ABOUT US

OUR MISSION

PROVIDE CUTTING EDGE THERAPY TO PATIENTS WITH PRIMARY IMMUNE DEFICIENCY DISORDERS (PIDD)

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OUR APPROACH

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PARTNER  with advocacy groups, specialty organizations and industry to ensure patient access to quality and affordable medical care

PARTICIPATE  in educating the medical community through advocacy groups and academic institutions in the USA and around the world

PROVIDE KNOWLEDGE  to advocacy groups, medical industry organizations, third party payors and specialty pharmacies

PROVIDE EXPERTISE  to the legislative bodies on issues concerning Primary Immune Deficiency Disorder (PIDD) care and promote access to care for all patients with PIDD

ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN CLINICAL RESEARCH  in our outpatient specialty clinics that benefit both the patient and the industry and allow new products to be made available to patients with PIDD

OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE


President

Jason Raasch, MD

Executive Director
Lyn Lewars 

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 Interim Vice President 
James Tracy, DO

Treasurer 
Travis Sifers, MD

At Large
William Lumry, MD

Interim Chief Medical Officer 
Maeve O’Connor, MD

 

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Jason Raasch
MD
President, CIIC

Dr. Raasch graduated from Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, Michigan in 2001. He went on to complete his residency training in Pediatrics at the University of South Florida in 2005. He graduated from the Allergy and Immunology Fellowship Program at the University of Minnesota in 2007.

Dr. Raasch currently practices at Midwest Immunology Clinic & Infusion Associates and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology (AAAAI). His areas of interests are pediatrics, adult primary immune deficiency and clinical immunology.

Jim Tracy

James Tracy
DO
Interim Vice President, CIIC

Dr. Tracy is a board-certified Allergist and Immunologist in Omaha, Nebraska. He graduated from the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1984 and has been in practice for 34 years. He completed his fellowship in Allergy and Immunology at Wilford Hall Medical Center.

Dr. Tracy currently practices at Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Associates and has academic appointments at the University of Nebraska and Creighton University. He helps manage 16 outreach clinics throughout Nebraska and Iowa and serves as the Chairman of Advocacy for the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.

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