Alan Gurwitt

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.

He served as the President of the Massachusetts CFIDS/ME & FM Association from 1988 to 1992, and on the Guidelines Committee of the International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis.

Dr. Gurwitt developed a mild case of ME/CFS in August 1986 after two episodes of exposure to toxic chemicals used in horticulture and a bout of flu.

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 - (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. - (Full Text)
 * 2017, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Diagnosis and Management in Young People: A Primer by Peter C. Rowe, Rosemary A. Underhill, Kenneth J. Friedman, Alan Gurwitt, Marvin S. Medow, Malcolm S. Schwartz, Nigel Speight, Julian M. Stewart, Rosamund Vallings and Katherine S. Rowe - (Full Text)

Articles and letters

 * June 2012, Dr. Alan Gurwitt's letter to DSM-V Committee of the APA
 * 26 June 2015, Health Rising blog by Dr. Gurwitt - No Signs of Life at the Big Health Agencies
 * 9 Sept 2019, Dr Gurwitt calls for retraction of the paper in the BMJ about the Lightning Process Study writing that the "original findings was grossly inappropriate" - (Letter)

CFSAC

 * Oct 2012, 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 - (Article)


 * 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, M.D. - (Interview)
 * 2019, Dr. Ron Tompkins Interviews Dr. Alan Gurwitt about his ME/CFS Experience & Disease History - (Video)