John Chia

Dr. John K. S. Chia is an infectious disease doctor with a medical practice in Torrance, California. Dr. Chia became heavily involved in research and clinical care of ME and CFS patients after his son Andrew became ill with CFS. He has published several papers on infectious causes of CFS, including evidence of involvement of enteroviruses such as coxsackie B and echovirus, parvovirus B19, as well as bacteria such as Chlamydia pneumoniae. In addition to his clinical work, he runs his own enterovirus research laboratory and is on the board of directors of the Enterovirus Foundation.

In addition to his work on pathophysiology, Dr. Chia has performed clinical trials in an attempt to treat patients with ME and CFS. His treatment attempts have focused on the use of antiviral compounds such as amantadine, ribavirin, and lamivudine in addition to immune modulators such as interferon and the plant compound oxymatrine. Towards this end, he has developed his own proprietary herbal preparation containing oxymatrine and other compounds, called Equilibrant.