Dr. Levy delivers an informative webinar on understanding lupus lab results.
The session reviews and explains common tests used both in the journey to a lupus diagnosis and in the ongoing monitoring of lupus. Dr. Levy explains how the medical team interprets these results, highlighting the relative importance of each test in determining current lupus disease activity and assessing the risk of disease flare.
Dr. Deborah Levy is the Division Head of Rheumatology at the Hospital for Sick Children and Professor of Paediatrics at the Temerty School of Medicine, University of Toronto. As Director of the SickKids Lupus Clinic, her research focuses on the long-term medical and psychosocial outcomes of childhood-onset SLE. She is also interested in alternate models of care and works with advanced practitioners to optimize pediatric rheumatology care for children in underserved communities within Northern Ontario. She is the current President of the Ontario Rheumatology Association and was the recipient of Lupus Canada’s 2025 Patients’ Choice Award for Canadian Rheumatologist of the Year.