Graham Slater has been awarded the Esophageal* Atresia World Award from EAT – the federation of member support groups for oesophageal atresia (OA).
The award was presented during the recent Quad conference (Sixth international conference on Esophageal Atresia) in Cincinnati.
This is Graham’s second award this year following his EURORDIS Black Pearl Volunteer Award in January. The Black Pearl Awards recognize the outstanding achievements and exceptional work of people making a difference for the rare disease community.
Graham was born with oesophageal atresia in 1953. From 2011 to 2021 he was the Chairman of EAT and has been a special patient advisor for EAT ever since.
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