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

Maeve O’Connor, MD

Executive Director
Lyn Lewars 

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Vice President 
Jason Raasch, MD

Data
James Friedlander, MD

Negotiations 
Huamin Henry Li, MD
Mark Scarupa, MD

At Large
Daniel Suez, MD

Past President/Treasurer 
James Tracy, DO

Membership 
Alan Koterba, MD

Research 
William Lumry, MD
Elena Perez, MD

Practice Management 
Jacob Offenberger, MD

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Maeve E. O’Connor
MD, FACAAI, FAAAAI, FACP
President, CIIC

Dr. O’Connor is a board certified Allergist and Immunologist. She attended medical school at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Columbia, South Carolina, and went on to complete her internship & residency at the University of Texas and affiliated hospitals in Houston, Texas.

Following her residency, Dr. O’Connor completed an Allergy and Immunology fellowship at the National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver, Colorado, as well as an Integrative Medicine fellowship at the University of Arizona. 

She has published various research articles and is currently involved in clinical research of asthma, allergic rhinitis, immune deficiency and novel treatment for atopic diseases. Dr. O’Connor lectures extensively on all subjects involving allergy/immunology locally, nationally and internationally.

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Jason Raasch
MD
Vice 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 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.

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