James Oleske

Source:Rutgers

James M. Oleske, MPH, MD, is a professor of Pediatrics at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and the Director of Division of Pediatric Allergy, Immunology and Infectious diseases and director of the Pediatric palliative care program.

Education

As per Rutgers New Jersey Medical School bio page

• 1967, BS, University of Detroit
• 1971, MD, College of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ
• 1974, MPH, Columbia University
• 1974, Pediatric residency and a fellowship in Ambulatory Pediatrics at Harrison S Martland Hospital in *1976, National Cancer Institute fellowship in Pediatric Allergy, Immunology and Infectious disease at Emory University and CDC, Atlanta, Georgia

Awards

• 2002, NJ-Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Association (now the New Jersey ME/CFS Association Award of Service.
• 2013, Life-time Achievement Award for Pediatric HIV/AIDS Work from the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Pediatric AIDS

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee

From 2006 to 2009, he served as the Committee Chair of the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee.

Books

• 1997, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Comprehensive Guide to Symptoms, Treatments, and Solving the Practical Problems of CFS by Gregg Charles Fisher, with contributions by Paul Cheney, Stephen Straus, Nelson M. Gantz, David C. Klonoff, James M. Oleske
• 2002, A Consensus Manual for the Primary Care and Management of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Joseph F. John, Jr., MD, Editor and James M. Oleske, MD, MPH, Associate Editor.
• 2006, Contributor to Pediatric Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by Kenny de Meirleir, Neil McGregor, and Elke L.S. Van Hoof

Open Letter to The Lancet

Two open letters to the editor of The Lancet urged the editor to commission a fully independent review of the PACE trial, which the journal had published in 2011. In 2016, Dr. Oleske, along with 41 colleagues in the ME/CFS field, signed the second letter.

• 10 February 2016, An open letter to The Lancet, again - Virology blog

Notable studies

• 2004, Immunologic Aspects of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Report on a Research Symposium Convened by The CFIDS Association of America and Co-Sponsored by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health
• 2006, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in Children and Adolescents

Talks and interviews

• 2010, "What a primary care physician can do for CFS patients"
• 2013, "UMDNJ Legacy Dr James Oleske"

Online presence

• PubMed
• LinkedIn

Learn more

• Rutgers faculty bio page
• Curriculum Vitae

See also

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee

Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS) - Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome is another term for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, but one which emphasizes the immunological aspects of the disease. Popular in the 1990s, this term has apparently fallen into disuse.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a U.S. government agency dedicated to epidemiology and public health. It operates under the auspices of the Department of Health and Human Services.