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.

Co-author case definitions and guidelines
Ms. van de Sande co-authored several case definitions and guidelines with Dr. Bruce Carruthers and the Canadian and International Expert Consensus Panels:
 * 2002, 2005 - Teach ME - A Sourcebook for Teachers of Young People with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS), Chapters 1 & 2 - MI van de Sande & BM Carruthers
 * 2003 - Fibromyalgia Syndrome: Canadian Clinical Working Case Definition, Diagnostic and Treatment Protocols - A Consensus
 * 2003 - Canadian Consensus Criteria for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, published as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Clinical Working Case Definition, Diagnostic and Treatment Protocols
 * 2005 - Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A clinical Case Definition and Guidelines for Medical Practitioners.  An Overview of the Canadian Consensus Document
 * 2005 - Fibromyalgia Syndrome: A Clinical Case Definition and Guidelines for Medical Practitioners. An Overview of the Canadian Consensus Document Bruce M Carruthers & Marjorie I van de Sande
 * 2011 - Myalgic encephalomyelitis: International Consensus Criteria Carruthers BM, van de Sande MI, De Meirleir KL, Klimas DG, Broderick G, Mitchell T, Staines D, Powles ACP, Speight N, Vallings R, Bateman L, Baumbarten-Austrheim B, Bell DS, Carlo-Stella N, Chia J, et al. 2011
 * 2012 - Myalgic Encephalomyelitis- Adult & Paediatric, International Consensus Primer for Medical Practitioners Bruce M Carruthers & Marjorie I van de Sande (editor) with the International Consensus Panel

Articles

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