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It started innocuously. In 2008 we moved to Ottawa with my employer for my career in pest control. On a gray, cloudy but humid day, I was out removing a […]
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You are invited to attend TSF’s old Hollywood-themed 5th NMO Awareness Gala Saturday, March 26, 2022 at 7 PM Mandarin Oriental, Boston We’ve set an ambitious goal to raise $250,000 […]
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The Sumaira Foundation
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Jarrie grew up on a farm and declares himself a simple man. I think otherwise. I think Jarrie is a man for whom love is simply enough. Jarrie married his […]
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The Sumaira Foundation
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Tiffany was a military brat with both of her parents serving in the Navy, so joining up herself seemed the obvious choice for her. She enlisted in 2006 and met […]
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The Sumaira Foundation
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August 16, 2021 – The Sumaira Foundation for NMO is pleased to welcome Elena Grebenciucova, MD to its medical advisory board. Elena Grebenciucova, MD Dr. Elena Grebenciucova is a neuro-immunologist […]
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The Sumaira Foundation
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I am no stranger to rare diseases. At 17, I was diagnosed with Toxoplasmosis. At 22, Phyllodes tumors. Chiari Malformation I at 26. It was not until 2017, when I […]
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The Sumaira Foundation
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The first time NMO hit me was on the evening before Thanksgiving in 2010… I clearly remember it because my wife and I were on holiday in the United States. […]
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The Sumaira Foundation
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The differential diagnosis: It is a skill we learn early in medical school and it is designed to guide the clinician on considering the possible underlying causes of a patient’s […]
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The Sumaira Foundation
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My name is Ryan. Three years ago, I was living the dream. I was happily married to my best friend, and we have three beautiful and perfectly healthy children. We […]
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The Sumaira Foundation
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On the evening of Sunday, 17th January 2010, my mother was putting up a fight with my brothers and I to go to bed while we were chasing each other […]
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