr. Weiss is an attending physician in the Division of Rheumatology and a Core Faculty Member of the Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). She is also an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
Effective immediately, the Spondylitis Association of America (SAA) will evolve its brand identity with a new tagline, “Serving the Spondyloarthritis Community” to fully represent the comprehensive and inclusive scope of the organization’s mission and the community it serves.
SAA is pleased to announce today the appointment of Jill Miller to our Board of Directors. Miller is the Director of Key Account Development for Modern Process Equipment, a family-owned business based in Chicago, Ill. that manufacturers processing equipment.
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