Presenting Dr. Charles Stanley Written by Julie Raskin CHI is introducing a series of blog articles on the speakers who will be addressing families attending the Fourth Congenital Hyperinsulinism Family Conference March 17 and 18, 2012, in Philadelphia, PA. In our first article, we present Dr. Charles Stanley of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). … Read more
An Interview with Kristin Crossland Interviewed by Julie Raskin The United States is hyper-focused on New Hampshire today due to tomorrow’s presidential primary. Congenital Hyperinsulinism International is also very interested in the state of New Hampshire because of our friendship with Kristin Crossland, who is running for another kind of position in New Hampshire. Kristin … Read more
Rare Disease Day is just around the corner and it is a great day to devote to the knowledge of rare disorders in general, and congenital hyperinsulinism (HI), in particular. With the creation of this day, NORD and EURORDIS have done a fantastic job building a public awareness campaign about rare diseases. It is incumbent … Read more
10 Reasons Why You Should Make a Year End Gift to CHI • We all have to “care about rare.” It is really up to us to make our voices heard and support our rare disease community. If we don’t, who will? • CHI supports families living with HI through sponsorship of conferences and informative … Read more
CHI and CHOP are very busy making arrangements for the Fourth Congenital Hyperinsulinism Family Conference, being held March 17 and 18 in Philadelphia at CHOP. I’m thrilled to say we have a great line-up of presentations. We have many congenital hyperinsulinism (HI) experts from the professional world coming from around the U.S. and overseas to … Read more