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'''Paul R. Cheney''', MD, PhD, is a physician of Internal Medicine who was at the center of the [[chronic fatigue syndrome]] [[Outbreaks|outbreak]] of the disease in [[1984 Incline Village chronic fatigue syndrome outbreak|Incline Village]], Nevada at Lake Tahoe with Dr. [[Daniel Peterson]] in 1984 to 1987. Later, he moved to North Carolina and shared a medical practice from 1992 to 1995 with Dr. [[Charles Lapp]].<ref>http://drlapp.com/staff/dr-lapp/</ref> He now resides and practices medicine in Asheville, North Carolina.
'''Paul R. Cheney''', MD, PhD, is a physician of Internal Medicine who was at the center of the [[chronic fatigue syndrome]] [[Outbreaks|outbreak]] of the disease in [[1984 Incline Village chronic fatigue syndrome outbreak|Incline Village]], Nevada at Lake Tahoe with Dr. [[Daniel Peterson]] in 1984 to 1987. Later, he moved to North Carolina and shared a medical practice from 1992 to 1995 with Dr. [[Charles Lapp]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://drlapp.com/staff/dr-lapp/|title=Dr. Lapp {{!}} Hunter-Hopkins Center, P.A.|language=en-US|access-date=2020-11-25}}</ref> He now resides and practices medicine in Asheville, North Carolina.


Cheney was a founding Director of the American Association of CFS, now called the [[International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis]].<ref>http://www.investinme.org/PaulCheney.htm</ref> He was a provider of [[Ampligen]] for a clinical trial while in North Carolina.
Cheney was a founding Director of the American Association of CFS, now called the [[International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.investinme.org/PaulCheney.htm|title=Invest in ME Research - 404 - Page Not Found|website=www.investinme.org|access-date=2020-11-25}}</ref> He was a provider of [[Ampligen]] for a clinical trial while in North Carolina.


In 2010 at the [[Invest in ME International ME Conference]], regarding [[Graded exercise therapy]], Dr Paul Cheney said
In 2010 at the [[Invest in ME International ME Conference]], regarding [[Graded exercise therapy]], Dr Paul Cheney said
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==See also==
==See also==
*[[Fingerprint change]]
*[[GcMAF]]
*[[1984 Incline Village chronic fatigue syndrome outbreak|Incline Village]]
*[[1984 Incline Village chronic fatigue syndrome outbreak|Incline Village]]
*[[GcMAF]]


==References==
==References==

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Paul R. Cheney, MD, PhD, is a physician of Internal Medicine who was at the center of the chronic fatigue syndrome outbreak of the disease in Incline Village, Nevada at Lake Tahoe with Dr. Daniel Peterson in 1984 to 1987. Later, he moved to North Carolina and shared a medical practice from 1992 to 1995 with Dr. Charles Lapp.[1] He now resides and practices medicine in Asheville, North Carolina.

Cheney was a founding Director of the American Association of CFS, now called the International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis.[2] He was a provider of Ampligen for a clinical trial while in North Carolina.

In 2010 at the Invest in ME International ME Conference, regarding Graded exercise therapy, Dr Paul Cheney said


The whole idea that you can take a disease like this and exercise your way to health is foolishness. It is insane.

—Paul Cheney,  Invest in ME International ME Conference, 2010


In 2016, the Open Medicine Foundation announced that Dr. Cheney would participate in the ME/CFS Metabolomics study with Dr. Robert Naviaux, Dr. Ronald Davis, and Dr. Eric Gordon.

Education[edit | edit source]

  • MD - Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
  • PhD in physics - Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

Anesthesia letter[edit | edit source]

Notable studies[edit | edit source]

Clinic location[edit | edit source]

The Cheney Clinic
1 Vanderbilt Park Dr #120
Asheville, North Carolina, 28803

Talks and interviews[edit | edit source]

Quotes[edit | edit source]

  • 1996, Primetime Live TV Show - Sick and Tired - Incline Village Outbreak We took a stack of them [brain MRIs] to a neuroradiologist and show them to him and he said 'very interesting, let me show you these' and I said 'yeah, that's looks just like mine' and I said 'who are these' and he said 'these are AIDS patients'

Online presence[edit | edit source]

Learn more[edit | edit source]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Dr. Lapp | Hunter-Hopkins Center, P.A." Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  2. "Invest in ME Research - 404 - Page Not Found". www.investinme.org. Retrieved November 25, 2020. Cite uses generic title (help)
  3. 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
  4. Levine, Paul H.; Jacobson, Steven; Pocinki, Alan G.; Cheney, Paul; Peterson, Daniel; Connelly, Roger R; Weil, R; Robinson, SM; Ablashi, Dharam V; Salahuddin, Sayeef Z; Pearson, GR; Hoover, R (1992), "Clinical, Epidemiologic, and Virologic Studies in Four Clusters of the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome", Archives of Internal Medicine, 152 (8): 1611-1616, doi:10.1001/archinte.1992.00400200049009
  5. http://www.investinme.org/IIMEC5.shtml#agenda