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Posted by: The Sumaira Foundation in NMO, Patient
On April 29, 1984, I landed at Boston’s Logan Airport with two suitcases and a seven-year-old girl holding my hand. This trip concluded a process that had begun three years […]
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It was over a decade ago, but I remember it like yesterday, the first patient I looked after with NMOSD. Actually, there were two of them in the same neuroimmunology […]
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August 22, 2022 – The Sumaira Foundation is pleased to welcome Pr. Friedemann Paul of Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (Germany) to join TSF’s medical advisory board. Pr. Friedemann Paul Friedemann Paul […]
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I was born and raised in Cuba where I played outside, ran, and enjoyed time with my friends. In my healthy teen years, I didn’t think I’d ever become chronically […]
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August 16, 2022 – The Sumaira Foundation (TSF) is please to announce a partnership with The Assistance Fund (TAF) to help people living in the US with neuromyelitis optica spectrum […]
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On July 28, 2022, TSF was joined by 100 friends of the Foundation to celebrate 8 years of illuminating the darkness of NMOSD and MOGAD at The Envoy Hotel’s Lookout […]
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BOSTON, MA, August 4, 2022 – The Sumaira Foundation (TSF), a nonprofit organization focused on the rare neuroimmune diseases of NMOSD and MOGAD, is pleased to announce that it is […]
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Every day we wake up, we surely never expect our day to end with everything turned upside down – and our life changed forever. But it is exactly what happened […]
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FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT In 2022, The Sumaira Foundation is awarding research grants (maximum award up to $25,000) to nonprofit organizations, researchers, and/or institutions engaged in research into prevention, treatments, and a cure(s) for neuromyelitis optica […]
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While I was pregnant, I began having blurred vision. I went to see ophthalmologists, opticians, and general practitioners, but they kept saying nothing was wrong. I was sent to see […]
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