Who we are
HS-USA is a nonprofit public 501c3 charity incorporated in the State of Michigan, USA.
Our Board of Trustees is composed of nine members; our annual public meeting is held in Hamburg, Michigan in mid-June. We will soon be interviewing medical personnel to serve on our Medical Advisory Panel; the Panel�s purpose is to write RFPs (requests for proposals), post them in professional journals, review proposals for research, review research results and publish them.
Our Mission and Goals
- We will solicit funds for the promotion and facilitation of research into the causes, treatments and cure of Hidradenitis Suppurativa and will advance knowledge through the publication of Hidradenitis Suppurativa research in peer review journals, scientific books, the general press, pamphlets, world wide web, symposia and conferences.
- We will provide a forum for Hidradenitis Suppurativa patient advocacy and rights.
- We will support educational outreach to instill awareness and knowledge of Hidradenitis Suppurativa by the public and private sectors.
Board Meetings
1st Annual Meeting
(6/18/2003)
2nd Annual Meeting (6/5/2004)
3rd Annual Meeting
(6/18/2005)
5th Annual Meeting
(6/16/2007)
Annual Reports
2003
2004
2005
Conferences
Nashville, TN, 2004
Brighton, MI, 2005
Seattle, WA, 2006
Philadelphia, PA, 2007
The Board of Directors
Cathy C. Lugo, President; Madison
Terry M. Houghton, Treasurer; Erie
Paula M. Adam, Trustee; California
April Stringer, Trustee; Belleville
Dennis Roberts, Trustee; Atlanta
Donald Gruber, Trustee; Pennsylvania
Caroyln Sinclair, Trustee, Secretary; New Jersey
Staff
Crisis/Helpline Manager 207-510-9397
Webmaster (email)
How to Contact Us
Our mailing address is
HS-USA Inc.
2999 Victoria Court
Portland, ME 04101
Send email to HS-USA.
Send email to Mellissa Paige, president of HS-USA.
If you need local assistance, please look up one of our local state contacts.
To contact website technical personnel, please send email to the webmaster.