Talking to Your Doctor About Trying Pulsed Plasma Exchange? Invite a Hematologist into the Discussion

As more and more patients are now starting trials of pulsed therapeutic plasma exchange (PPE) as an experimental treatment for their diagnosed systemic scleroderma (SSc), I have noticed that in [...]

September 10th, 2023|

Pulsed Plasma Exchange (PPE) treatments must be continued indefinitely

Currently, there are about a dozen systemic sclerosis patients on the pulsed plasma exchange (PPE) protocol described in this document: http://sclerodermainfo.org/pdf/TPE-Guidelines-US.pdf.  Some have been on the protocol for years and [...]

November 15th, 2022|

The Effects of Pulsed Therapeutic Plasma Exchange on Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Limited Systemic Sclerosis: A Case Series

I am currently (5/6/2022) at the American Society for Apheresis (ASFA) annual meeting in Philadelphia presenting a poster titled "The Effects of Pulsed Therapeutic Plasma Exchange on Gastrointestinal Symptoms in [...]

May 6th, 2022|

Scleroderma Foundation (Southern California Chapter) Talk on Therapeutic Plasma Exchange

We are pleased to announce that our CEO/Founder, Ed Harris, was invited by the Southern California chapter of the Scleroderma Foundation to give a talk on the use of therapeutic plasma [...]

August 4th, 2020|