Hospital for Special Surgery’s Lupus Support Programs

Since the late 1960s, the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) has been at the forefront of research in lupus. In 1993, it became the nation's first National Institutes of Health (NIH)-sponsored Specialized Center of Research in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).

In 2001, with support from Katherine and Arnold Snider of Rheuminations, Inc., HSS inaugurated the Mary Kirkland Center for Lupus Research. Named in honor of Katherine Snider's mother, who suffered with lupus, The Kirkland Center provides support for intramural basic and clinical research at HSS and pilot research grants focused on lupus.

HSS has one of the largest lupus registries for adults and children in the nation with essential clinical and DNA information on over 800 patients.

Program objectives:

1. Achieve new understanding of the molecular and cellular basis of lupus.
2. Contribute to the development of new lupus therapies.
3. Make the lives of patients with lupus and their families better.

HSS ranks No. 3 in the nation in rheumatology by U.S. News & World Report in its 2009 “America's Best Hospitals” issue. NIH designated HSS as a Multipurpose Arthritis Center and a Specialized Center for Orthopedic Research in Lupus.

Contact:
Hospital for Special Surgery
535 East 70th St.
New York, NY 10021
Website: www.hss.edu/mary-kirkland.asp

Additional materials and information:

• Read about the Kirkland Scholar Program, which supports outstanding nationally recognized senior scientists who direct a research program focused on lupus.
• Learn about Kirkland Center research grants to support research that will have direct application to lupus patients and promote collaborations among lupus investigators in the York Avenue institutions: Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical College (WCMC), Rockefeller University (RU), and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC).