NARBERTH, PA, November 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – The GBS/CIDP Foundation International has established the Benson Fellowship to fund Peripheral Neuropathy Fellowships in honor of Robert Benson, a survivor of Guillain-Barre’ Syndrome, and his wife Estelle Benson. The Foundation voted to endow over $1,600,000 of its financial resources to initially fund the Fellowship.
The purpose of the Benson Fellowship is to encourage professional training in the peripheral inflammatory neuropathy area for medical doctors, and to encourage philanthropic support to help address this significant challenge within the medical community.
Guillain-Barre’ Syndrome (GBS), Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP), and Multifocal Motor Neuropathy (MMN) are extremely rare peripheral inflammatory neuropathy disorders. These disorders can be life threatening or permanently disabling, so anyone who has one of these disorders needs to get the right diagnosis and the right treatment, right away.
For further information, please contact:
Ken Singleton, Executive Director
GBS/CIDP Foundation International
Telephone: (610) 667-0131
Email: grants@gbs-cidp.org