Saturday 3rd December 2011 10 Year anniversary Dinner raises £10,000 On the 10th anniversary of the tragic death of Louise Gergel, we held a commemorative fund raising dinner. The dinner was a tremendous success as a fundraising event as well as a most enjoyable evening, although tinged with sad memories for many. Dr John Wolffe - Louise’s father and a trustee of the Hughes Syndrome Foundation introduced the evening, including reading a letter from Professor Graham Hughes. This was followed by a most interesting speech from Dr Khamashta, the head of research at St Thomas’ Hospital’s Louise Coote Lupus unit, in which he described some of the key aspects of Hughes Syndrome and provided interesting statistics on its prevalence.   
Max Gergel - Louise’s son and Claire Saffer - her sister, gave a personal and emotional account of the impact of Louise’s death on their lives and how the work of the Fellowship and awareness of Hughes Syndrome has directly helped people in the room to be able to have their own children.  Thursday 21st July 2011 Reception at no.11 Downing Street The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, MP, kindly hosted a reception at number 11 Downing Street for the Louise Gergel Fellowship, to mark the 10th anniversary of the tragic death of Louise. Many of the Foundations major supporters attended the event and we thank them for their kind generosity over the years which has allowed us to support research into Hughes Syndrome and to help raise awareness. Louise’s sister Anna Petrook introduced the Chancellor and spoke eloquently of her personal experiences. The Chancellor expressed his support for the charity and for the work of the Hughes Syndrome Foundation. Professor Hughes then described some of the key features of Hughes Syndrome and how many people’s lives were being helped by the work of the Louise Gergel research Fellow, the team at St. Thomas’ Hospital and many other medical practitioners around the world.  Professor Hughes explaining to the chancellor how a simple £3 blood test could improve medical care and potentially save the National Health money by avoiding mis-diagnosis of “sticky blood”. 
 Listen to the speeches: 

Anna Petrook George Osborne, MP Professor Graham Hughes    The Chancellor, members of the Louise Gergel Fellowhship Committee, including Louise’s parents, husband and sisters along with Professor Hughes, Dr Laura Bertolaccini (the Louise Gergel Fellow) and Sandy Hampson from the Hughes syndrome Foundation.  Sincere thanks to photographer Barney Newman for providing all the photographs and his services free of charge to the charity  Sunday 13th March 2011 Very successful Bridge Evening  Thanks to Maurice Freedman and Eric & Edna Gergel for organising a very well attended and enjoyable bridge evening in North London. The evening was a great success and made a significant contribution to the charity.  Sunday 7th November 2010 2010 Supper Quiz raises almost £5000 Thanks again to our quizmaster David Berger and to everyone who attended this years quiz, we have been able to raise about £5000 for the charity.      Monday 6th September 2010 Hughes Syndrome article published in The Lancet A medical research article about Antiphosholipid Syndrome by Guillermo Ruiz-Irastorza, Mark Crowther, Ware Branch and Munther A Khamashta was published in the prestigious Lancet magazine. It is available to read on the Hughes Syndrome Foundation Website. click here
  Sunday 23rd May 2010 Sponsored Walkers raise £2,217 Congratulations to John Wolffe, Anna Petrook and Daryl Green for participating in the annual Hughes Syndrome Foundation walk in Hyde Park and, more importantly, raising £2,217 for the LGF  Tuesday, 23 February 2010 BBC News Report on Louise Gergel & Hughes Syndrome Doctor claims test could prevent miscarriages BBC NEWS LINK - CLICK HERE A British doctor is claiming that a test which costs just a few pounds, could prevent many miscarriages and save hundreds of lives. Professor Graham Hughes, the man who discovered Hughes syndrome otherwise known as "sticky blood", is calling for more testing on the NHS.  Nov 2009 Record breaking Supper Quiz brings in over £8500  We were delighted to have the Louise Gergel Fellow, Dr Laura Bertolaccini taking part in our latest supper quiz on the 8th November.  There was a thankyou speech by Dr Munter Khamashta, the head of the Hughes Syndrome Team at St. Thomas' Hospital as well as moving speeches by Max and Laurence Gergel.  The evening raised a record total of over £8,500 profit.  Thanks once again to everyone who helped produce this record breaking evening.  Nov 2008 Supper Quiz raises over £5000 On 9th November, we held another hugely successful quiz in Borehamwood.  Over 200 people came for the evening and their generosity has enabled us to raise over £5000 to support Hughes Syndrome research.  Thanks once again to the team for all their hard work.  Jul 2008 Comedy Store evening raises £2768 On Monday 14th we hosted another very successful evening at the comdey store in Covent Garden, London.  Thanks to all the comedians; Pete Johansson, Carl Donnelly, Marty McLean, Matt Read, Mark Maier and the MC Greg Burns for a memorable night.  The total raised for the LGF was almost £3000.    Nov 2007 Supper Quiz raises £5520 profit The third LGF Supper quiz was held on Sunday 18th November 2008 in Borehamwood, Herts.  It was once again a great success and all credit is due to the quizmaster and the sub-committee members who carried out the detailed planning and preparation.    Oct 2007 CMS Cameron McKenna dress down day Law firm CMS Cameron McKenna has raised £1218.38 for the LGF from their October dress down day.  Many thanks to all the lawyers and other employees for their generous support and to Louise's sister Claire Saffer for suggesting the charity as their cause for the month.    Sep 2007 First Bridge Evening raises £1600 On 9th September, the LGF held their first bridge evening in Mill Hill and raised the fantastic sum of £1600 to help in future research into Hughes Syndrome.    June 2007 Comedy Store Evening raises £4500 Many thanks to everyone who came to the Comedy Store on 11th June and especially to the comedians, Paul Thorne, Sugar Sammy, Matt Kirshen and John Fothergill who helped raise over £4,000.  The evening was another great success with well over 300 people attending.    November 2006 Supper Quiz  - Another great  success     June 2006 Comedy Store Evening raises £4000 On Monday June 6th, hundreds of people attended an extremely funny and enjoyable evening at the comedy store, Covent Garden, London.  Our thanks go to the  MC Mark Maier and comedians including Sean Collins and Adam Bloom for, once again, making this a hugely successful evening.      May 2006 Official Launch of the Louise Gergel Fellowship  On Thursday May 11th, Professor Graham Hughes (right), Dr Munther Khamashta and Dr Laura Bertolaccini attended the official launch of the Louise Gergel Fellowship at their research laboratory in St Thomas' Hospital, London.  Laurence Gergel and Dr John Wolffe spoke on behalf of the LGF and the medical team updated the audience on the symptoms associated with Hughes Syndrome and the latest research taking place in their laboratory and elsewhere around the world.  Afterwards they conducted a tour of the laboratory.  We would like to thank all our supporters who attended for sparing their time and for their generous donations. Some of the photos of the evening are shown below.  Laurence Gergel & The First Louise Gergel Fellow - Dr Laura Bertolacini   Dr Munther Khamashta  Dr John Wolffe, Linda Wolffe & Dr Munther Khamashta      May 2006 First research paper published In conjunction with Dr Munther Khamashta, Dr Bertolaccini published her first research paper as the Louise Gergel Fellow in the Lupus Journal on 3rd April 2006.  This paper discusses some of the practical issues involved in laboratory testing and diagnosis of Hughes Syndrome.  For more information see the Research page    November 2005 Louise Gergel Fellow Appointed We are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Maria Laura Bertolaccini as the first Louise Gergel Fellow.   Dr Bertolaccini's is an extremely accomplished researcher at the Lupus Research Institute at St Thomas' Hospital.  She has many years' experience in the study of Hughes' Syndrome, working with Dr Hughes, Dr Khamashta and Dr D'Cruz.   We wish to thank all our supporters who have enabled us to reach this important milestone in the history of the LGF.   We intend to keep supporters up to date with Dr Bertolaccini's work on our "Research" page.http://www.barneynewman.com/http://www.hughes-syndrome.org/PDFs/Lancet%20APS%20Oct%202010.pdfhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/hi/health/8529912.stmshapeimage_1_link_0shapeimage_1_link_1shapeimage_1_link_2
 

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