{"id":590,"date":"2015-07-09T14:15:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T18:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.sites.unc.edu\/cfpulmcenter\/patient-resources-1\/the-primary-ciliary-dyskinesia-foundation\/"},"modified":"2017-12-21T11:58:45","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T16:58:45","slug":"the-primary-ciliary-dyskinesia-foundation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/marsicolunginstitute\/adult-cf-program\/patient-assistance\/patient-resources-1__trashed\/the-primary-ciliary-dyskinesia-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"The Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- portlet_header --><\/p>\n<p><!-- portlet_above --><\/p>\n<p><!-- description --><\/p>\n<p class=\"lead\">\n<p>The <a class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pcdfoundation.org\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"\">Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia Foundation <\/a>(PCDF) is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3), patient advocacy organization for individuals with inherited ciliary disorders and their caregivers. PCDF is patient-focused, driven with a mission <em>to<\/em><span style=\"line-height: 1.43em; \"><em> provide the leadership and resources needed to support increased research, accelerated diagnosis, improved health and, ultimately, a cure for primary ciliary dyskinesia<\/em>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.43em; \">The PCDF goals are to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Improve diagnosis, quality of life and prognosis through research<\/li>\n<li>Educate &#038; support patient, scientific and medical communities<\/li>\n<li>Raise awareness about the realities of the disease<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Founded in 2002, by Michele Manion, PCDF is the only organization focused on this group of disorders in the United States. The PCDF<span style=\"line-height: 1.43em; \"> relies on fundraising, grants and corporate money donations to fund operations. The PCDF site contains <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.43em; \">more information about how to <\/span><a class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\/\/pcdfoundation.org\/donate-now\/\" style=\"line-height: 1.43em; \" target=\"_self\" title=\"\">donate<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.43em; \">, <\/span><a class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\/\/pcdfoundation.org\/volunteer\/\" style=\"line-height: 1.43em; \" target=\"_self\" title=\"\">volunteer<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.43em; \">, and <\/span><a class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\/\/pcdfoundation.org\/advocate\/\" style=\"line-height: 1.43em; \" target=\"_self\" title=\"\">advocate<\/a> for the PCDF community<span style=\"line-height: 1.43em; \">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.43em; \"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia Foundation (PCDF) is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3), patient advocacy organization for individuals with inherited ciliary disorders and their caregivers. PCDF is patient-focused, driven with a mission to provide the leadership and resources needed to support increased research, accelerated diagnosis, improved health and, ultimately, a cure for primary ciliary dyskinesia. The PCDF goals &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/marsicolunginstitute\/adult-cf-program\/patient-assistance\/patient-resources-1__trashed\/the-primary-ciliary-dyskinesia-foundation\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia Foundation\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57194,"featured_media":0,"parent":129,"menu_order":12,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-590","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia Foundation | Marsico Lung Institute<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/marsicolunginstitute\/adult-cf-program\/patient-assistance\/patient-resources-1__trashed\/the-primary-ciliary-dyskinesia-foundation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia Foundation | Marsico Lung Institute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia Foundation (PCDF) is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3), patient advocacy organization for individuals with inherited ciliary disorders and their caregivers. 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