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Name: Webinar: Methotrexate
Start: 2021-03-27T16:30:00-07:00
End: 2021-03-27T16:30:00-07:00

If your family has questions about methotrexate, you’re not alone! In fact, most families in the pediatric rheumatic disease community have questions about this form of treatment; what are the long-term effects of Methotrexate? Which is more effective, oral or injections? My child feels sick with methotrexate, what can I do about it?

Join pediatric rheumatologist, Dr. Jaime Guzman as he discusses answers to these questions and more. This session will review the research behind methotrexate use in children (when and why it’s prescribed) and offer approaches to help minimize anticipated difficulties. Bring your questions for our live Q+A!

We are pleased to offer this session live in both English and French. Register here!

Session Speakers

Dr. Jaime Guzman, Pediatric Rheumatologist

Dr. Jaime Guzman is a physician and clinical epidemiologist educated in Mexico and Canada with specialist training in pediatric rheumatology and in physical medicine and rehabilitation. Currently, Dr. Guzman is Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of British Columbia, Clinical Investigator at the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute and attending rheumatologist at BC Children’s Hospital. Dr. Guzman’s research has been published in over 90 peer-reviewed scientific articles that have been cited more than 11,000 times. Since 2011 his research focus is the course and prognosis of children with juvenile arthritis, including pivotal papers on the outcomes of juvenile idiopathic arthritis and how to predict them. In 2017, The Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Dutch funding agencies granted 8 million dollars in funding to a team including Doctor Guzman, to advance personalized medicine in childhood arthritis.

Abby Mazzone, 13

Abby was diagnosed with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) when she was only 15 months old. Since being diagnosed, she’s taken many different kinds of medication and treatments including Methotrexate to treat her JIA and uveitis. Arthritis has never stopped her from doing the things she loves, and she says, “Arthritis may slow me down for a minute while we adjust my treatment plan, but it’s never stopped me. When I was younger I took hip hop classes and gymnastics and now I do regular teenager things with my friends!”

Read about Abby + Amy’s journey with JIA and methotrexate here.

Amy Mazzone

Amy is a mother of two, who has been parenting her daughter, Abby, who lives with JIA for over 12 years. Through her daughter’s journey with JIA and Uveitis, Amy has experienced many of the ups and downs of her daughter’s medication and treatment, as well as parenting a child with a chronic illness. Amy is an active participant and supporter of research studies focused on pediatric rheumatic diseases as she believes Abby’s health would not be where it is today without it. In her spare time, Amy loves to bake, play slow pitch and spend time with her family and dog, Buddy!