Dedra Buchwald

Dedra Buchwald, MD is a primary care physician, professor of the College of Medicine at Washington State University, and the director of the Institute for Research and Education to Advance Community Health. She is currently studying chronic disease in American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities.

Buchwald was president of the American Association of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, now called the International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis from 1998 to 2001 and the chairperson for that organization’s January 2001, Fifth International Conference in Bloomington, Minnesota, USA.

Dr. Buchwald's experience with ME/CFS goes back to the 1980's, where in 1988, Dr. Buchwald established the Chronic Fatigue Clinic at the Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, Waashington. In 1995, Dr Buchwald headed the Seattle Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Cooperative Research Center, a center partially funded by a National Institutes of Health grant.

Awards

 * 2004, Rudy Perpich Senior Lectureship Award, presented to a distinguished CFS/FM scientist, physician or healthcare worker awarded by International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis

Notable studies

 * 1992, A chronic illness characterized by fatigue, neurologic and immunologic disorders, and active human herpesvirus type 6 infection (Full text)
 * 1996, Race and Ethnicity in Patients with Chronic Fatigue (Abstract - full text upon request)
 * 2000, Acute infectious mononucleosis: Characteristics of patients who report failure to recover (Abstract - full text upon request)
 * 2001, A twin study of chronic fatigue (Abstract)
 * 2003, Single-photon emission computerized tomography and neurocognitive function in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (Abstract)
 * 2004, Post-traumatic stress disorder among patients with chronic pain and chronic fatigue (Abstract)
 * 2006, Mortality in a cohort of chronically fatigued patients (Abstract)
 * 2007, Fatigue: case definition and guidelines for collection, analysis, and presentation of immunization safety data (Preview)
 * 2007, Body Mass Index and Fatigue Severity in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (Abstract)
 * 2007, Prospective Study of Body Mass Index, Weight Change, and Fatigue in Acute Infectious Mononucleosis (Abstract)
 * 2012, The Comorbidity of Self-Reported Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Traumatic Symptoms (Full Text)
 * 2018, Longitudinal associations of lymphocyte subsets with clinical outcomes in chronic fatigue syndrome (Abstract)

Online presence

 * PubMed

Learn more

 * "Seattle Doctor, Dedra Buchwald, Performs Unique Twin Research" by John Addington in ProHealth
 * Partners 4 Native Health, Washington State University Bio page
 * Northwest Center for Public Health Practice Faculty page