Nancy Klimas



Nancy Klimas, MD, is an American researcher and physician who is the Director at the Institute for Neuro Immune Medicine at Nova Southeastern University in Miami and Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. She is, also: Director of Clinical Immunology Research, Miami VAMC; Professor of Medicine, Department of Clinical Immunology, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Nova Southeastern University; and Chair, Department of Clinical Immunology, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Nova Southeastern University; Professor Emerita, University of Miami, School of Medicine.

She is one of the authors of the 2011 case definition, International Consensus Criteria, as well as, one of the authors of the 2003 Canadian Consensus Criteria for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, published as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome:Clinical Working Case Definition,Diagnostic and Treatment Protocols

Likewise, she was one of the experts on the "Committee on the Diagnostic Criteria for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome" that was convened for the 2015 Institute of Medicine report.

Klimas served as past President of the Board of Directors of the International Association of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis from 2004-2009.

Awards

 * 2014, Rudy Perpich Senior Lectureship Award, presented to a distinguished CFS/FM scientist, physician or healthcare worker awarded by IACFS/ME
 * 2011, Nelson Gantz Outstanding Clinician Award awarded to a physician who emulates Nelson Gantz's clinical acumen, his passion for medicine, and his empathy for persons with CFS/FM awarded by IACFS/ME

Notable studies

 * Illness progression in chronic fatigue syndrome: a shifting immune baseline
 * 2016, Dr. Nancy Klimas, Dr. Irma Rey and several other researchers studied patients who developed gastroparesis following a viral history of flu-like symptoms or gastroenteritis. Nine at of the eleven patients studied (82 %) had active enterovirus infection on gastric biopsies.  The study conclusion was that "antiviral and/or immune therapies against enterovirus seem to be favorable, as most of our patients had resolution of their gastroparesis symptoms after treatment. This is the first study to identify enterovirus as a possible infectious etiology of idiopathic gastroparesis.
 * 2015, Findings from a clinical and laboratory database developed for discovery of pathogenic mechanisms in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. Abstract
 * 2015, Chronic fatigue syndrome and co-morbid and consequent conditions: evidence from a multi-site clinical epidemiology study. Abstract

Interviews & talks
There are many videos on YouTube of Nancy Klimas speaking about her work.


 * 2014 ME/CFS Diagnosis and Name with Dr. Nancy Klimas
 * 2011 ME/CFS Management A Pathogenesis Based Approach (sponsored by ANZMES)

Quotations

 * "They experience a level of disability equal to that of patients with late-stage AIDS and patients undergoing chemotherapy"

Online presence

 * PubMed - Nancy Klimas
 * Nova Southeasterm University - Nancy Klimas