Biography

Anne L. Maitland, MD, PhD is

• The Medical Director, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (EDS) Center

• an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology at the Medical University of South Carolina

Her career has long been driven by curiosity about the neuro-immune axis and its dysregulation in disease. She was introduced to the spectrum of neuroimmune dysregulation, as she witnessed the HIV and asthma epidemics unfold in her hometown, in the 1980s. Nowadays, Long COVID exemplifies acquired neuro-immune dysregulation, which follows infection by SARS CoV-2 and impacts 7% of the US population.

It is now known that both children as well as adults with connective tissue disorders, such as Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes (EDS), face neurodevelopmental challenges and heightened sensitivity to environmental exposures, which reflect chronic dysregulation of the autonomic nervous and immune systems, respectively.

In collaboration with Drs. Norris, Gensemer and Patel, MUSC EDS Center will become a model of innovative care for complex medical disorders, amidst of sea of siloed healthcare.

Dr. Maitland serves on committees, addressing mast cell activation disease (MCAD), Health Care Disparities and Integrative Medicine of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. She also serves on the scientific faculty for the Mast Cell Disease Society, the Ehlers-Danlos International Consortium and the Chiari-Syringomyelia Foundation.

In addition to membership with the National Medical Association, the Medical Society of the State of New York and local allergy/immunology societies, she is also

• a Fellow of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

• a Fellow of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

• a past Chair of the Allergy/Immunology Work Group of the National Medical Association.