
Medical Director, Medical University of South Carolina
Anne L. Maitland, MD, PhD is
• Medical Director, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Ehlers Danlos
Center
• an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology
at the Medical University of South
In collaboration with Drs. Russel Norris and Sunil Patel, MUSC Ehlers-Danlos
Syndrome (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 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.
Her clinical and research efforts focus on increasing access to Allergy/Immunology Specialty care as well as the diagnosis and management of immune mediated
disorders, including Mast Cell Activation Disease. Recent publications highlight immune dysfunction in patients with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome and dysautonomia, including chapters in the book, Symptomatic, Transforming Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, and the
recent publication from National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, entitled Selected Heritable Disorders of Tissue and Disability.
In this enlightening episode, Dr. Linda Bluestein and recurring co-host Dr. Dacre Knight sit down with nationally recognized expert Dr. Anne Maitland to explore a revolutionary perspective on allergic and immune-mediated disorders.Dr. Maitland unpacks the "Epithelial Barrier Hypothesis," expl…