Healing Hero Spotlight: Donna Culton

Healing Heroes are the heart of our community. They go above and beyond to support the IPPF community by making sustaining, monthly gifts to support our mission of improving the quality of life for all those affected by pemphigus and pemphigoid. Join Dr. Donna Culton (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) and become a Healing Hero today.


Join the heart of our community and become a healing hero

“I became a Healing Hero because I wanted to give back to the IPPF… Please join me in paying it forward by becoming a Healing Hero today.”

Monthly gifts allow us to not only sustain current programs, but also expand our key areas of operation: patient support, education, awareness, research, and advocacy.

Monthly Sustaining Gift Options

IMPROVE PATIENT ACCESS TO CARE ($15)
Your monthly gift of $15 allows us to screen and add a new medical professional to our Find a Doctor map, increasing patients’ access to care.

HELP THE NEWLY DIAGNOSED ($30)
Your monthly gift of $30 allows our Peer Coaches to support 75 members of our community by providing them with resources, tips, and tricks on how to live and thrive with pemphigus and pemphigoid.

ACCELERATE DIAGNOSIS TIMES ($75)
Your monthly gift of $75 raises disease awareness by educating 75 medical professionals through our Biopsies Save Lives campaign. 

FUND ESSENTIAL RESEARCH ($100)
Your monthly gift of $100 helps us conduct the ongoing Natural History Study to better understand pemphigus and pemphigoid.

Become a Healing Hero

By becoming a Healing Hero, you provide for the greater good of our community by sharing our vision:

NO DISEASE IS TOO RARE FOR A CURE!