Successful audits in Colombia and Germany

We are happy to welcome on board our new UCARE, the Group of Clinical and Experimental Allergy of Dr. Ricardo Cardona at the Universidad de Antioquia - IPS Universitaria in Medellín, Colombia, and the Klinik für Hautkrankheiten, Universitätsklinikum Jena of Prof. Peter Elsner in Jena, Germany.

The audit in Colombia was conducted by Prof. Marcus Maurer and the center in Germany was audited by Prof. Andrea Bauer.

We would like to thank the auditors and are looking forward to working together with the new UCAREs!

News - Meetings - Projects

Hear Associate Professor Jonathan Peter (Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa; Allergy and Immunology Unit, University of Cape Town Lung Institute, South Africa) explain regional differences in urticaria in South Africa, with a focus on epidemiology, patient beliefs and education, and the CRUSE App.

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We are very pleased to cordially invite you to our forth, free UCARE LevelUp Fireside Chat taking place on: Wednesday, June 29^th, 3:30 to 4:15 p.m. CEST.

Join us as 4 UCARE physicians meet to discuss the topic “Covid-19, vaccines, urticaria and angioedema"

The Faculty will be:
Emek Kocatürk Göncü Koc University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Daria Fomina ...

We are pleased to welcome Niall Conlon and J David M Edgar representing the St. James’s Hospital in Dublin, Ireland to the UCARE network. As this is our first UCARE center in Ireland, we are confident that there will be many UCAREs to follow in Ireland and we are looking forward to an intensive collaboration.

You will find:

An overview of all certified and applying UCARE centers here: https://www....

In this episode, Dr Maximiliano Gómez shares his tips and tricks for improving the diagnosis and management of chronic urticaria and calls for wider dissemination of good quality information to patients living in Argentina and beyond.

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Dr Mona Al-Ahmad joins the podcast from the UCARE centre in Kuwait to share her insights into the UCARE network’s Middle Eastern activities.
Dr Al-Ahmad also takes time to reflect on what more can be done to improve the lives of people living with chronic urticaria and those caring for them.

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In this episode, our host is joined by Professor Kiran Godse who shares his experiences of treating CSU in India. Professor Godse provides unmissable insights into the practicalities of CSU care, including economic considerations, as well as his plans to increase the UCARE network’s presence in India and facilitate wider dissemination of educational resources.

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Our next, free UCARE LevelUp Fireside Chat takes place on May 19th, 3:30 to 4:15 p.m. CEST.
Join us as 4 UCARE physicians meet to discuss on the following topic: Challenges in developing a scientific project in urticaria

The faculty will be:
Emek Kocatürk Göncü
Koc University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey – Senior UCARE physician
Jonathan Bernstein
University of Cincinnati...

Professor Jonathan Bernstein joins the UCARE LevelUp podcast "All things urticaria" to discuss chronic urticaria (CU) care in the USA. In this episode, Professor Bernstein shines a light on the challenges faced by US-based physicians and highlights the potential benefits of conducting further research into the diverse population living with CU in North America.

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In this newsletter we share:

The Chronic Urticaria Self-Evaluation APP, CRUSE® and the advantages for physicians and patients in using it.
Urticaria Conference 2021 and expand on some of the program’s highlights
Insightful physicians views on treatment of Chronic Inducible Urticaria (CIndU)
Interview with Dr. Ivan Cherrez about PROMUSE
Updates on the latest happening in LevelUp, 4U and the world of...

In part two of this very special episode, Professor Marcus Maurer is joined once again by his colleagues, Laura, Julia, Reinhardt and Rebekka from the UCARE office to discuss the UCARE LevelUp and UCARE 4U programmes, which aim to inform and educate patients and physicians on the management of chronic urticaria.

Links:
www.medthority.com/chronic-spontaneous-urticaria-learning-zone/csu-resources/
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