Category: Small Fiber Neuropathy

Inaugural Clinical Research Training Scholarship Recipients Announced

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CRTS Award winners.

Paula Barreras, MD, neuroimmunology fellow at Johns Hopkins Hospital and Erika Williams, MD, PhD, neuromuscular fellow at Massachusetts General Brigham are receiving the inaugural Clinical Research Training Scholarships (CRTS). Through these awards, FPN is providing $300,000 in peripheral neuropathy (PN) research funding. Identifying Biomarkers and Pathogenic Mechanisms in Sarcoidosis-Associated Small Fiber Neuropathy Barreras will study […]

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FPN Welcomes New Board Member

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Dr. Gregory Maassen

The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy is pleased to welcome its newest Board Director, Dr. Gregory Maassen, PhD, effective January 1, 2023. About Dr. Gregory Maassen Dr. Gregory Maassen is a multimedia, strategic digital marketing, videographer, and (interim) manager. He has over 23 years of experience. This includes 18 years of senior management experience with the […]

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Small Fiber Neuropathy: Q&A

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Q&A

Small fiber neuropathy (SFN) is a common, yet underappreciated, subclass of peripheral neuropathy. While SFN shares many features with large fiber neuropathy, it has unique aspects in its evaluation and management that warrant particular attention. Q&A with Amro Stino, MD On July 11, 2022, the Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy (FPN) welcomed Amro Stino, MD, from […]

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Dana’s Story: My Personal Journey with Small Fiber Neuropathy

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Family with two sons.

I’m writing this essay for a couple of reasons: as a way to bring more awareness to small fiber neuropathy (SFN) and explain its toll on me personally. The symptoms of small fiber neuropathy vary greatly person to person. But for me, it is chronic pain. I’ve been in pain ever since I can remember. […]

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Jen and Rosy’s Story: Two Moms Unite Over Small Fiber Neuropathy

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Handshake.

Small Fiber Neuropathy brings two women together in friendship and for a cause Rosy George and Jen Roland were strangers living hundreds of miles apart. Soon after her life-changing diagnosis, Rosy of New York reached out to the Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy looking for support. She was given Jen’s contact information, a young mom from Maryland who was also struggling […]

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CLINICAL HIGHLIGHTS: PNS Meeting 2022

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The Peripheral Nerve Society Annual Meeting was held in Miami in May 2022. The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy is pleased to be able to provide PNS Meeting 2022 highlights, summarizing some of the clinical studies presented at the conference. Study teams reported on natural history studies and (clinical) intervention trials for peripheral neuropathies who concluded […]

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FPN Welcomes New Board Member, Kristy Townsend

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Kristy Townsend

The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy is pleased to welcome our newest Member of the Board of Directors, Kristy Townsend, Ph.D., effective June 1, 2021. Kristy Townsend holds a Ph.D. in Neuroscience and has been investigating the brain and nervous system in the regulation of energy balance and metabolism for the past 20 years. Townsend is […]

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