How did you celebrate National Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month in September? Susan Peters, manager of the Office of Community Affairs at the The University of Chicago Medicine, hosted a program on sickle cell disease as part of the University’s Community Health Focus Hour program on WVON 1690 AM. Peters played host to Radhika Peddinti, MD, clinical director of La Rabida’s sickle cell program, Tanisha Jones, NP, and longtime La Rabida patient Jamal, 17. The panel also included Linda D. Drawhorn, RN, MS from the Sickle Cell Disease Association of Illinois (SCDAI), and discussed this complex condition, treatment options and supports available to those affected by it. Click below to hear the entire interview on SCDAI’s website and for more information on how you can help “break the sickle cycle.” bit.ly/1vdekms
Posted on: Fri, 03 Oct 2014 21:10:00 +0000
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