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Clinician's September Summit 2024

Cure JM September 2024 – Virtual Summit

We are pleased to invite all juvenile dermatomyositis healthcare professionals to join us virtually for the latest presentations, sharing clinical best practices to help providers diagnose, treat, and care for juvenile myositis patients.

Skin Disease, Victoria Werth

Skin Disease for Clinicians

Dr. Victoria Werth, M.D., discusses the identification and treatment of skin manifestations associated with dermatomyositis. Her talk covers diagnostic criteria, various skin manifestations, the latest treatment approaches, and the complexities of managing this condition, all aimed at improving patient outcomes and quality of life.

Dr. Younghun Han: Shared DNA Clues Point to Faster Treatments for Juvenile Myositis.

Shared DNA Clues Point to Faster Treatments for Juvenile Myositis

In a study funded by the Cure JM Foundation and spearheaded by Dr. Younghun Han of the Baylor College of Medicine, scientists compared the DNA of more than three thousand people living with myositis to nearly twelve thousand healthy volunteers and found something striking. The major forms of myositis share much of the same genetic wiring.

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