About-Us: Because Rare Matters

About Us

We give voice to the experts, stories, and perspectives shaping the world of rare disease.

CheckRare is a media and education company built around rare disease and the specialized healthcare communities it touches. We bring together the people, stories, expertise, and ideas that can help move rare disease forward. Through video, podcasts, editorial content, and education, we make trusted information more accessible and give the rare disease community a bigger voice.

MEDIA & PROMOTION
Stories. Experts. Reach.

Explore Media

EDUCATION
Learning. Expertise. Impact.

Explore Education

3M+

Video Views

Expert insights reaching healthcare professionals worldwide.

3,000+

Expert Interviews & Stories

Conversations with leading voices across rare disease.

250+

Podcasts

Across multiple series covering the issues that matter.

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10+

Years of Impact

Continuously publishing and evolving with the rare disease community.

Our Story

We launched CheckRare as a website focused entirely on rare diseases at a time when reliable information was often difficult to find, fragmented across the internet, and hard for patients and healthcare professionals to navigate.

We quickly learned that information alone wasn’t enough. People wanted to hear from the people who knew rare disease best. So we began bringing leading physicians, researchers and other experts into the conversation: capturing their knowledge, perspectives and experiences through video and making them accessible to a much broader audience.

That simple idea grew. Over the years, CheckRare has built the largest library of rare disease video content, with more than 3 million video views, thousands of expert interviews and stories, and an expanding collection of podcasts, editorial content, and accredited education.

Along the way, we built relationships with experts across the rare disease community and a growing audience of healthcare professionals and others seeking trusted information. What began as a website became a platform for sharing knowledge, amplifying expert voices, and connecting people across a complex and often overlooked part of healthcare.

Today, CheckRare is a rare disease media and education company. We continue to build on that original idea by bringing together the people, stories, expertise, and ideas that can deepen understanding, improve care and make a difference for people affected by complex and often overlooked diseases.

More
Understanding.
Brighter
Futures.

The People Behind CheckRare

Because rare matters, we bring together the people, expertise, and ideas needed to make a difference.
Peter Ciszewski, Publisher and Founder

Peter Ciszewski

Publisher and Founder
Scott Harwood, Director and Founder

Scott Harwood

Director and Founder
Tighe Blazier

Tighe Blazier

President
James Radke, Education Director

James Radke

Education Director
Abhay Goenka, Director and Finance head

Abhay Goenka

Director and Finance head
Maddy Spencer, Digital Media Manager

Maddy Spencer

Digital Media Manager
Simon Evans, Data Manager

Simon Evans

Data Manager
Brad Crittenden, Web Implementation

Brad Crittenden

Web Implementation
Joe Haddad, Rare Disease Specialist

Joe Haddad

Rare Disease Specialist
Jeff Benson, Rare Disease Specialist

Jeff Benson

Rare Disease Specialist
Dave Bailey, Rare Disease Specialist

Dave Bailey

Rare Disease Specialist
Corinne McSpedon, Editor

Corinne McSpedon

Editor
Jake Ciszewski, Data and Analytics

Jake Ciszewski

Data and Analytics
Kim Walker, Writer

Kim Walker

Business Development Manager
Stanton Mehr, Senior Medical Writer

Stanton Mehr

Senior Medical Writer