Announcement: The IACFS/ME has put out a call for young artist to submit their artwork for their cover art contest related to a new Primer for pediatric ME/CFS.
The International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (IACFS/ME) is inviting young artists currently diagnosed with or recovered from ME/CFS, age 17 and younger, to submit artwork for their cover art contest. The artwork may be selected for the cover of their new Primer for doctors looking after young people with ME/CFS. The IACFS/ME wishes to showcase the artwork of a young patient with ME/CFS in order to demonstrate that although seriously ill, these young patients are still capable of great accomplishments.
The new Primer will assist pediatricians and primary care physicians in the diagnosis and management of ME/CFS in children and young adults.
Further information and an application form can be obtained from Dr. Kenneth J. Friedman at [email protected]
Contest closing date is June 30, 2016.
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If you are an artist – for fun or therapy – we also invite you to submit your art and a brief story about it to the Bateman Horne Center Here/a>. We may feature your art and your story on our blog!
Lucinda Bateman, MD, is a renowned clinician, researcher, and educator. Her Johns Hopkins University Medical School training instilled an approach to care that she has employed throughout her career - the patient comes first and the unknown or unexplained does not equate to a lack of proper and compassionate care. Since starting her own practice in 2000, she has served on six boards or committees, been the principal investigator for 45 studies, authored/coauthored 40 journal articles, served as adjunct instructor and adjunct assistant professor in the University of Utah Departments of Preventative Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Anesthesiology, and lectured around the world.