The IPPF recently was recognized by the Association of Marketing and Communications Professionals with FOUR awards! The MarCom Awards signify excellence in marketing and communications projects such as print, online, and video. GOLD AWARDDesign/Website – community.pemphigus.orgENewsletter – The Quarterly HONORABLE …

On Friday the 10 October 2008, we met for an informal and very leisurely lunch. It was in our usual London venue, i.e. the far right hand corner of the self-service restaurant on the 6th floor of Peter Jones, Sloane…

About once a year the Dutch Network for P&P organises a meeting for patients and their partners or caretakers. The last one was held 1 November 2008 at Poeldijk, the Netherlands. Eighteen people from all over the country were present.…

The LA Support Group got together on October 11, 2008, at the Westside Pavilion in Los Angeles, California. The Group was joined by UCLA’s Dr. Jennifer Haley and IPPF Founder and Director of Patients Services & Education, Janet Segall. The…

I am delighted to inform you that there is now an organization in Canada to help patients and caregivers better cope with these diseases. The Canadian Pemphigus and Pemphigoid Foundation based in Ottawa, Ontario was incorporated as a not-for-profit organization…

Research shows nearly 15% of all diagnoses are inaccurate, and misdiagnosis is even more common in cases of rare diseases such as P/P. How can doctors and dentists who have never seen a case of P/P more accurately diagnose patients…

A question that has been on the mind of many pemphigus/pemphigoid patients — and the subject of many discussions in the medical community — is regarding whether or not ACE inhibitors should be recommended to people with P/P disease if…

Joint Meeting of the EADV Task Force on Autoimmune Bullous Diseases and the International Pemphigus & Pemphigoid Foundation During the last EADV congress held in Paris (September 17th to September 20th, 2008) the EADV task force for autoimmune blistering diseases…

I was skeptical about the end-results of the BOD retreat, but I played in the sandbox of that weekend and here is what I learned: Board work is that work. It is hard and demanding and I owe a debt…

When Dr. David Sirois, the IPPF’s BOD President, first approached me about joining the Board of Directors, I remember he had a needle in his hand and was about to shoot into a lesion in the back of my…