Special ILD Day Webinar

Dr. Danoff and Dr. Wilfong will discuss: 

• 🔹 How doctors recognize the disease
• 🔹 Finding the right treatments for you 
• 🔹 Your care team and the roles they have in your journey 
• 🔹 Advocating for yourself

Sonye Danoff, MD, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Co-Director of the Interstitial Lung Disease Clinic at Johns Hopkins Medicine. Dr. Danoff is a specialist in diseases causing fibrosis in the lung, particularly those associated with autoimmune diseases including myositis. She actively participates in local, regional, and international collaborative groups in the study of ILD.

Erin Wilfong, MD, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Her laboratory aims to understand immune dysregulation in the idiopathic inflammatory using mass cytometry and single cell transcriptomics. She is also the principal investigator for the Myositis and Scleroderma Treatment Initiative Center (MYSTIC) Cohort and biorepository. She is currently funded by a K08 and a Myositis Association Pilot Award. Dr. Wilfong’s clinical interest is in myositis related interstitial lung disease and life threatening rheumatic disease.

What is ILD Day? 

ILD Day is a collaboration between PF Warriors and eight other organizations to raise awareness of interstitial lung disease (ILD). Interstitial lung disease is the umbrella term used for a large group of diseases with inflammation and/or scarring in the lungs. The inflammation and scarring can injure the lungs, making it difficult to breathe and get oxygen to the bloodstream. There is no known cure.