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NIAMS director Dr. Stephen Katz (c) joins fellow speakers on Capitol Hill—Maj. Mark Sullivan (l) and David Gillies.

Myotonic Dystrophy Briefing Features Katz

Patient and Congressional Visits | November 18, 2016
On hand at the briefing were (from l) Dr. Stephania Gallucci, Dr. Stephen Katz, Margaret Dowd, Dr. Robert Carter and Molly McCabe.

NIAMS Presents Plan for Lupus Research at Congressional Briefing

Patient and Congressional Visits | July 15, 2016
Photo of Dr. Abel Torres Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL) and Dr. Stephen Katz.

NIAMS Director Participates in Hill Visits with American Academy of Dermatology Association

Patient and Congressional Visits | July 8, 2016
NIAMS staff and Coalition co-chairs gather around NIAMS director Dr. Stephen Katz (c).

NIAMS Coalition Gathers for Outreach, Education

Patient and Congressional Visits | May 17, 2016
On hand at the recent Marfan briefing were (from l) Gavin Lindberg, NIAMS director Dr. Stephen Katz, Isaiah Austin, Dr. Kathleen Mimnagh (Marfan Foundation board of directors) and NHLBI director Dr. Gary Gibbons.

NIAMS, NHLBI Directors in Briefing with Marfan Advocates

Patient and Congressional Visits | March 11, 2016
Photo of Gavin Lindberg Dr. Stephen Katz Isaiah Austin Dr. Kathleen Mimnagh and Dr. Gary Gibbons

NIAMS and NHLBI Directors Participate in Congressional Briefing with Marfan Advocates

Patient and Congressional Visits | February 3, 2016
Photo of Drs. Kashikar-Zuck and Phil Tonkins at the OBSSR exhibition.

NIAMS Participates in OBSSR 20th Anniversary Events

Patient and Congressional Visits | October 29, 2015
NIAMS director Dr. Stephen Katz (l) meets with (from l) Sturge-Weber Syndrome advocate Kaelin Ball, Kennedy Krieger Institute researcher Dr. Jonathan Pevsner and Sturge-Weber Foundation President Karen Ball.

NIAMS Director Participates in Congressional Briefing on Sturge-Weber Syndrome

Patient and Congressional Visits | September 11, 2015
NIAMS director Dr. Stephen Katz and Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (center, standing) with patient-advocates, Arthritis Foundation staff and NIAMS staff NIAMS director Dr. Stephen Katz and Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (center, standing) with patient-advocates, Arthritis Foundation staff and NIAMS staff

Congressman Joins Constituents on Visit to NIAMS

Patient and Congressional Visits | July 31, 2015
NIAMS director Dr. Stephen Katz and deputy director Dr. Robert Carter (front, third and fourth from l) with congressional staff, NIAMS Coalition members and NIAMS staff at the recent NIAMS Tour Day

Congressional Staff See ‘Inside NIAMS Labs’

Patient and Congressional Visits | January 30, 2015
From left: AAOS Past President Joshua Jacobs, M.D., Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD), NIAMS Director Stephen I. Katz, M.D., Ph.D.

NIAMS Participates in Hill Visits with American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Patient and Congressional Visits | October 16, 2014
From left: David Karp, M.D., Ph.D., Sue Manzi, M.D., Martin Hodge, Ph.D., and Robert Carter, M.D., presented at the September 9, 2014, Capitol Hill briefing on the AMP.

NIAMS Participates in Hill Briefing on the Accelerating Medicines Partnership

Patient and Congressional Visits | October 16, 2014
NIAMS Director Stephen I. Katz, M.D., Ph.D. (right), with Carolyn Levering, President and CEO of the Marfan Foundation, and Gary Gibbons, M.D., Director, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, pause for a picture at a Congressional briefing.

NIAMS Director Participates in Congressional Briefing on Marfan Syndrome

Patient and Congressional Visits | October 16, 2014
NIAMS Deputy Director Robert Carter, M.D., presents at a Congressional briefing sponsored by the Scleroderma Foundation.

NIAMS Presents at Congressional Briefing on Scleroderma

Patient and Congressional Visits | October 16, 2014
NIAMS Coalition steering committee members and NIAMS senior leadership gather outside of Bldg. 50 during their campus visit.

NIAMS Advocates Tour Campus

Patient and Congressional Visits | August 2, 2013
NIAMS director Dr. Steven Katz (r) is joined by (from l) psoriasis patient and past chair of the NPF board of trustees Richard Seiden; NIH-supported cardiologist Dr. Erin Michos from Johns Hopkins University; and NPF President and CEO Randy Beranek.

NIAMS Participates in Hill Briefing on Psoriasis

Patient and Congressional Visits | May 24, 2013
Senior Congressional staffers recently toured NIAMS laboratories to learn about translational research advances as part of NIAMS Awareness Day.

Congressional Staffers Tour NIAMS Labs

Patient and Congressional Visits | April 22, 2013
Arthritis Patient-Advocates

Arthritis Patient-Advocates Tour NIH

Patient and Congressional Visits | November 9, 2012
NIAMS director Dr. Stephen Katz (r) recently participated in a panel discussion on osteoarthritis (OA) at a congressional briefing organized by the Coalition for Imaging and Bioengineering Research (CIBR). He was joined by (from l) four-time Super Bowl champion L.C. Greenwood from the Pittsburgh Steelers, who has OA; CIBR President Renée L. Cruea; and NYU Langone Medical Center researcher Dr. Michael P. Recht.

Katz Highlights NIH Imaging Research at Congressional Briefing

Patient and Congressional Visits | August 31, 2012
NIAMS staff met with 12 patient-advocates from the National Psoriasis Foundation during their recent visit to NIH to learn about the biomedical research process.

Psoriasis Patient-Advocates Tour NIH

Patient and Congressional Visits | July 6, 2012
Seventeen patients, their families and staff from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons recently visited the NIH campus.

AAOS Visitors See NIH Scientists at Work

Patient and Congressional Visits | June 8, 2012
Attendees at the NIAMS Coalition 2011 outreach and education meeting

NIAMS Coalition Convenes Outreach, Education Meeting

Patient and Congressional Visits | January 20, 2012
Arthritis patient Dr. Janet Stearns Wyatt (l) presents the NIAMS Coalition’s Congressional Champion Award to Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA).

Hill Briefing Recognizes 25 Years of NIAMS Research

Patient and Congressional Visits | December 9, 2011
Juvenile arthritis patients and their families recently visited NIAMS to learn about cutting-edge scientific discoveries.

Juvenile Arthritis Patients Perform Hands-On Experiments with NIAMS Researchers

Patient and Congressional Visits | November 11, 2011
While touring NIAMS laboratories, congressional staffers heard from Dr. Vittorio Sartorelli (r) about how advanced technologies such as those that enable quick analysis of the human genome provide insight towards the understanding and treatment of disease.

NIAMS Awareness Day, Congressional Aides See NIAMS Scientists in Action

Patient and Congressional Visits | February 4, 2011