An international nonprofit professional organization comprised of healthcare providers, researchers and nonprofit IC patient organizations dedicated to research, collaboration, education, increased IC awareness, and the advancement of interstitial cystitis knowledge.

Prof. Dr. Mauro Cervigni, President
Rome, Italy

Prof. Dr. Roberto Carone
Torino, Italy

Hofr. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Helmut Madersbacher
Innsbruck, Austria

Primarius Univ. Doz. Dr. Claus Riedl
Baden, Austria

Dr. Arndt van Ophoven
Münster, Germany

Dr. Frank Oberpenning, MD
Bonn, Germany

Alan Wein, MD
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Philip M. Hanno, MD
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Robert R. Moldwin, MD
New York, New York, USA

Christopher Payne, MD
USA

Tomohiro Ueda, MD
Shiga, Japan

Special Consultant:

Monica Liebert, PhD
American Urological Association
Baltimore, Maryland USA

Founding Nonprofit Organization Members:

Elke Hufnagl, Austria

Barbara Mündner-Hensen, Germany

Jürgen Hensen, Germany

Loredana Nasta, Italy

Vicki Ratner, MD, USA

• Increase awareness among medical professionals and the public in countries throughout the world about the diagnosis and treatment of interstitial cystitis;

• Provide medical professionals, patients and the public in countries throughout the world with comprehensive, current information regarding interstitial cystitis;

• Promote communication among medical professionals, patients, their families and friends in countries throughout the world in order to coordinate their efforts; and

• Raise funds throughout the world for interstitial cystitis education and research.