Alan Gurwitt

|date=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. |date= |date=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. |date= |date=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. |date= |date===Education== |date=*M.D., Yale School of Medicine |date= |date===Writing Committees== |date=Dr. Gurwitt was a member of the writing committee for several primers and manuals, including: |date= |date=*2006, A Pediatric Case Definition for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - (Full Text) |date=*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) |date=*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) |date= |date= |date===Articles and letters== |date=*June 2012, Dr. Alan Gurwitt's letter to DSM-V Committee of the APA |date=*26 June 2015, Health Rising blog by Dr. Gurwitt - No Signs of Life at the Big Health Agencies |date=*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) |date= |date===CFSAC== |date=*Oct 2012, Presentation to the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee about the Massachusetts CFIDS/ME & FM Association including past and proposed projects. |date= |date===Talks and interviews== |date=* 19 Sep 2007, Fighting Back Against Chronic Fatigue in Everyday Health - (Article) |date= |date=*12 Apr 2017, Episode 87 - ME/CFS Diagnosis, children with ME, the medical community with Alan Gurwitt, M.D. |date=*31 May 2018, Patient Advocate Spotlight: Alan Gurwitt, M.D. - (Interview) |date=*2019, Dr. Ron Tompkins Interviews Dr. Alan Gurwitt about his ME/CFS Experience & Disease History - (Video) |date= |date===See also== |date=*Massachusetts CFIDS/ME & FM Association |date=*ME/CFS: A Primer For Clinical Practitioners |date=*Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Diagnosis and Management in Young People: A Primer |date= |date===References== |date=  |date= |date=  |date= |date= |date= |date= |date= |date=