Resources
The purpose of the Jack McGovern Coats’ Disease Foundation’s registry is to collect information from individuals with the same disease to help the Coats’ Disease community gain knowledge, facilitate research, and make strides towards understanding the disease, finding better treatments, and, ultimately, a cure. Information provided by patients may be used for medical research and experimental clinical studies to better understand Coats’ Disease.
The Jack McGovern Coats’ Disease Foundation provides this directory of doctors who are familiar with Coats’ Disease as a service to individuals who have Coats’ Disease, and family and friends of those individuals. The directory also has been created to provide resources and information for doctors and medical personnel who need to confer with other doctors, or want to refer their patient to another doctor for treatment of Coats’ Disease or any other medical condition. Submit Name for Directory.
The Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) of the Jack McGovern Coats’ Disease Foundation is composed of top pediatric retinal specialists dedicated to caring for patients with Coats’ Disease, raising awareness, and advancing research in the field. The SAB is primarily responsible for making recommendations to our Board of Directors regarding research priorities and funding.
Since 2006, the Jack McGovern Coats’ Disease Foundation has been working to support the medical community’s efforts to investigate the causes of and to improve treatments for Coats’ Disease, with the goal of finding a cure.
