Vasculitis Fellowship

Published Journal Articles (bolded names are previous fellows):

1. 1. Peremans L, Twilt M, Fifi-Mah A. Johnson N, Mosher D, Wade A, Hamiwka L. Childhood-onset Takayasu arteritis: clinical presentation, challenges and disease course. Pediatric Rheumatology 2025 Sep;40(9):2837-2844. DOI: 10.1007/s00467-025-06737-x

   2. Laestadius A, Grisaru S, Twilt M, Renson T, Shao T, Benediktsson H, Luca N, Schmeling H, Benseler SM, Hamiwka LA. Silent lupus nephritis: a pediatric center experience of baseline kidney biopsies and review of the published evidence. Pediatr Nephrol. 2025 Mar 24. DOI: 10.1007/s00467-025-06737-x PMID: 40126656. SRI

   3. Renson T, Snauwaert E, Hamiwka L, Benseler S, Lamot L. Editorial: Optimizing outcomes for children with immune-mediated chronic kidney disease. Front Pediatr. 2024 Dec 3; 12:1522963. DOI: 10.3389/fped.2024.1522963 PMID: 39691384; PMCID: PMC11649431. CA

   4. Peremans L, Twilt M, Benseler SM, Grisaru S, Kirton A, Myers Kim, Hamiwka L. Real-world biomarkers for Pediatric Takayasu Arteritis. Int J Mol Sci. 2024 Jul 4;25(13):7345. DOI: 10.3390/ijms25137345. PMID: 39000452; PMCID: PMC11242898. SRI

   5. Renson T, Kelly MM, Benediktsson H, Grundhoefer N, Luca N, Miettunen P, Twilt M, Grisaru S, Wade A, Banks A, Fifi-Mah A, Hamiwka L, Benseler S. Non-invasive biomarkers of disease activity and organ damage in ANCA-associated vasculitis: a systematic review. RMD Open. 2024 Feb 9;10(1):e003579. DOI: 10.1136/rmdopen-2023-003579. PMID: 38341193; PMCID: PMC10862256. Co-SRI

   6. Renson T, Forkert N, Amador K, Miettunen P, Parsons SJ, Dhalla M, Johnson NA, Luca N, Schmeling H, Stevenson R, Twilt M, Hamiwka L, Benseler S.  Distinct phenotypes of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children: a cohort study. 2023 April 12; Pediatr Rheum; https://doi.ord/10.1186/s12969-123-00815-w 

   7. Renson T, Hamiwka L, Benseler S.  Central nervous system manifestations of monogenic autoinflammatory disorders and the neurotropic features of SARS-CoV-2: Drawing the parallels.2022 Aug 10; Front Pediatri. 10.931179 doi 10.3389/fped.2022.931179

Conference Abstracts (bolded names are fellows):

1. Twilt M, McColl J, Renson T, Ding L, Wade A, Midgley J, Johnson N, Hamiwka L. Inhibition of C5A-Receptor with Avacopan in Childhood-onset ANCA associated Vasculitis. 22nd International Vasculitis Workshop. Melbourne, Australia. February 21- 25, 2026. 

2. Peremans L, Hamiwka L, Grisaru S, Twilt M. Exploring potential biomarkers for diagnosing childhood-onset Takayasu Arteritis. Abstracts of the 56th ESPN Annual Meeting, Valencia, Spain, September 2024. Pediatr Nephrol 39 (Suppl 1), 1–396 (2024). https://doi-org.ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca/10.1007/s00467-024-06472-9. ID:245

3. Peremans L, Thomas-Chen R, Renson T, Stevenson R, Johnson N, Hamiwka L. A challenging case of Lupus Nephritis with Malignant Hypertension and Chronic Kidney Disease. Abstracts of the 56th ESPN Annual Meeting, Valencia, Spain, Sept 2024. Pediatr Nephrol 39 (Suppl 1), 1–396 (2024). https://doi-org.ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca/10.1007/s00467-024-06472-9.  ID:102 (Oral Presentation) SRA

4. Thomas-Chen R, Midgley J, Brookes J, Hamiwka L, Twilt M. P280: Avacopan use in pediatric ANCA-associated vasculitis. 21st International Vasculitis Workshop, Barcelona, April 2024. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11068008

5. Laestadius A, Hamiwka L, Twilt M, Grisaru S, Benseler S. Rituximab treatment induced hypogammaglobulinemia in children with ANCA vasculitis and renal failure. International Pediatric Nephrology Association Annual Congress, September 2022 (Poster) 

6. Laestadius A, Grisaru S, Shao T, Benediktsson H, Twilt M, Luca N, Schmeling H, Benseler S, Hamiwka L. Silent lupus nephritis: An indication for baseline renal biopsies in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus? Case series and a systematic review of the literature. International Pediatric Nephrology Association Annual Congress, September 2022 (Poster) 

7. Renson T, Miettunen P, Parsons S, Dhall M, Johnson N, Luca N, Schmeling H, Stevenson R, Twilt M, Hamiwka L, Benseler S. Reading the waves: identifying distinct phenotypes of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children in a single Canadian center during the 2020-2021 COVID-19 pandemic. June 2022. Copenhagen, DNK. EULAR 2022 Congress. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases Jun 2022, 81 (Suppl 1) 964; DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2022-eular.4104. (Poster) 

Fellowship requirements are one journal club and a final research presentation at the end of the fellowship.