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[[File:Alan Gurwitt.png|200px|thumb|right]] '''Alan R. Gurwitt''', MD, retired adult and child psychiatrist and psychoanalyst from Massachusetts, US, and Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association; formerly an Associate Clinical Professor, Yale Child Study Center and University of Connecticut School of Medicine.<ref>http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Alan-Gurwitt/1164542086</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web | url = https://jaxmecfs.com/2018/05/31/patient-advocate-spotlight-alan-gurwitt-m-d/ | title = Patient Advocate Spotlight: Alan Gurwitt, M.D. | last = | first = | author-link = | date = | website = jaxmecfs.com| archive-url = | archive-date = |url-status = | access-date=2019-09-10}}</ref> He served as the President of the [[Massachusetts CFIDS/ME & FM Association]] from 1988 to 1992,<ref name=":0" /> and on the Guidelines Committee of the [[International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis]].<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://iacfsme.org/Organization/Committees-of-the-IACFS-ME.aspx | title = Committees of the IACFS/ME | last = | first = | author-link = | date = | website = IACFSME.org| archive-url = | archive-date = |url-status = | access-date=2019-09-10}}</ref> Dr. Gurwitt developed a mild case of ME/CFS in August 1986 after two episodes of exposure to toxic chemicals used in horticulture<ref name=":0" /> and a bout of flu.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.everydayhealth.com/healthy-living/webcasts/fighting-back-against-chronic-fatigue.aspx | title = Fighting Back Against Chronic Fatigue | website = EverydayHealth.com | access-date = 2019-09-10}}</ref> ==Education== *M.D., Yale School of Medicine ==Writing Committees== Dr. Gurwitt was a member of the writing committee for several primers and manuals, including: *2006, ''A Pediatric Case Definition for [[Myalgic Encephalomyelitis]] and [[Chronic Fatigue Syndrome]]''<ref name="JasonL2006paed" /> - [https://solvecfs.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/pediatriccasedefinitionshort.pdf (Full Text)] *2014, ''[[ME/CFS: A Primer For Clinical Practitioners]]'' sponsored by the [[International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis]]. Dr.[[Fred Friedberg]] chaired the committee. Other Primer writing committee members include: [[Rosemary Underhill]], MB, BS; [[Lucinda Bateman]], MD; [[Alison Bested]], MD; [[Todd Davenport]], DPT; [[Kenneth Friedman]], PhD; Alan Gurwitt, MD; [[Leonard Jason]], PhD; [[Charles Lapp]], MD; [[Staci Stevens]], MA; and [[Rosamund Vallings]], MB, BS. [[Anthony Komaroff]], MD wrote the foreword to the Primer.<ref name="IACFSME2014primer" /> - [https://www.iacfsme.org/primer_post_2014_conference/ (Full Text)] *2017, ''Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Diagnosis and Management in Young People: A Primer'' by [[Peter Rowe|Peter C. Rowe]], [[Rosemary Underhill|Rosemary A. Underhill]], [[Kenneth Friedman|Kenneth J. Friedman]], Alan Gurwitt, [[Marvin Medow|Marvin S. Medow]], [[Malcolm Schwartz|Malcolm S. Schwartz]], [[Nigel Speight]], [[Julian Stewart|Julian M. Stewart]], [[Rosamund Vallings]] and [[Katherine Rowe|Katherine S. Rowe]]<ref name="Rowe, et al, 2017" /> - [http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fped.2017.00121/full (Full Text)] ==Articles and letters== *June 2012, [https://www.masscfids.org/advocacy/219-dr-alan-gurwitts-letter-dsm-v-committee-of-the-apa Dr. Alan Gurwitt's letter to DSM-V Committee of the APA]<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.massmecfs.org/advocacy/219-dr-alan-gurwitts-letter-dsm-v-committee-of-the-apa | title = Dr. Alan Gurwitt's letter to DSM-V Committee of the APA | website = massmecfs.org | access-date = 2019-09-10}}</ref> *26 June 2015, [http://www.healthrising.org/blog/2015/06/26/is-mecfs-stuck/ Health Rising blog by Dr. Gurwitt - ''No Signs of Life at the Big Health Agencies'']<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.healthrising.org/blog/2015/06/26/is-mecfs-stuck/ | title = Is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Stuck? | last = M.D| first = Alan Gurwitt | date = 2015-06-26 | website = Health Rising|language=en-GB | access-date = 2019-09-10}}</ref> *9 Sept 2019, Dr Gurwitt calls for retraction of the paper in the [[The BMJ|BMJ]] about the [[Lightning Process]] Study writing that the "original findings was grossly inappropriate"<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.virology.ws/2019/09/09/trial-by-error-more-experts-urge-godlee-to-retract-lightning-process-study/ | title = Trial By Error: More Experts Urge Godlee to Retract Lightning Process Study | website = [[Virology blog]] | access-date = 2019-09-10}}</ref> - [http://www.virology.ws/2019/09/09/trial-by-error-more-experts-urge-godlee-to-retract-lightning-process-study/ (Letter)] ==CFSAC== *Oct 2012, [http://www.hhs.gov/advcomcfs/meetings/presentations/massachusettscfidsmefm.pdf Presentation to the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee] about the [[Massachusetts CFIDS/ME & FM Association]] including past and proposed projects. ==Talks and interviews== * 19 Sep 2007, Fighting Back Against Chronic Fatigue in Everyday Health - [https://www.everydayhealth.com/healthy-living/webcasts/fighting-back-against-chronic-fatigue.aspx (Article)] *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU5wcOwO-Bo 12 Apr 2017, Episode 87 - ME/CFS Diagnosis, children with ME, the medical community with Alan Gurwitt, M.D.] *31 May 2018, Patient Advocate Spotlight: Alan Gurwitt,Β M.D.<ref name=":0" /> - [https://jaxmecfs.com/2018/05/31/patient-advocate-spotlight-alan-gurwitt-m-d/ (Interview)] *2019, Dr. [[Ronald Tompkins|Ron Tompkins]] Interviews Dr. Alan Gurwitt about his ME/CFS Experience & Disease History - [https://www.omf.ngo/2019/06/18/omf-conversations/ (Video)] ==See also== *[[Massachusetts CFIDS/ME & FM Association]] *[[ME/CFS: A Primer For Clinical Practitioners]] *[[Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Diagnosis and Management in Young People: A Primer]] ==References== <references> <ref name="JasonL2006paed">{{citation | last1 = Jason | first1 = Leonard A | author-link1 = Leonard Jason | last2 = Jordan | first2 = Karen | author-link2 = Karen Jordan | last3 = Miike | first3 = Teruhisa | author-link3 = Teruhisa Miike | last4 = Bell | first4 = David S | author-link4 = David Bell | last5 =Lapp | first5 = Charles | author-link5 = Charles Lapp | last6 = Torres-Harding | first6 = Susan | author-link6 = Susan Torres-Harding | last7 = Rowe | first7 = Kathy | author-link8 = Kathy Rowe | last8 = Gurwitt | first8 = Alan | author-link8 = Alan Gurwitt | last9 = De Meirleir | first9 = Kenny | author-link9 = Kenny de Meirleir | last10= Van Hoof | first10 = Elke LS | author-link10 = Elke Van Hoof | title = A Pediatric Case Definition for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | journal = Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | volume = 13 | issue = 2-3 | pages = 1-44 | date = 2006 | doi = 10.1300/J092v13n02_01 | url = http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J092v13n02_01 }}</ref> <ref name="IACFSME2014primer">{{citation | last1 = International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (IACFS/ME) | last2 = Friedberg | first2 = Fred | author-link2 = Fred Friedberg | last3 = Bateman | first3 = Lucinda | author-link3 = Lucinda Bateman | last4 = Bested | first4 = Alison C | author-link4 = Alison Bested | last5 =Davenport | first5 = Todd | author-link5 = Todd Davenport | last6 = Friedman | first6 = Kenneth J | author-link6 = Kenneth Friedman | last7 = Gurwitt | first7 = Alan R | author-link8 = Alan Gurwitt | last8 = Jason | first8 = Leonard A | author-link8 = Leonard Jason | last9 = Lapp | first9 = Charles W | author-link9 = Charles Lapp | last10= Stevens | first10 = Staci R | author-link10 = Staci Stevens | last11= Underhill | first11 = Rosemary A | author-link11 = Rosemary Underhill | last12= Vallings | first12 = Rosamund | author-link12 = Rosamund Vallings | title = 2014 Primer for Clinical Practitioners (CFS/ME) | journal = IACFS/ME | date = Jul 2014 | url = https://www.iacfsme.org/primer_post_2014_conference/ }}</ref> <ref name="Rowe, et al, 2017">{{Cite journal | last1 = Rowe | first1 = Peter C. | author-link1 = Peter Rowe | last2 = Underhill | first2 = Rosemary A. | author-link2 = Rosemary Underhill | last3 = Friedman | first3 = Kenneth J. | author-link3 = Kenneth Friedman | last4 = Gurwitt | first4 = Alan | author-link4 = Alan Gurwitt | last5 =Medow | first5 = Marvin S. | author-link5 = Marvin Medow | last6 = Schwartz | first6 = Malcolm S. | author-link6 = Malcolm Schwartz | last7 = Speight | first7 = Nigel | author-link8 = Nigel Speight | last8 =Stewart | first8 = Julian M. | author-link8 = Julian Stewart | last9 = Vallings | first9 = Rosamund | author-link9 = Rosamund Vallings | last10= Rowe | first10 = Katherine S. | author-link10 = Katherine Rowe | title = Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Diagnosis and Management in Young People: A Primer | journal = Frontiers in Pediatrics | volume = 5 | issue = 121 | pages = | date = 2017 | pmid = | doi = 10.3389/fped.2017.00121 }}</ref> </references> [[Category:Authors]] [[Category:Psychological paradigm critics]] [[Category:Clinicians]] [[Category:American clinicians]] [[Category:Massachusetts clinicians]] [[Category:People with ME, CFS, and/or FMS]] [[Category:Advocates or allies]]
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