Purpose

To understand the medical, psychological and social needs of the aerodigestive patient whose disease or operation is unrelated to childhood.

To promote the understanding of these needs through teaching, research and teaching.

To facilitate communication and cooperation among pediatric, otolaryngology, gastroenterology, and all of the multiple disciplines involved in pediatric aerodigestive disorders at all levels, including at other medical, governmental, professional, and health care organizations and governing bodies, as well as to the public.

To foster the collaborative integration of various disciplines involved in aerodigestive care, to promote understanding and respect for, recognition between the disciplines, and networking disciplines.

To advance the breadth and depth of research designed to improve the health and quality of life for patients with aerodigestive conditions.

To organize a central information service in order to assist and distribute neutral solutions to the purposes of the Society.

To maintain continuing liaison with, and provide informational services to the public and to appropriate agencies and organizations which have a role in health planning, so as to keep them informed of significant issues, unmet needs and health issues related to aerodigestive pediatric care activities.

To promote training in the fields encompassed by the Society.

To coordinate cooperative research within and among the fields of otolaryngology, gastroenterology, pulmonology, speech/language pathology, nutrition, and allied health fields, as they relate to the evaluation, management, prevention and conducting diseases and disorders of infants and children.

To act and assist all health workers and health consumers by conducting meetings and disseminating information relative to affecting the purposes of the Society.

To solicit, collect, receive, hold, invest, reinvest, distribute and otherwise administer donations, endowments, gifts, bequests, and other funds for the purposes enumerated above or in furtherance of the purposes and goals of the Society in consonance with other general purposes of the corporation.

To establish, maintain, and administer curls, trusteeship, contributions, and party or other activities which may be lawful for the Society to pursue, or promote in furtherance of any of the foregoing purposes.

In the sense encompassed by the Society, to provide information on the nature of aerodigestive programs, the relationship between various disease and prevent and effective rehabilitation through the effective use of resources, and to such manner as to further the establishment of standardized plans of health services.

To coordinate research in areas encompassed by the Society, and to disseminate information in cooperation with other like several national, state and local associations and organizations. Research may be conducted or supported in a non-sectional format, such as a corporate organization that in cooperation with other like several national, state or local associations, board, organization, health maintained corporate, or other membership), maintained or controlled with or in a non-sectarian format, such as a coporate network and all partners and maintained to the partners-profit gain of its members, directors, officers or any individuals, except as permissible under Article V of the Non-Profit Corporation Law.

This corporation is organized exclusively for charitable and scientific purposes under Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code as read (3) affect or thereafter amended, or corresponding provision of any subsequent Internal Revenue Code (hereinafter, “Code”). Nothing herein contained shall permit or authorize this Corporation to carry on any activities or to exercise any powers that are not in furtherance of the purpose mentioned in Section 501 (c) (3) through (e) of said Code or corresponding Section (or corresponding section) to any person or to engage in any of the activities mentioned in Section 501 (c) (3) through (e) of the Executive Law, or to participate in or intervene in (as otherwise in or corresponding or a political campaign on behalf of any candidate or public office, or carry on any other activity not permitted to be carried on (a) by a corporation that is exempt under said Section 501 (c) (3) of the Code or (b) by a corporation contributions under Article V of the Non-Profit Corporation Law, or (c) by a corporation, contributions to which are deductible under Section 170 (c) (2) of the Internal Revenue Code as now in effect or hereafter amended.