Dr. Suzanne L. Bowyer will be honored with the 2009 Humanitarian Award to be presented by the Arthritis Foundation at Fire and Ice, to be held March 21 at the Downtown Hilton in Indianapolis. Individual tickets are $125. Tables of eight are $1,000. Corporate sponsorships also are available.
Dr. Bowyer and her colleagues at James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children provide care to most of the more than 6,400 children in Indiana with juvenile arthritis. Dr. Bowyer is an associate professor of pediatrics, director of the Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, and director of the pediatric residency program at the Indiana University School of Medicine. She specializes in the treatment of children with rheumatic diseases, such as juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
She is the dean of pediatric rheumatologists in Indiana, and a national leader. We are pleased to honor her for her years of service.
Nationally, there are only about 200 pediatric rheumatologists in the United States. There are only three in Indiana and all are at Riley. A recent federal study noted that a 75 percent increase in the field was needed to adequately treat America’s children.
In addition, a three-year, $150,000 fellowship provided by the Indiana Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation is funding the training of Dr. Stacey Tarvin to join the ranks of pediatric rheumatologists.
Dr. Bowyer received her medical degree from and completed her pediatric residency at the University of Michigan. She completed a fellowship in pediatric allergy/rheumatology at the University of Colorado and the National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine. Dr. Bowyer received her undergraduate degree from The Ohio State University.
She is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics (Fellow), Member, Subsection Pediatric Rheumatology; American College of Rheumatology (Fellow) and was recently re-elected Chair of Executive Council, Section of Pediatric Rheumatology.
Please contact me at 317-879-0321, extenstion 201, or ewills@arthrtis.org, to purchase tickets or for more information.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
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