Dear Dr. Prescott, Everyone in my family has terrible allergies. In recent years, they’ve gotten even worse. In fact, it seems like everyone I know has allergy issues these days. What causes allergies, and what has changed to make them such a problem for so many people? Danny Smith, Oklahoma City If you have […]
For 50 years, Dr. Morris Reichlin took young physician-scientists under his wing and taught them how to bridge the gap between the laboratory and the clinic. But his real love lay with those directly affected by his life’s work—the patients fighting autoimmune diseases. To them, he was more than a doctor. He was a hero. […]
On June 23, 1946, E.K. Gaylord joined a group of the state’s leading businessmen and physicians for a strategic planning meeting in Oklahoma City. As the publisher of The Daily Oklahoman, the state’s largest and most influential newspaper, Gaylord’s input—and endorsement—had a major impact. Within two months, that gathering spawned a new venture. It would […]
OMRF Teams with Tribal Clinics To Fight Rheumatoid Arthritis Rheumatoid arthritis strikes earlier, more viciously and more often in American Indian populations than in European populations. Experts estimate that American Indians are four times more likely to have the disease than those of European ancestry. Now, a partnership between OMRF and the Chickasaw and […]
Shan Carter Oklahoma City Diagnosed with MS in 1999 I first noticed something was wrong when I went to my mom’s birthday party. I picked up my little nephew to show him some fish in an aquarium. And I just fell over. It came out of nowhere. I was 32 years old. I’d just finished […]
Dr. Gabriel Pardo & Dr. Farhat Husain Imagine the fear that grips a young mother when you tell her she has MS. It’s devastating news. But you know you can help her. And you vow to walk beside her, wherever her condition takes her. You take your time with each of the 2,000 people […]
First, Eliza Chakravarty wanted to be a ballerina. Then a homicide detective. But the Baltimore native eventually headed west to Stanford University School of Medicine, where she spent 11 years as a rheumatology fellow and faculty member before coming to OMRF in 2011. Now she’s helping Oklahoma lupus patients realize their dreams of motherhood. When […]
