Gail Devers

Horizon Therapeutics plc to Highlight Data and Education on Thyroid Eye Disease (TED) at the Endocrine Society (ENDO) 2022 Annual Conference

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Thursday, June 2, 2022

ET in ENDOExpo Theater 1, titled Evolution of Thyroid Eye Disease (TED) Treatment With Teprotumumab: Translating Bench to Bedside with Terry J. Smith, M.D., Michigan Medicine Eye Plastic, Facial Cosmetic & Orbital Surgery, Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan Medical School.

Key Points: 
  • ET in ENDOExpo Theater 1, titled Evolution of Thyroid Eye Disease (TED) Treatment With Teprotumumab: Translating Bench to Bedside with Terry J. Smith, M.D., Michigan Medicine Eye Plastic, Facial Cosmetic & Orbital Surgery, Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan Medical School.
  • The event, Achieving Gold in the Co-Management of Thyroid Eye Disease (TED), will be held in The Career and Communications Center in the Exhibit Hall on Saturday, June 11 at 11 a.m.
  • Gail will also be sharing her story between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m.
  • After a harrowing two-and-a-half-year quest for answers, she was diagnosed with Graves disease in 1990, just two years before winning her first Olympic gold medal.

Gail Devers, Three-Time Olympic Gold Medalist, Partners with the Graves’ Community to FOCUS on Thyroid Eye Disease

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Monday, June 28, 2021

Horizon and Devers are collaborating with The American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association , the Graves Disease and Thyroid Foundation and Prevent Blindness to help people living with Graves disease FOCUS on their eye health.

Key Points: 
  • Horizon and Devers are collaborating with The American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association , the Graves Disease and Thyroid Foundation and Prevent Blindness to help people living with Graves disease FOCUS on their eye health.
  • Gail Devers is a world-renowned track star and three-time Olympic gold medalist who has been living with Graves disease and symptoms of TED for more than 30 years.
  • After a harrowing two-and-a-half-year quest for answers, she was diagnosed with Graves disease in 1990, just two years before winning her first Olympic gold medal.
  • The Graves Disease and Thyroid Foundation (GDATF) is the leading source of help and hope for people with Graves disease and other thyroid related disorders.