Sierra Internal Medicine

Sierra Internal Medicine is a clinic in Incline Village, Nevada, United States that treats ME/CFS patients, and takes part in research into ME/CFS.

Ampligen
Sierra Internal Medicine, along with North Carolina's Hunter-Hopkins Center are the two primary clinics conducting clinical trials into Ampligen (rintatolimod) for severe ME/CFS. Ampligen is available under the compassionate use program.

MCAM
Sierra Internal Medicine is also taking part in the CDC's Multi-Site Clinical Assessment of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or MCAM. 

Daniel Peterson
The 1984 Incline Village chronic fatigue syndrome outbreak affected many patients in the Incline Village area. Since that date, Dr Daniel L. Peterson, began specializing in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Dr Peterson continues to be a leader in ME/CFS treatment and research and serves on the Scientific Advisory Boards at Simmaron Research, the Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia, and the Open Medicine Foundation. He has been based at Sierra Internal Medicine since 2010.

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 * 2019, A Town for People with Chronic-Fatigue Syndrome - New Yorker - about Ampligen