Institute of Medicine report

The National Academy of medicine (known as the Institute of Medicine or IOM until June 2015) is an American non-profit, non-governmental organization.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the National Insti­tutes of Health, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Social Security Administration asked the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to convene an expert committee to examine the evidence base for ME/CFS.

On February 10 2015 the Institute of Medicine released its report.

Press Conference
Watch a recording of the report launch event.

Media Coverage

 * What's in a name? Systemic exertion intolerance disease (The Lancet, 21 February 2015)

Panel Members

 * Ellen Wright Clayton (Chair)
 * Margarita Alegría
 * Lucinda Bateman
 * Lily Chu
 * Charles S. Cleeland
 * Ronald Davis
 * Betty Diamond
 * Theodore Ganiats
 * Betsy Keller
 * Nancy Klimas
 * A. Martin Lerner
 * Cynthia Mulrow
 * Benjamin Natelson
 * Peter Rowe
 * Michael Shelanski