Trusted Resources: People & Places
Healthcare providers, researchers, and advocates
Sickle Cell Disease Association of Illinois
8108 S. Western AveChicago, Illinois, United States
Email Phone Web
In 1971 the Sickle Cell Disease Association of Illinois (SCDAI) was founded under the name Midwest Association for Sickle Cell Anemia (MASCA). As a founding member, SCDAI is a part of the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America (SCDAA), a 57 member community-based membership organization, in over 300 communities nationwide and Canada.
The primary mission of SCDAI is to enhance the quality of life for people with sickle cell disease and their families. To effectively achieve this goal, SCDAI acts as an advocate for improved healthcare and services for sickle cell patients by educating and informing the community through outreach programs.
Related Content
-
Charles S. Abrams, MDDr. Abrams is Francis C. Wood Professor ...
-
Alan D. Michelson, MDDr. Michelson is Professor of Pediatrics...
-
Today’s Faces of Sickle Cell Disease: Jennelle StephensonJennelle Stephenson was diagnosed with S...
-
California Institute For Regenerative Medicine Awards City Of Hope $5.74 Million For Severe Sickle Cell Disease Clin...The California Institute for Regenerativ...
-
Prevalence and characteristics of priapism in sickle cell diseasePriapism is a pathological condition of ...
-
New Guidelines for Managing Sickle Cell Disease Presented at ACP Internal Medicine MeetingNew guidelines for therapeutic strategie...
-
EXpanding Treatment for Existing Neurological Disease (EXTEND): An Open-Label Phase II Clinical Trial of Hydroxyurea...Background: Cerebral vasculopathy in s...