Episode 50: Exploring Large-Vessel Vasculitis (LVV) with Dr. Alison Clifford

Dr. Alison Clifford is a rheumatologist and associate professor in the faculty of medicine at the University of Alberta. She has a research and clinical focus on Vasculitis, particularly giant cell arteritis. And she is an associate member of CanVasc.

Dr. Alec Yu is a PGY-4 resident doing his Rheumatology subspecialty training at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. He has a particular interest in inner city health.

Highlights from Day 3 of the Canadian Rheumatology Associations 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting in Calgary Alberta

Day 2 highlights of the CRA Annual Scientific Meeting in Calgary with Dr. Daniel Ennis, Dr. Janet Pope, Dr. Mo Osman and Dr. Marinka Twilt.

Dr. Mo Osman and Dr. Marinka Twilt join Dan and Janet to break down the highlights of the first day of the CRA ASM in Calgary.

Anne-Laure Chetaille est rhumatologue adulte et pédiatrique au CHUL de l'Université Laval à Québec et professeure de clinique agrégée. Ses recherches portent sur les maladies auto-inflammatoires et l'arthrite juvénile idiopathique.

Dr. Sherry Rohekar is an associate professor in the division of rheumatology at Western University in London, ON. She has a MSc. in clinical epidemiology and focuses her research on clinical outcomes in patients with spondyloarthritis. She is currently on the executive committee of SPARCC.

Dr. Osman is a clinician scientist who is interested in better understanding the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis. He also uses point-of-care vascular devices for risk stratifying patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARDs).

Dr. Mendel is a scientist at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre. She is also an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University and a Rheumatologist at the MUHC. Her research focuses on patient safety in systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases, with an aim to improve medication safety. She was the first author on the CanVasc consensus recommendations for the management of ANCA vasculitis 2020 update.

Dr. Mendel is a scientist at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre. She is also an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at McGill University and a Rheumatologist at the MUHC. She was the first author on the CanVasc consensus recommendations for the management of ANCA vasculitis 2020 update.