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[[File:Alison Bested.png|200px|thumb|right|Source:ehicanada.com]] '''Alison Christine Bested''', MD, FRCP(C), a Haematological Pathologist, is the Chair of Integrative Medicine at Nova Southeastern University in the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine, the Clinical Director of the [[Institute for Neuro Immune Medicine]] Clinic and the Director of Student Research, [[Nova Southeastern University]], Miami, Florida, United States.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://fourwaves-sots.s3.amazonaws.com/static/media/uploads/5FFGG5h0kBRlJTgexdugaQ%3D%3D/2018/04/24/me_cfs_final-program.pdf | title=ME/CFS Canadian Collaborative Team Conference | last = | first = | author-link = | date = | website = |archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status= | access-date = 2019-03-11}}</ref> Former positions include working at the Environmental Health Clinic, Sunnybrook & Women’s College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, [[Canada]],<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.name-us.org/defintionspages/DefinitionsArticles/ConsensusDocument%20Overview.pdf | title=An Overview of the Canadian Consensus Document | last = Carruthers | first = Bruce | author-link = Bruce Carruthers | last2 = van de Sande | first2 = Marjorie | author-link2 = Marjorie van de Sande | date = | website = FM-CFS.ca|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status= | access-date = 2019-04-28}}</ref> and the Complex Chronic Disease Program at BC Women’s Hospital clinic, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.<ref>{{Cite news |url =https://vancouversun.com/news/staff-blogs/patients-upset-over-departure-of-top-medical-expert-alison-bested-from-vancouver-hospital-clinic | title = Patients upset over departure of top medical expert Alison Bested from Vancouver hospital clinic | last = Fayerman | first = Pamela | date = 2014-05-22|work=The Vancouver Sun | access-date = 2018-03-23| archive-url = | archive-date = |url-status = | quote=}}</ref> Dr. Bested's medical specialty practice has been dedicated to patients with complex chronic medical conditions including: [[ME/CFS|myalgic cncephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome]] (ME/CFS), [[fibromyalgia]] (FM), [[multiple chemical sensitivity]] (MCS) and persistent [[Lyme disease]]. She is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of British Columbia. She is works in Toronto and Vancouver, Canada.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://sharkmedia.nova.edu/media/%22An+Update+on+ME+CFS%22+presented+by+Alison+Bested,+M.D.,+F.R.C.P.C.,/1_sb02aock | title = "An Update on ME/CFS" presented by Alison Bested, M.D., F.R.C.P.C., - SharkMedia | website = sharkmedia.nova.edu | access-date = 2019-04-27}}</ref> Dr. Bested was chosen by [[Health Canada]] to participate on the Expert Medical Consensus Panel that wrote the Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Clinical Working Case Definition, Diagnostic and Treatment Protocols. This consensus definition was published in the Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in 2003. In the literature this is known as the [[Canadian Consensus Criteria|Canadian Consensus Definition]] of [[ME/CFS]] and is used worldwide by clinicians and researchers.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.ehicanada.ca/board/ | title = Board Members | last = | first = | author-link = | date = | website = EHICanada|at=Dr. Alison Bested: Treasurer and Director (Biography)|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status= | access-date = 2019-02-08}}</ref> == Writing committees and boards == * 2003, one of the authors of the 2003 [[Canadian Consensus Criteria]] (CCC) for [[myalgic encephalomyelitis]] (ME), published as [http://phoenixrising.me/wp-content/uploads/Canadian-definition.pdf ''Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome:Clinical Working Case Definition,Diagnostic and Treatment Protocols'']<ref name="Carruthers, 2003" /> *2016, [http://iacfsme.org/PDFS/2016MayNesletter/Attachment-02-Dr-Alison-Bested-How-to-make-the-dia.aspx ''Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Make the Diagnosis''], a step-by-step process for physicians in order to make a diagnosis of ME/CFS successfully and to rule out other diseases<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://iacfsme.org/PDFS/2016MayNesletter/Attachment-02-Dr-Alison-Bested-How-to-make-the-dia.aspx | title = Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Make the Diagnosis | last = Bested | first = Alison | author-link = Alison Bested | date = May 2016 | website = IACFSME|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status= | access-date = 2019-04-28}}</ref> *2017-2018, served on the Baseline/Covariate Working Group of the [[ME/CFS Common Data Elements Working Group|ME/CFS Common Data Element]] (CDE) project sponsored by the [[National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke]] (NINDS) and the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC).<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.commondataelements.ninds.nih.gov/Myalgic%20Encephalomyelitis/Chronic%20Fatigue%20Syndrome#pane-138 | title = Complete Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome CDE Roster | last = | first = | author-link = | date = | website = NIH|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status= | access-date = 2019-10-11}}</ref> This working group reviewed data collection instruments widely used by investigators in the [[ME/CFS]] field, and either recommended their use unchanged or (more often) proposed some modifications.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.commondataelements.ninds.nih.gov/Doc/MECFS/Baseline_Covariate_Information_Subgroup_Summary.pdf | title=NINDS CDE Project Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Baseline/Covariate Information Subgroup | last = | first = | author-link = | date = | website = | archive-url = | archive-date = |url-status = | access-date=}}</ref> == Advocacy work == ===Dr Alison Bested scholarship fund=== A scholarship was founded in Dr Bested's name to honor her dedication to ME/CFS, FM and MCS patients. Canadian Students enrolled in the Environmental Medicine elective at University of Toronto are eligible.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.mefmaction.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=446:dr-alison-bested-scolarship-fund&catid=61&Itemid=233 | title = DR ALISON BESTED SCHOLARSHIP FUND | website = mefmaction.com | access-date = 2019-04-28}}</ref> ===Open Letter to ''The Lancet''=== Dr. Bested participated in a campaign by ME specialists to have the PACE trial reviewed by an independent panel. In response to ''The Lancet''<nowiki/>'s publication of the controversial [[PACE trial]] in 2011, three [[open letter to the Lancet |open letters to the editor of ''The Lancet'']] urged the editor, [[Richard Horton]], to commission a fully independent review of the PACE trial. In 2016, Dr. Bested, along with 41 colleagues in the ME/CFS field, signed the second letter, and in 2018, Dr. Bested, along with over 100 colleagues signed a third letter. *10 February 2016, [http://www.virology.ws/2016/02/10/open-letter-lancet-again/ An open letter to The Lancet, again - Virology blog] *9 July 2018, [http://www.virology.ws/2018/07/10/trial-by-error-yet-another-appeal-to-the-lancet-with-more-on-board/ Trial By Error: Yet Another Appeal to The Lancet, With More On Board] === Editorial === * Aug 2019, Editorial: Advances in ME/CFS Research and Clinical Care<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Friedman | first = Kenneth | author-link = Kenneth Friedman | last2 = Bateman | first2 = Lucinda | author-link2 = Lucinda Bateman | last3 = Bested | first3 = Alison C. | author-link3 = Alison Bested | last4 = Nahle | first4 = Zaher | author-link4 = Zaher Nahle | date = Aug 2019 | title = Editorial: Advances in ME/CFS Research and Clinical Care | url =https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2019.00370/full | journal = Frontiers in Pediatrics | volume = | issue = | pages=|doi=10.3389/fped.2019.00370|pmc=|pmid=|access-date=|quote=|via=}}</ref> - [https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2019.00370/full (Partial text)] ==Notable studies in ME/CFS== *2001, [[Chronic fatigue syndrome]]: [[Nervous system|neurological]] findings may be related to [[blood-brain barrier]] permeability<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Bested | first = A.C. | author-link = Alison Bested | last2 = Saunders | first2 = P.R. | author-link2 = | last3 = Logan | first3 = A.C. | date = Aug 2001 | title = Chronic fatigue syndrome: neurological findings may be related to blood–brain barrier permeability | url = https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0306987701913064 | journal = Medical Hypotheses|language=en | volume = 57 | issue = 2 | pages = 231–237|doi=10.1054/mehy.2001.1306|quote=|via=}}</ref> [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11461179 (Abstract)] *2003, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Clinical Working Case Definition, Diagnostic and Treatment Protocols<ref name="Carruthers, 2003" /> [http://phoenixrising.me/wp-content/uploads/Canadian-definition.pdf (Full Text)] *2009, A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study of a [[probiotic]] in emotional symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Rao | first = A Venket | author-link = | last2 = Bested | first2 = Alison C | author-link2 = Alison Bested | last3 = Beaulne | first3 = Tracey M | author-link3 = | last4 = Katzman | first4 = Martin A | author-link4 = | last5 = Iorio | first5 = Christina | author-link5 = | last6 = Berardi | first6 = John M | last7 = Logan | first7 = Alan C | date = 2009 | title = A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study of a probiotic in emotional symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome | url =http://gutpathogens.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1757-4749-1-6 | journal = Gut Pathogens|language=en | volume = 1 | issue = 1 | pages = 6|doi=10.1186/1757-4749-1-6|issn=1757-4749|pmc=2664325|pmid=19338686|quote=|via=}}</ref> - [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19338686 (Full Text)] *2015, Review of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: an evidence-based approach to diagnosis and management by clinicians<ref>{{Citation | last1 = Bested | first1 = AC | author-link = Alison Bested | last2 = Marshall | first2 = LM | author-link2 = | title = Review of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: an evidence-based approach to diagnosis and management by clinicians | journal = Reviews on Environmental Health | volume = 30 | issue = 4| page = 223-49 | date = 2015 |pmid=26613325|doi=10.1515/reveh-2015-0026}}</ref> - [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26613325 (Abstract)] *2018, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Insights & Advances in Care<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Bested | first = Alison | author-link = Alison Bested | date = Jun 2018 | title = Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Insights & Advances in Care | url =https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30982016 | journal = Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine | volume = 24 | issue = S1 | pages = 32–33|issn=1078-6791|pmid=30982016|quote=|via=}}</ref> *2019, Understanding Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and the Emerging Osteopathic Approach: A Narrative Review<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Larrimore | first = Christopher | author-link = | last2 = Ramnot | first2 = Amanda | author-link2 = | last3 = Jaghab | first3 = Annmarie | author-link3 = | last4 = Sarduy | first4 = Sofia | author-link4 = | last5 = Guerrero | first5 = George | author-link5 = | last6 = Troccoli | first6 = Peter | author-link6 = | last7 = Hilton | first7 = Kelly | last8 = Bested | first8 = Alison | author-link8 = Alison Bested | date = 2019-07-01 | title = Understanding Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and the Emerging Osteopathic Approach: A Narrative Review | url =http://jaoa.org/article.aspx?doi=10.7556/jaoa.2019.081 | journal = The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association|language=en | volume = 119 | issue = 7 | pages = 446|doi=10.7556/jaoa.2019.081|issn=0098-6151|quote=|via=}}</ref> - [[pubmed:31233110|(Abstract)]] * Aug 2019, Editorial: Advances in ME/CFS Research and Clinical Care<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Friedman | first = Kenneth | author-link = Kenneth Friedman | last2 = Bateman | first2 = Lucinda | author-link2 = Lucinda Bateman | last3 = Bested | first3 = Alison C. | author-link3 = Alison Bested | last4 = Nahle | first4 = Zaher | author-link4 = Zaher Nahle | date = Aug 2019 | title = Editorial: Advances in ME/CFS Research and Clinical Care | url =https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2019.00370/full | journal = Frontiers in Pediatrics | volume = | issue = | pages=|doi=10.3389/fped.2019.00370|pmc=|pmid=|access-date=|quote=|via=}}</ref> - [https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2019.00370/full (Full text)] ==Talks and interviews== *2011, [https://vimeo.com/35719640 "Tools to Stop Crashing, Start Pacing and Planning Your Health"] - Allison Bested, MD at the 10th International [[IACFSME]] Conference, Patient Agenda *2016, [http://iacfsme.org/Conferences/2016-Fort-Lauderdale/Agenda/Professional-Agenda.aspx 12th International IACFS/ME Biennial Clinical and Research Conference, Emerging Science and Clinical Care, ''Review of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia and Multiple Chemical Sensitivities/Environmental Sensitivities: Office Assessment and Management''] *2016, [https://sharkmedia.nova.edu/media/%22An+Update+on+ME+CFS%22+presented+by+Alison+Bested%2C+M.D.%2C+F.R.C.P.C.%2C/1_sb02aock "An Update on ME/CFS" presented at] [[Institute for Neuro Immune Medicine]] Research Seminar Series *Oct 2016, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVP5xHJwRx0 Toronto M E October 2016 Protest: Message of Hope] *3-5 May 2018, [[ME/CFS Canadian Collaborative Team Conference]] - Speech titles: ''Review of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome for Clinicians'' and ''Pathophysiological Mechanisms in ME/CFS''<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://fourwaves-sots.s3.amazonaws.com/static/media/uploads/5FFGG5h0kBRlJTgexdugaQ%3D%3D/2018/04/24/me_cfs_final-program.pdf | title=ME/CFS Canadian Collaborative Team Conference program | last = | first = | author-link = | date = | website = |archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status= | access-date = 2019-03-06}}</ref> ==Books== *2002, ''The Fibromyalgia Cookbook: More Than 120 Easy and Delicious Recipes'', ISBN-10: 1581822707 *2008, ''Hope and Help for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia'', ASIN: B00V1D68LU *2013, ''The Complete Fibromyalgia Health Diet Guide and Cookbook'', ISBN-10: 0778804534 ==Online presence== *[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Bested%20AC%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=26613325 Pubmed] *[http://medicine.med.ubc.ca/profiles/alison-bested/ Faculty page University of British Columbia] ==References== <references> <ref name="Carruthers, 2003">{{Citation | last1 = Carruthers | first1 = Bruce M. | author-link1 = Bruce Carruthers | last2 = Jain | first2 = Anil Kumar | author-link2 = Anil Kumar Jain | last3 = De Meirleir | first3 = Kenny L. | author-link3 = Kenny De Meirleir | last4 = Peterson | first4 = Daniel L. | author-link4 = Daniel Peterson | last5 = Klimas | first5 = Nancy G. | author-link5 = Nancy Klimas | last6 = Lerner | first6 = A. Martin | author-link6 = Martin Lerner | last7 = Bested | first7 = Alison C. | author-link8 = Alison Bested | last8 = Flor-Henry | first8 = Pierre | author-link8 = Pierre Flor-Henry | last9 = Joshi | first9 = Pradip | author-link9 = Pradip Joshi | last10= Powles | first10 = AC Peter | author-link10 = A C Peter Powles | last11= Sherkey | first11 = Jeffrey A. | author-link11 = Jeffrey Sherkey | last12= van de Sande | first12 = Marjorie I. | author-link12 = Marjorie van de Sande | title = Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Clinical Working Case Definition, Diagnostic and Treatment Protocols | journal = Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | volume = 11 | issue = 2 | pages = 7-115 | date = 2003 | pmid = | doi = 10.1300/J092v11n01_02 | url = http://phoenixrising.me/wp-content/uploads/Canadian-definition.pdf }}</ref> </references> [[Category:Clinicians]] [[Category:Canadian clinicians]] [[Category:Ontario clinicians]] [[Category:Researchers]] [[Category:Canada researchers]] [[Category:Ontario researchers]] [[Category:Authors]] [[Category:Psychological paradigm critics]] [[Category:PACE trial critics]] [[Category:American clinicians]] [[Category:Florida clinicians]]
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