Byron Hyde



Dr. Byron Marshall Hyde is a family practice physician in Ottawa, Canada, who has dedicated his practice solely to myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) since 1984, after several of his colleagues developed the illness. In 1988, he founded the Nightingale Research Foundation, to explore and understand myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), and fibromyalgia-type illnesses. In 1991, Dr. Hyde organized the first World Symposium on M.E. at Cambridge University in collaboration with Dr. John Richardson and the Newcastle Research Group in the UK. Dr. Hyde is the only living researcher who has visited ME patients and physicians from each of the classic ME epidemics: at the Los Angeles County Hospital, in Akureyri, Iceland, at the Royal Free Hospital in London, as well as in the New Zealand and Australian epidemics.

Childhood
At the age of 10, Hyde was hospitalized and bed-bound for a year with poliomyelitis. As an adult, he had the opportunity to dine and talk with the two inventors of the polio immunizations, Jonas Salk in Maine and Dr. Sabin at his apartment in Washington.

Education

 * 1961, University of Toronto in Food Chemistry and Nutrition
 * 1966, MD - University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Medicine
 * Internship at Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal in Neuro and Vascular Surgery
 * Residency at the St. Justine Paediatric Hospital and the Ottawa Civic Hospital

Professional work
Byron Hyde began practicing medicine in 1968, and specialized in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis since 1984. Dr. Hyde traveled extensively to study ME and examine thousands of patients, spending time at: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in Atlanta, US; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, US; the UK; Australia; New Zealand; and Akureyri, Iceland. He is one of only two physicians invited to address the House of Parliament and the House of Lords committee on M.E. in London.

Throughout his career, Dr. Hyde's work often focussed on pediatric patients. Dr. Hyde worked in research and as a physician in Sick Kids Hospital, Montreal and Ste. Justine’s Children Hospital, Montreal. He worked as a volunteer physician in a polio orphanage in Asia, caring for hundreds of abandoned children.

Dr. Hyde practiced medicine in Ontario, Canada until the age of 82; he gave up his medical license on Jul 9, 2019 pursuant to an investigation by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. The College stated that "Dr. Hyde was referred to the Discipline Committee on allegations of professional misconduct and incompetence. In the face of these allegations, Dr. Hyde resigned from the College and has agreed never to apply or reapply for registration as a physician in Ontario or any other jurisdiction." He had previously had terms imposed and been transferred to a restricted certificate on Jan 30, 2013 and again as an independent physician on Nov 9, 2018. Dr. Hyde did not respond publicly to the allegations.

Notable studies

 * 2003, Clinical Improvement in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Is Associated with Enhanced Natural Killer Cell-Mediated Cytotoxicity: The Results of a Pilot Study with Isoprinosine® (Abstract)
 * 2007, Thyroid malignancy association with cortical & subcortical brain SPECT changes in patients presenting with a myalgic encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (Abstract)
 * 2011, TCP (tricresyl phosphate): pilot, aircrew and passenger safety and secondary myalgic encephalomyelitis (Full text)

Clinic location

 * Nightingale Research Foundation
 * 121 Iona Street, Ottawa Ontario K1Y 3M1, Canada
 * info@nightingale.ca

Talks and interviews

 * 2006, A new and simple definition of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and a new simple definition of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome & A Brief History of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and an Irreverent History of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (London Conference of May 12) - also known as The Little Red Book
 * 2006, Speaker at the 1st Invest in ME International ME Conference on The epidemiology, definitions and techniques of investigation of the ME and CFS patient and the resulting pathological findings DVD available
 * 2007, Speaker at the 2nd Invest in ME International ME Conference on ME and Insurance companies DVD available
 * 2012, How I Help CFS/ME Patients in Canada - Byron Hyde, MD (Vimeo)
 * 2015, Prof. Kenny de Meirleir and Dr. Byron Hyde on ME/CFS (Daily Motion)
 * 2016 ME/cvs Vereniging Wetenschap voor Patienten / Science for Patients on YouTube (English with Dutch subtitles)
 * 82. ‪Introduction / Introductie - Dr. Byron Hyde‬, MD
 * 83. Symptoms of ME / ME-symptomen -Dr. Byron Hyde, MD
 * 84. ‪CFS / CVS - Dr. Byron Hyde, MD
 * 85. ME, viruses and bacteria / ME, virussen en bacteriën - Dr. Byron Hyde, MD
 * 86. ‪ME and the role of enteroviruses / ME en de rol van enterovirussen - Dr. Byron Hyde‬, MD


 * 3-5 May 2018, ME/CFS Canadian Collaborative Team Conference - Speech titles: Brain Imaging and How to Examine a Prospective ME/CFS Patient and A Short History of ME and CFS

Books and book chapters

 * 1992, The Clinical and Scientific Basis of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (Free PDF download)
 * 2004, Chapter 3: The Complexities of Diagnosis in Handbook of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (Full text)
 * 2009 and 2011, Missed Diagnoses: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis & Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
 * 2009, Chapter: Diagnosis of Fatigue and Pain Syndromes: Psychiatric Text Book. John Wiley & Sons. Government and General Medical Counsel of the UK
 * 2015, Association of M.E. to Polio, Polio Epidemics and Enteroviruses (60 Page Booklet), Netherlands M.E. Association (ME/cvs Vereniging), Amsterdam
 * 2016, The Nightingale Research Foundation Definition for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (M.E.)

Online presence

 * The Nightingale Research Foundation

Learn more

 * Dr Byron Hyde - 25% ME Group