The Johns Hopkins Scleroderma Center

11/05/2025

We are honored to have this beautiful handmade quilt, created and donated by one of our patients, to raffle in support of Scleroderma research.

Now through November 15th, anyone who makes a donation through the link below will be entered to win the quilt.

All proceeds benefit the research program at The Johns Hopkins Scleroderma Center.

How to enter:

1. Follow this link: https://secure.jhu.edu/form/scleroderma
2. Select your gift amount
3. Under 'Select your gift designation' choose "Scleroderma Center Research Fund"
4. Select 'one time' or 'recurring'
5. Sign in or continue as guest
6. Enter donor and payment information

After November 15th, one winner will be chosen at random and notified.

11/05/2025

10/29/2025

Dr. Hummers was recently a guest on Mogil's Mobcast: A Scleroderma Chat produced by Ann Mogilevsky, who has lived with scleroderma for over 20 years. Follow the link below to listen to Episode 111 featuring Dr. Hummers or any other episodes dedicated to scleroderma education.

https://mogilsmobcast.com/

10/25/2025

Congratulations to all of Baltimore Magazine’s Top Docs including our own Dr. Fredrick Wigley and Dr. Laura Hummers as well as our collaborator Dr. Monica Mukherjee!

10/07/2025

We are pleased to share our Scleroderma Educational Event on November 1, 2025. Please follow the QR code or the contact below for more information.

04/07/2025

Congrats Dr. Wigley!

Congratulations, Dr. Fredrick M. Wigley, Physician of the Year!

Dr. Wigley’s skill and compassion inspires his colleagues and has made a difference in the quality of life of countless patients with scleroderma. “He does all of this work with a spirit of kindness and generosity that is unmatched,” said a colleague.

Learn more about Dr. Wigley’s work here: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/clinical-awards/2024-awardees/physician-of-the-year -wigley

07/15/2024

JOIN US for our August Virtual Education Session with Dr Laura Hummers!

WHEN: Saturday, 10th August at 10:30 AM AEST
WHERE: Online via Google Meet
COST: It's FREE!
TOPIC: Scleroderma and Pregnancy

Dr Laura Hummers is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology at John Hopkins in New York. She graduated from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and trained in internal medicine at Thomas Jefferson University.

Dr Hummers then pursued her rheumatology fellowship at Johns Hopkins University, and has been on the faculty working at the Johns Hopkins Scleroderma Center since 2003 where she has been Co-Director of the Center along with Fredrick Wigley.

She received her ScM degree through the Graduate Training Program in Clinical Investigation from the Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2010. Dr. Hummers also serves as Clinical Director for the Division of Rheumatology.

This event is not to be missed!

See you there!

Registration link in the comments.

03/20/2024

KU Medical Center and TMA host the 2024 Regional Conference for Myositis Patients.

This virtual, half-day conference features sessions covering cancer in myositis, speech and swallowing issues, pulmonological and rheumatological complications, physiotherapy treatment and exercise, as well as break-out rooms by diagnosis for research updates and physical therapy considerations.

This event is at no cost to the myositis community, register today at the link below.

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUlceCoqTIjGtFZuSPKcUvoTg97uaFL1umK