Bruce Carruthers

Bruce M. Carruthers, MD, CM, FRCPC, (7 May 1933 - 21 July 2017) was an Internal Medicine physician, with a specialty in ME/CFS, who practiced in Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

Primers and guidelines
He is the principal author or editor who developed or contributed to the following:
 * 2002, 2005 ''Teach ME - A Sourcebook for Teachers of Young People with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS)
 * 2003 Canadian Consensus Criteria for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, published as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome:Clinical Working Case Definition,Diagnostic and Treatment Protocols
 * 2003 Fibromyalgia Syndrome: Canadian Clinical Working Case Definition, Diagnostic and Treatment Protocols–A Consensus
 * 2005 Guideline for Medical Practitioners regarding the Canadian Consensus Criteria
 * 2011 Myalgic encephalomyelitis: International Consensus Criteria. (Full Text)
 * 2012 Myalgic Encephalomyelitis- Adult & Paediatric, International Consensus Primer for Medical Practitioners (editor)

Education

 * Internship at the Charity Hospital of Lousiana, New Orleans
 * Residency in Internal Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
 * Research Fellowship at the American Diabetes Association in Philadelphia and at the Clinical Investigation Unit of Shaughnessy Hospital, Vancouver
 * Fellowship of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada - specializing in Internal Medicine
 * Research Scholar of the Medical Research Council of Canada

Publications

 * 2003, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Clinical Working Case Definition, Diagnostic and Treatment Protocols (Full Text)
 * 2003, Fibromyalgia, A Clinical Case Definition and Guidelines for Medical Practitioners, An Overview of the Canadian Consensus Document, by Bruce M. Carruthers, MD, CM, FRCP(C) and Marjorie I. van de Sande, B Ed, Grad Dip Ed
 * 2007, Definitions and aetiology of myalgic encephalomyelitis: how the Canadian consensus clinical definition of myalgic encephalomyelitis works.

Talks and interviews

 * 2006, Speaker at the 1st Invest in ME International ME Conference - Definitions and Aetiology - The importance of diagnostic criteria. - DVD available

Learn more

 * Obituary