Lupus Mid-Atlantic, Inc.
Lupus Mid-Atlantic, Inc. (formerly Maryland Lupus Foundation, Inc.) is committed to providing educational and psychosocial support to lupus patients and their families, increasing awareness and educating the general public and health professionals about lupus, as well as funding clinical and basic scientific research on lupus.
Description:
Lupus Mid-Atlantic provides a wide variety of activities and services for people with lupus and their families.
Patient and professional efforts include: the publication of a patient newsletter- Lupus Update, seminars around the region, open to the public and usually free of charge, Annual Dial-A-Doctor evening, one-on-one teaching provided by master's trained Health Educator's, and presentations by health care professionals to annual or monthly meetings of medical or allied health groups.
Patient and family support services:
Free monthly lupus support groups facilitated by master's trained social workers at locations around the region, on-line support groups facilitated by MSW's, Qualtiy of Life Program which provides grants of up to $1000 annually for items or services not covered by insurance, as well as one-on-one counseling to callers, on-line inquirers, and office walk-ins.
Public Awareness Programs:
Distribution of public service announcements, monthly distribution of print and electronic press releases to media throughout the region to highlight upcoming Lupus Mid-Atlantic programs, and involvement with the Speakers Bureau which provides appropriate Lupus Mid-Atlantic representatives to speak about lupus and the Foundation to the community.
Research Suppot Mechanisms:
Lupus Mid-Atlantic has a 30 year history of supporting local and national bench and clinical lupus researchers; total donation to date exceed $950,000, current annual contribution to the Lupus Research Institute, and occasional partial support of Lupus Clinical Fewllowships at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland.
History:
Lupus Mid-Atlantic is a non-profit organization with 30 years of support to individuals with lupus. Created in Baltimore in November 1977 by Florance Hooper, a lively and determined woman whose daughter, Eleanor Hooper Hastings had been diagnosed with lupus in 1952. Eleanor died in May 1975 and soon after, Florance resolved to “do something for people with lupus and make others aware of this disease which took my daughter, but about which so little seemed to be known”
From this modest beginning, the organization has expanded its programs and services regionally and provided substantial funding for lupus research. Recent advances in this research give cause for optimism about the future of lupus patients. For the first time, promising new drugs are being entered into clinical trials and research into the cause and possible cure for lupus is advancing rapidly. Lupus Mid-Atlantic is working to inform legislators and the public about these advances and fully expects the future to bring an expansion of services and programs across its area of influence.
Contact person: Dick Watson, Executive Director, (phone), (email)
Office fax number: (410) 337-7406
Address:
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110 Painters Mill Rd. St. 5
Owings Mills, MD 21117
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Web Site: http://www.lupusmd.org
Directions:
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From 795 take off ramp to Owings Mills Blvd. Go to first ligh and make a right. Go towards next Traffic Light- but turn into Parking Lot. This is the Campus for CCBC in Owings Mills.
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Nearest Metro/Subway Stop: Owings Mills,
Walk distance (in minutes): 10 |
| Last updated on May 26, 2009 |
