Chicago MDS Awareness 5K

2020 EVENT WILL BE VIRTUAL ONLY.
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The MDS Foundation is hosting its Chicago MDS Awareness 5K Run/Walk to raise awareness of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), an often unrecognized and under-diagnosed, rare group of bone marrow failure disorders that affects an estimated 12,000-20,000 people each year in the United States. Today, there are an estimated 60,000-170,000 diagnosed MDS patients in the United States, with this number expected to grow. The event will award Doctors in the MDS Field, Nurses for their treatment of patients, and courageous individuals who are currently fighting MDS.

Although great strides have been made, more work needs to be done in MDS and to better understand the needs of patients. Inspired by those impacted by MDS, our hope with the second annual Chicago MDS Awareness Walk is to start a movement with helping to further spread awareness and bring attention to this disease among the physician community as well as the general public.