Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee (CFSAC) advises the US Secretary of Health on policy related to Chronic fatigue syndrome.

The home of the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee (CFSAC) (pronounced "sif-sac") which falls under the administrative and management support of the HHS Office on Women's Health and is lead by Nancy C. Lee, M.D., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health – Women’s Health.

The Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee is chaired by Dr. Susan Levine.

CFSAC Member Roster
Voting Members

Chair Susan M. Levine, M.D. New York, NY Term: 05/10/14 to 05/10/17

Adrian M. Casillas, M.D. El Paso, TX Term: 06/13/12 to 06/13/16

Rebecca Patterson Collier, R.N., CCM Fort Washington, MD Term: 05/15/13 to 05/16/16

Dane B. Cook, Ph.D. Madison, WI Term: 05/10/14 to 05/10/17

Lisa W. Corbin, M.D. Denver, CO Term: 06/13/12 to 06/13/16

Mary Ann Fletcher, Ph.D. Miami, FL Term: 06/13/12 to 06/13/16

Gary E. Kaplan, D.O. McLean, VA Term: 05/15/15 to 05/15/17

Alisa E. Koch, M.D. Ann Arbor, MI Term: 06/16/14 to 06/15/18

Jose G. Montoya, M.D. Stanford, CA Term: 06/16/14 to 06/16/18

Faith Newton, Ed.D Dover, DE Term: 07/01/14 to 07/01/18

Donna M. Pearson Holland, MA Term: 06/16/14 to 06/16/18 Ex Officio Members

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Primary

Suchitra Iyer, Ph.D. Medical Officer Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Primary

Ermias Belay, M.D. Associate Director for Epidemiologic Science Director of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology

Alternate

Elizabeth Unger, M.D., Ph.D. Branch Chief, Chronic Viral Disease

Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Primary

Jeffrey Kelman, MMSC, M.D. Chief Medical Director Office of the Administrator, Centers for Medicare

Food and Drug Administration

Primary

Janet W. Maynard, M.D. Clinical Team Leader, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Rheumatology Products Center for Drug Evaluation and Research

Alternate

Keith Hull, M.D., Ph.D. Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Rheumatology Products

Health Resources and Services Administration

Erin R. Fowler, R.N., MS Senior Medical Advisor Bureau of Health Workforce

Social Security Administration

Cheryl A. Williams Director, Office of Medical Policy

National Institutes of Health

Primary

Vicky Holets Whittemore, Ph.D. Program Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Non-Voting Liaison Representatives to the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee (CFSAC)

Solve ME/CFS Initiative (formerly CFIDS Association of America) Term: 5/2015 - 5/2017

International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (IACFS/ME) Term: 5/2015 - 5/2017

Designated Federal Official Nancy C. Lee, M.D., Director, Office on Women's Health

CFSAC meeting minutues

 * 18 Aug 2015 Minutes- Day 1
 * 19 Aug 2015 Minutes- Day 2

Learn more

 * HHS.gov
 * CFSAC Advisory Committee
 * Article by MEAdvocacy about August 2015 meeting
 * 2003 Recommendations of the Name Change Workgroup to rename illness "neuroendocrineimmune dysfunction syndrome," or NDS