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A Clinical & Patient Perspective of Wild-Type Amyloidosis

In this special video, hear world-renowned expert Dr. Mathew S. Maurer and his patient John Basdavanos presenting to a group of medical students. Dr. Maurer provides a brief overview of Wild-Type Amyloidosis (ATTRwt), while John provides the patient perspective. Together, these insights offer a compelling story about battling a life threatening disease.

ASB: 2021 Mid-Year Review

It’s been a wonderful year, closing our our second full school year since our launch. Since we began two years ago, we have made over 110 presentations to over 5,600 first/second year medical students. Feedback confirms that our patient speakers do a great job educating future doctors on the patient perspective of navigating a rare disease! We invited you to read more about what we’ve accomplished so far in 2021.

ASB: 2020 Year-End Review

Last year, we set our 2020 goal at 60 presentations, not knowing what was ahead. We gave 22 presentations in the Spring, and 33 presentations this Fall.  So while we didn’t quite reach our goal, we are super proud that we did achieve 92% of our goal!  Read more about our busy year!