Marjorie van de Sande

Marjorie I. van de Sande, BEd, GradDipEd, is an educator, author and advocate who lives with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) and fibromyalgia (FM). She was the Director for Alberta and the Director of Education for the Canadian National ME/FM Action Network from 1995 – 2004 and then an advisor and editor/webmaster until 2010.

She co-authored several case definitions and guidelines with Dr. Bruce Carruthers and the Canadian and International Expert Consensus Panels:


 * 2012 Myalgic Encephalomyelitis- Adult & Paediatric, International Consensus Primer for Medical Practitioners (editor)
 * 2011 Myalgic encephalomyelitis: International Consensus Criteria.
 * 2005 Guideline for Medical Practitioners regarding the Canadian Consensus Criteria
 * 2003 Canadian Consensus Criteria for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, published as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome:Clinical Working Case Definition,Diagnostic and Treatment Protocols
 * 2003 Fibromyalgia Syndrome: Canadian Clinical Working Case Definition, Diagnostic and Treatment Protocols–A Consensus
 * 2002, 2005 ''Teach ME - A Sourcebook for Teachers of Young People with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS)

Articles

 * 2011, Re-inventing ‘CFS’- the International Consensus Criteria for ME: the Marjorie Van de Sande Interview