Blog Katie Allen July 2023
This month’s blog is a bit more stream-of-consciousness than usual and I apologize, but it felt like something I needed to say and this was an appropriate place to work through some emotions. Likewise, this month’s picture is of a favourite walk of mine that I go to clear my head. I found out today […]
Slovakia – Magdaléna Kohutová
My name is Magdaléna Kohutová and I live in Košice, the second largest city in Slovakia. I work as an IFRS specialist in the finance department of a company that owns a chain of hospitals and outpatient clinics in Slovakia. In my spare time I enjoy jogging, walking and spending time with my family and […]
Global Skin Foundation 2023 – Brussels
From June 1-4, 2023, GlobalSkin hosted ELEVATE 2023, a conference exclusively designed for dermatology patient organization leaders. The event, which took place at the Crowne Plaza in Brussels, Belgium, welcomed 200 participants. This diverse group comprised 142 patient leaders from 124 organizations spanning across 53 countries, as well as speakers, sponsors, and stakeholders. Over the […]
Dr. Paolo Gasparella (Austria) – Medical advisor
Dr. Paolo Gasparella is a Consultant Pediatric and Adolescent Surgeon at the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Surgery of the Medical University of Graz (Austria). He qualified as a specialist pediatric surgeon in 2011 at the University of Padova (Italy). In the University of Padova he also obtained his PhD in Developmental Medicine and Health […]
Blog Katie Allen June 2023
Summer fun on vacation is just one of those childhood memories that glows the brightest. However, when you have a rare disease, there are a few handy tips for making it all fun in the sun. The first lesson I learned was to have extra medications, whether it’s cancelled flights or wildfire season in Canada, […]
Eurordis 2023 – Stockholm
Finally, Eurordis was able to organize a ‘real’ in person members conference. The last time this took place was in 2019 before the Corona pandemic. From May 25 to 27, 2023 250 people from all over Europe gathered in Stockholm, Sweden. 25th of May On the 25th of May there were 2 parallel sessions held: […]
ISSVA 2023 – Boston
The ISSVA (International Society for the Study of Vascular Anomalies) is a multidisciplinary international organization of doctors, scientists and healthcare providers united by an interest in vascular anomalies. The ISSVA organised a worldwide conference in Boston (USA) from 19 to 21 April. There were 279 participants physically present and 263 participants joined ‘online’. The title of the conference […]
VAC 2023 – Brussels
Organised by the DeDuve Institute in Brussels, Belgium, the Vascular Anomalies Conference took place from the 31st of January to the 3rd of February. One of the directors of the Institute is Prof. Dr. Miikka, Vikkula, who is also one of our advisors. There were around 220 people from around 15 countries present, including, among […]
Participate in groundbreaking research
As an organization, CMTC-OVM has been a member of the organization Global Skin for many years now. The GRIDD study (Global Research on the Impact of Dermatological Diseases) collects international data on the impact of skin (dermatological) disorders on the lives of patients. To collect this data, a new questionnaire “Patient-Reported Impact of Dermatological Diseases” […]
Blog Katie Allen May 2023
Spring has finally hit the west coast of Canada, though it’s probably more accurate to say we skipped spring entirely and went straight to summer. Our little town had its second annual tulip festival, and while it may be much smaller than the tulip fields of Amsterdam, it was still so pretty that you just […]