Anthony Komaroff

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Anthony L. Komaroff, MD, is an Internal Medicine physician and a foremost expert in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) since the late 1980s. As of 1993, he has been a professor at Harvard Medical School in the United States, holding the title of the Steven P. Simcox, Patrick A. Clifford and James H. Higby Distinguished Professor of Medicine.[1][2]

Dr. Komaroff serves on the team for the Center for Solutions for ME/CFS at Columbia University, a Collaborative Research Center (CRC) partially funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).[3]

He was quoted in a Rolling Stone article in 1987, written by Hillary Johnson, stating that he did not agree the illness was a "yuppie disease", which became the derogatory label commonly used later, "Yuppie Flu".[4] He is featured in Ryan Prior's documentary, Forgotten Plague.

Committees and Boards[edit | edit source]

Education[edit | edit source]

  • 1959 – 1963, A.B., History, Pre-Med, Stanford University
  • 1963 – 1967, M.D., University of Washington

Awards and Honors[edit | edit source]

  • 2001, Rudy Perpich Senior Lectureship Award, presented to a distinguished CFS/FM scientist, physician or healthcare worker awarded by IACFS/ME[9]
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American College of Physicians, and the Association for Health Services Research.
  • Served on advisory committees for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, (HHS) the Surgeon General of the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Institute of Medicine/National Academy of Sciences.
  • Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the HHV-6 Foundation.[10]

Medscape Continuing Medicine Education[edit | edit source]

Articles[edit | edit source]

Research articles[edit | edit source]

Talks and interviews[edit | edit source]

  • Topic: "ME/CFS: The Mysterious Illness Science Has Yet to Unravel"[42][43]

Online presence[edit | edit source]

Learn more[edit | edit source]

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  1. "Anthony Komaroff | Harvard Catalyst Profiles | Harvard Catalyst". connects.catalyst.harvard.edu. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
  2. "Anthony L. Komaroff". LinkedIn. Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  3. "NIH Awards $9.6 Million Grant to Columbia for a Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Collaborative Research Center | Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health". www.mailman.columbia.edu. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
  4. Johnson, Hillary (August 13, 1987). "Journey Into Fear: Part Two". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 14, 2018. Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  5. "Committees of the IACFS/ME". iacfsme.org. Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  6. HHS.gov (2006), Nov 20 & 21, 2006 CFSAC Meeting (PDF) (Minutes)
  7. "Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Common Data Elements (CDE) Working Group Roster". www.commondataelements.ninds.nih.gov. Retrieved August 7, 2018. Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  8. "NINDS CDE Project Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Baseline/Covariate Information Subgroup" (PDF). commondataelements.ninds.nih.gov. Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  9. "Former IACFS/ME Awardees". iacfsme.org. Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  10. "Scientific Advisory Board | HHV-6 Foundation | HHV-6 Disease Information for Patients, Clinicians, and Researchers | Apply for a Grant". hhv-6foundation.org. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
  11. Corbin, Lisa; Komaroff, Anthony L.; Natelson Peter C. Rowe, Benjamin H.; Rowe, Peter. "A Case-Based Approach to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome". Medscape. Retrieved October 11, 2019. Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  12. Komoroff, Anthony L. "NEJM Journal Watch: Summaries of and commentary on original medical and scientific articles from key medical journals". www.jwatch.org. Retrieved August 14, 2018. Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  13. Komaroff, Anthony L. (June 16, 2015). "Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Real Illness". Annals of Internal Medicine. 162 (12): 871. doi:10.7326/m15-0647. ISSN 0003-4819.
  14. Komaroff, Anthony L. (July 5, 2019). "Advances in Understanding the Pathophysiology of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome". JAMA. doi:10.1001/jama.2019.8312.
  15. MD, Anthony Komaroff (November 14, 2019). "Chronic fatigue syndrome: Gradually figuring out what's wrong". Harvard Health Blog. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
  16. Buchwald, Dedra; Cheney, Paul R.; Peterson, Daniel L.; Henry, Berch; Wormsley, Susan B.; Geiger, Ann; Ablashi, Dharam V.; Salahuddin, S. Zaki; Saxinger, Carl; Biddle, Royce; Kikinis, Ron; Jolesz, Ferenc A.; Folks, Thomas; Balachandran, N.; Peter, James B.; Gallo, Robert C.; Komaroff, Anthony L. (1992), "A chronic illness characterized by fatigue, neurologic and immunologic disorders, and active human herpesvirus type 6 infection", Annals of Internal Medicine, 116 (2): 103-113, PMID 1309285
  17. Ablashi, DV; Berneman, ZN; Williams, M; Strayer, D; Kramarsky, B; Suhadolnik, RJ; Reichenbach, N; Hiltzges, P; Komaroff, AL (1994), "Ampligen inhibits human herpesvirus-6 in vitro", In Vivo, 8 (4): 587-91, PMID 7893986
  18. Fukuda, Keiji; Straus, Stephen E; Sharpe, Michael C.; Dobbins, James G.; Komaroff, Anthony; International Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Study Group (December 15, 1994). "The Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Comprehensive Approach to Its Definition and Study". Annals of Internal Medicine. 121 (12): 953. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-121-12-199412150-00009. ISSN 0003-4819.
  19. Evengård, B.; Schacterle, R. S.; Komaroff, A. L. (November 1999). "Chronic fatigue syndrome: new insights and old ignorance". Journal of Internal Medicine. 246 (5): 455–469. ISSN 0954-6820. PMID 10583715.
  20. Schacterle, Richard S.; Conti, Fabrizio; Magrini, Laura; Komaroff, Anthony; Valesini, Guido (December 4, 2001). "Increased Eosinophil Protein X Levels in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome". Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. 9: 21–30. doi:10.1300/J092v09n01_03.
  21. Matthews, Rosalind M.; Komaroff, Anthony L. (January 2007). "Changes in Functional Status in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Over a Decade". Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. 14 (1): 33–42. doi:10.1300/j092v14n01_04. ISSN 1057-3321.
  22. Kerr, J. R.; Gough, J.; Richards, S. C. M.; Main, J.; Enlander, D.; McCreary, M.; Komaroff, A. L.; Chia, J. K. (April 1, 2010). "Antibody to parvovirus B19 nonstructural protein is associated with chronic arthralgia in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis". Journal of General Virology. 91 (4): 893–897. doi:10.1099/vir.0.017590-0. ISSN 0022-1317.
  23. Simmons, Graham; Glynn, Simone A.; Komaroff, Anthony L.; Mikovits, Judy A.; Tobler, Leslie H.; Hackett, John; Tang, Ning; Switzer, William M.; Heneine, Walid (November 11, 2011). "Failure to Confirm XMRV/MLVs in the Blood of Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Multi-Laboratory Study". Science. 334 (6057): 814–817. doi:10.1126/science.1213841. ISSN 0036-8075. PMC 3299483. PMID 21940862.
  24. Alter, Harvey J.; Mikovits, Judy A.; Switzer, William M.; Ruscetti, Francis W.; Lo, Shyh-Ching; Klimas, Nancy; Komaroff, Anthony L.; Montoya, Jose G.; Bateman, Lucinda; Levine, Susan; Peterson, Daniel; Levin, Bruce; Hanson, Maureen R.; Genfi, Afia; Bhat, Meera; Zheng, HaoQiang; Wang, Richard; Li, Bingjie; Hung, Guo-Chiuan; Lee, Li Ling; Sameroff, Stephen; Heneine, Walid; Coffin, John; Hornig, Mady; Lipkin, W. Ian (2012), "A Multicenter Blinded Analysis Indicates No Association between Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and either Xenotropic Murine Leukemia Virus-Related Virus or Polytropic Murine Leukemia Virus", mBio, 3 (5): e00266–12, doi:10.1128/mBio.00266-12
  25. Klimas, N.G.; Ironson, G.; Carter, A.; Balbin, E.; Bateman, L.; Felsenstein, D.; Levine, S.; Peterson, D.; Chiu, K.; Allen, A.; Cunningham, K.; Gottschalk, C.G.; Fletcher, M; Hornig, M.; Canning, C.; Komaroff, A.L. (2015), "Findings from a clinical and laboratory database developed for discovery of pathogenic mechanisms in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome", Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior, 3 (2): 75-96, doi:10.1080/21641846.2015.1023652
  26. Hornig, M; Montoya, JG; Klimas, NG; Levine, SM; Felsenstein, D; Bateman, L; Peterson, DL; Gottschalk, CG; Schultz, AF; Che, X; Eddy, ML; Komaroff, AL; Lipkin, WI (2015). "Distinct plasma immune signatures in ME/CFS are present early in the course of illness". Science Advances. 1 (1). doi:10.1126/sciadv.1400121.
  27. Unger, ER; Lin, JS; Brimmer, DJ; Lapp, CW; Komaroff, AL; Nath, A; Laird, S; Iskander, J (2016). "CDC Grand Rounds: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome — Advancing Research and Clinical Education". Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 65 (5051): 1434–1438. doi:10.15585/mmwr.mm655051a4. -
  28. Nagy-Szakal, Dorottya; Williams, Brent L.; Mishra, Nischay; Che, Xiaoyu; Lee, Bohyun; Bateman, Lucinda; Klimas, Nancy G.; Komaroff, Anthony L.; Levine, Susan; Montoya, Jose G.; Peterson, Daniel L.; Ramanan, Devi; Jain, Komal; Eddy, Meredith L.; Hornig, Mady; Lipkin, W. Ian (2017), "Fecal metagenomic profiles in subgroups of patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome", Microbiome, 5 (44), doi:10.1186/s40168-017-0261-y
  29. Komaroff, A.L. (2017), "Inflammation correlates with symptoms in chronic fatigue syndrome", PNAS, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114 (34): 8914–8916, doi:10.1073/pnas.1712475114
  30. Komaroff, AL; Takahashi, R; Yamamura, T; Sawamura, M (2018), "Neurologic Abnormalities in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Review", Brain Nerve, 70 (1): 41-54, doi:10.11477/mf.1416200948, PMID 29348374
  31. Nagy-Szakal, Dorottya; Barupal, Dinesh K.; Lee, Bohyun; Che, Xiaoyu; Williams, Brent L.; Kahn, Ellie J. R.; Ukaigwe, Joy E.; Bateman, Lucinda; Klimas, Nancy G.; Komaroff, Anthony L.; Levine, Susan; Montoya, Jose G.; Peterson, Daniel L.; Levin, Bruce; Hornig, Mady; Fiehn, Oliver; Lipkin, W. Ian (2018), "Insights into myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome phenotypes through comprehensive metabolomics", Scientific Reports, 8 (1): 10056, doi:10.1038/s41598-018-28477-9
  32. King, Llewellyn (April 25, 2014). "MECFS Alert Episode 60: Interview with Dr. Anthony Komaroff, Harvard Medical School". YouTube. ME/CFS Alert. Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  33. King, Llewellyn (May 22, 2014). "MECFS Alert Episode 61: Dr. Anthony Komaroff, Part 2". YouTube. ME/CFS Alert. Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  34. King, Llewelyn (June 3, 2014). "MECFS Alert Episode 62: Dr. Anthony Komaroff, Part 3". YouTube. ME/CFS Alert. Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  35. King, Llewellyn (June 14, 2015). "Episode 63: Dr. Anthony Komaroff Offers Advice for the Department of Health". YouTube. ME/CFS Alert. Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  36. Iskander, John (February 17, 2016). "Beyond the Data – Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Advancing Research and Clinical Education". Youtube. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  37. Lapp, Charles; Unger, Elizabeth; Komaroff, Anthony; Nath, Avindra (February 16, 2016). "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Advancing Research and Clinical Education". cdc.gov (Video). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  38. Lapp, Charles; Unger, Elizabeth; Komaroff, Anthony; Nath, Avindra (2016). "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Advancing Research and Clinical Education" (PDF). cdc.gov. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  39. Komaroff, Anthony (Fall 2016). "ME/CFS: A Surge of Interest and Knowledge (Lecture) | Anthony L. Komaroff, MD". YouTube. Massachusetts CFIDS/ME & FM Association. Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  40. Komaroff, Anthony L. (November 10, 2016). "Webinar with Dr. Anthony L. Komaroff". YouTube. Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  41. King, Llewellyn (November 18, 2016). "Dr Anthony Komaroff on ME/CFS Treatment and Research | Ep 85". YouTube. ME/CFS Alert. Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  42. "ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Takes Center Stage on First Afternoon of Personalized Medicine World Conference (PMWC) 2017 at Duke | www.bioquicknews.com". www.bioquicknews.com. June 6, 2017. Retrieved August 14, 2018. Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  43. "ME/CFS: The Mysterious Illness Science Has Yet to Unravel Session Chair: Zaher Nahle, Solve ME/CFS Initiative - Precision Medicine World Conference 2017 Duke". Precision Medicine World Conference 2017 Duke. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  44. Komaroff, Anthony (May 29, 2018). ""Hot Areas in ME/CFS Research: 2018"". YouTube. SolveCFS. Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  45. "ME/CFS Advocacy Call - July 19, 2018". nih.gov. National Institutes of Health. Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  46. "ME/CFS: A Surge of Interest and Knowledge (Lecture) | Anthony L. Komaroff, MD". YouTube. MassCFIDSFM. January 7, 2019. Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  47. Murphy, Dylan (April 12, 2019). "Meet The Scientist: Professor Anthony Komaroff". #MEAction. Retrieved April 13, 2019. Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)