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About FOCIS
- The Federation
- Executive Committee
- Board of Directors
- Steering Committee
- 2008 Organizing Committee
- Executive Office Staff
- The Meeting
- FOCIS Centers
The Federation
The Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies (FOCIS) exists to improve human health through immunology by fostering interdisciplinary approaches to both understand and treat immune-based diseases. Initially established as a cross-disciplinary meeting, FOCIS held its first Annual Meeting in 2001. After two successful consecutive meetings, FOCIS incorporated in 2003 as a 501(c)3 organization. Now in its seventh year of existence, FOCIS has 20 Member Societies and 16 Affiliate Societies, representing roughly 40,000 clinician scientists. A Federation of this size provides a voice for clinical immunologists and ultimately strives to improve patient care.
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President Gerald T. Nepom, MD, PhD Benaroya Research Institute |
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Vice President Jonathan Braun, MD, PhD University of California - Los Angeles |
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Secretary Treasurer P.J. Utz, MD Standford University |
Board of Directors
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President Gerald T. Nepom Benaroya Research Institute Seattle, WA |
Vice President Jonathan Braun, MD, PhD University of California – Los Angeles |
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Secretary Treasurer P.J. Utz, MD Stanford University |
Past President David Hafler, MD Harvard Medical School Boston, MA |
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Continuing Medical Education Chair Lynn Gordon, MD, PhD Jules Stein Eye Institute Los Angeles, CA |
Development Chair Lanny Rosenwasser, MD Children's Mercy Hospital & Clinics Kansas City, MO |
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Education Chair Andrew Lichtman, MD, PhD Brigham & Women’s Hospital Boston, MA |
FCE Chair Michael Lotze University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA |
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FCE Multinational Chair Stefan Meuer, MD University of Heidelberg Heidelberg, Germany |
FCE Clinical Trials Unit Chair Kevan Herold, MD Yale University New Haven, CT |
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Membership Chair George Eisenbarth, MD, PhD University of Colorado Health Sciences Denver, CO |
Network of Consortia Chair Stephen Rich, PhD University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA |
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Ex-Officio Abul K. Abba, MD University of California – San Francisco San Francisco, CA |
Compliance Officer George C. Tsokos, MD Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Harvard Medical School Boston, MA |
Steering Committee Members
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Jack P. Antel, MD Montreal Neurology Hospital & Institute Montreal, Canada Representative: International Society for Neuroimmunology & Americas Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis |
Richard S. Blumberg, MD Brigham & Women's Hospital Boston, MA Representative: Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America |
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Jeffrey A. Bluestone, PhD University of California-San Francisco Medical Center San Francisco, CA Representative: Immune Tolerance Network |
Barbara Detrick, MD, PhD Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Baltimore, MD Representative: American Medical Laboratory Immunologists |
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Manfred Dierich, MD, PhD Innsbruck Medical University Innsbruck, Austria Representative: International Complement Society |
Ronald Falk, MD University of North Carolina Kidney Center Chapel Hill, NC Representative: American Society of Nephrology |
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Robert Fairchild Lerner Research Institute Cleveland, OH Representative: American Society of Transplantation |
Hiroshi Kiyono, DDS, PhD The University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan Representative: Society for Mucosal Immunology |
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Vijay Kuchroo, DVM, PhD Harvard Medical School Boston, MA Representative: International Society for Neuroimmunology |
Peter E. Lipsky, MD NIAMS NIH Bethesda, MD Representative: National Institute of Arthritis Musculoskeletal & Skin & National Institutes of Health |
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Michael T. Lotze, MD University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Pittsburgh, PA Representative: International Society for Biological Therapy of Cancer |
William J. Murphy, PhD University of Nevada - Reno Reno, NV Representative: American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation |
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Robert Nussenblatt, MD National Eye Institute Bethesda, MD Representative: American Uveitis Society |
Elaine Reed, PhD University of California – Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA Representative: American Society of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics |
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Lanny J. Rosenwasser, MD Children's Mercy Hospital & Clinics Kansas City, MO Representative: American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology |
Daniel Rotrosen, MD NIAID Bethesda, MD Representative: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease |
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John E. Sims, PhD Amgen, Inc. Seattle, WA Representative: International Cytokine Society |
Kendall A. Smith, MD Cornell University Medical College New York, NY Representative: International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research |
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E. William St. Clair, MD Duke University Medical Center Durham, NC Represenative: American Society of Rheumatology |
Kathleen E. Sullivan, MD, PhD Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA Representative: Clinical Immunology Society |
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Megan Sykes, MD Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA Representative: The Transplantation Society |
Matthias G. von Herrath, MD La Jolla Institute Allergy & Immunology San Diego, CA Representative: Immunology of Diabetes Society |
2008 Organizing Committee
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Jacques Banchereau, PhD Baylor Institute for Immunology Research Dallas, TX |
Vijay Kuchroo, DVM, PhD Brigham & Womens Hospital Boston, MA |
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Terri Laufer, MD University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA |
Arlene Sharpe, MD, PhD Harvard Medical School Boston, MA |
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Kathryn Wood, PhD John Radcliffe Hospital Headington, United Kingdom |
Abstract Chair: Joan Goverman, PhD University of Washington Seattle, WA |
© 2008 FOCIS