William Reeves

William Reeves, MD, MS (born March 27, 1943) was an epidemiologist and former CFS Research Chief of the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention from 1992 to 2010. He was criticised for promoting psychological causal factors for ME/CFS, as well as for his department misspending funds appropriated for ME/CFS. In 2010, he was removed from the CFS program and reassigned as Senior Advisor for Mental Health Surveillance in the Public Health Surveillance Program Office within the CDC. He died at his home in Atlanta on Aug. 3, 2012. He was 69.

In 2005, the CDC published a case definition of CFS, commonly called the Reeves criteria, which has garnered much criticism for not being specific enough to exclude patients which other illnesses. In particular, there is no mention of post-exertional malaise.

Notable Studies

 * 2005, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome – A clinically empirical approach to its definition and study.

News Articles

 * 1999 Washington Post article about Dr. Reeves being retaliated against following the CFS budget misspending
 * Obituary

Talks and Interviews

 * 2000 Documentary, I Remember Me, directed by Kim A. Snyder

Also See

 * Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
 * Reeves criteria