Eleanor Stein

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'''Eleanor (Ellie) Stein''', MD, FRCP(C), is a retired physician and psychiatrist and a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Calgary.<ref name="website">{{Cite web|url=http://eleanorsteinmd.ca/|title=Eleanor Stein MD Psychiatry and Psychotherapy|website=Eleanor Stein MD|language=en-CA|access-date=2019-11-14}}</ref> She is the founder of the ETeam (no longer active), "a unique service in Canada offering specialized multidisciplinary assessment for clients with [[Myalgic encephalomyelitis|Myalgic Encephalomyelitis]]/[[Chronic fatigue syndrome|Chronic Fatigue Syndrome]], [[Fibromyalgia]], [[multiple chemical sensitivity|Multiple Chemical Sensitivity]] and Toxic Chemical and [[Mold illness|Mold Exposure]]."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eleanorsteinmd.ca/eteam/|title=ETeam|website=Eleanor Stein MD|language=en-CA|access-date=2019-11-14}}</ref> She now dedicates her professional career to empowering people with complex chronic conditions—such as myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), fibromyalgia, environmental sensitivities, long COVID and chronic pain—to reclaim their lives through science-based education using self-management, circadian biology, neuroplasticity, hormesis and quantum biology.

With more than 35 years of clinical practice, in Calgary, Alberta, [[Canada]], and research, followed by decades of lived experience navigating ME/CFS, fibromyalgia and multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS), Dr. Stein uniquely blends rigorous medical insight with personal resilience. Her online resource platform offers live group courses, self-study programs, webinars, a blog and a podcast to support patients and health care professionals worldwide.

Dr. Stein’s mission is to translate cutting-edge research into practical strategies—focusing on neuroplasticity, symptom-management without over-reliance on pharmaceuticals, and integrative frameworks for conditions that are often misunderstood or misdiagnosed. Her signature course, ''Pathways to Improvement'', guides learners to recognize patterns, apply actionable solutions and live better without expensive medical interventions.

She maintains a complimentary monthly newsletter highlighting translating research into actionable DIY strategies in ME/CFS, fibromyalgia, long COVID, autonomic dysfunction, pain and environmental illness, making advanced knowledge accessible to everyday people and clinicians alike.

==Awards==
*2007, 13th Annual [[Florence Nightingale]] award from the Edmonton ME Society for continued support in the area of education, awareness and research on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis<ref name="pub">{{Cite web | url=http://eleanorsteinmd.ca/publications/ | title = Eleanor Stein B.Sc MD FRCP(C)|website=Eleanor Stein MD|language=en-CA|access-date=2019-11-14}}</ref>
*2007, John MacLennan Award of the Canadian Society for Environmental Medicine for Excellence in the field of Environmental Medicine<ref name="pub" />

==Advocacy==
*2016 and 2018, Dr. Stein was one of the signatories of the [[Open letter to the Lancet]] urging its editor to commission a fully independent review of the [[PACE trial]] as published in its journal.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.virology.ws/2015/11/13/an-open-letter-to-dr-richard-horton-and-the-lancet/ | last = Tuller | first = David | authorlink = David Tuller | title = An open letter to Dr. Richard Horton and The Lancet|website=[[Virology blog]]|language=en-US | date = 2015-11-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.virology.ws/2018/06/19/trial-by-error-an-open-letter-to-the-lancet-two-years-on/ | last = Tuller | first = David | authorlink = David Tuller | title = Trial By Error: An Open Letter to The Lancet, Two Years On|website=[[Virology blog]]|language=en-US | date = 2018-06-19}}</ref>
*2017, Dr. Stein was one of the signatories of [[An open letter to Psychological Medicine about “recovery” and the PACE trial]]<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.virology.ws/2017/03/13/an-open-letter-to-psychological-medicine-about-recovery-and-the-pace-trial/ | date = 2017-03-13 | last = Tuller | first = David | authorlink = David Tuller | title = An open letter to Psychological Medicine about “recovery” and the PACE trial|website=[[Virology blog]]|language=en-US|access-date=2018-08-18}}</ref>

==Notable studies==
*2001, [[Chronic Fatigue Syndrome]]: Overcoming the Attitudinal Impasse<ref>{{Cite journal | first = E. | last = Stein | date = 2001 | title = Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Overcoming the Attitudinal Impasse|journal=Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome|volume=8|issue=3-4 | pages = 53-61|doi=10.1300/J092v08n03_06}}</ref> [http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J092v08n03_06 (Abstract)] [https://eleanorsteinmd.com/resource_redirect/downloads/sites/90617/themes/1534791/downloads/WjxeIjsSD2LHKt1DzBqA_Attitude-Paper.pdf Lecture version]
*2006, Letter to the editor: Classification of somatoform disorders<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Stein | first = Eleanor | author-link = | date = Apr 2006 | title = Classification of somatoform disorders |url =https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16585458/|journal=The American Journal of Psychiatry|volume=163|issue=4 | pages = 747; author reply 747–748|doi=10.1176/appi.ajp.163.4.747|issn=0002-953X|pmc=|pmid=16585458|access-date=|quote=|via=}}</ref>
*2011, No evidence for [[Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus|XMRV]] nucleic acids, infectious virus or anti-XMRV antibodies in Canadian patients with chronic fatigue syndrome<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Steffen | first = Imke | authorlink = | last2 = Tyrrell | first2 =D. Lorne | authorlink2 = | last3 = Stein | first3 = Eleanor | authorlink3 = Eleanor Stein | last4 = Montalvo | first4 = Leilani | authorlink4 = | last5 = Lee | first5 = Tzong-Hae | authorlink5 = | last6 = Zhou | first6 = Yanchen | last7 = Lu | first7 = Kai | last8 = Switzer | first8 = William M. | last9 = Tang | first9 = Shaohua | last10 = Jia | first10 = Hongwei | author-link10 = | last11 = Hockman | first11 = Darren | author-link11 = | last12 = Santer | first12 = Deanna M. |author-link12 = | last13 = Logan | first13 = Michael | author-link13 = | last14 = Landi | first14 = Amir | author-link14 = Amir Landi | last15 = Law | first15 = John | author-link15 = | last16 = Houghton | first16 = Michael | author-link16 = Michael Houghton | last17 = Simmons | first17 = Graham | author-link17 = | date = 2011-11-17 | title = No Evidence for XMRV Nucleic Acids, Infectious Virus or Anti-XMRV Antibodies in Canadian Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | url =http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0027870|journal=PLoS ONE|language=en|volume=6|issue=11| pages = e27870|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0027870|issn=1932-6203|pmc=3219700|pmid=22114717|quote=|via=}}</ref> [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3219700/ (Full Text)]
*2015, The Nature of Fatigue in [[Chronic Fatigue Syndrome]]<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Olson | first = Karin | last2 = Zimka | first2 = Oksana | last3 = Stein | first3 = Eleanor | date = 2015-10-01 | title = The Nature of Fatigue in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | url =https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732315573954|journal=Qualitative Health Research|language=en|volume=25|issue=10 | pages = 1410–1422|doi=10.1177/1049732315573954|issn=1049-7323}}</ref> [http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1049732315573954 (Full Text)]

*2013, Concerns with fibromyalgia guidelines: Let's not blame patients for lack of knowledge about Fibromyalgia<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Stein | first = Eleanor | date = 2013-09-17 | title = Concerns with fibromyalgia guidelines |url =https://www.cmaj.ca/content/185/13/1160.2|journal=CMAJ|language=en|volume=185|issue=13 | pages = 1160–1160|doi=10.1503/cmaj.113-2132|issn=0820-3946|pmc=PMC3778491|pmid=24043754}}</ref>

*2013, Identifying and Treating Common Psychiatric Conditions Comorbid with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and/or Fibromyalgia<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/identifying-and-treating-common-psychiatric-conditions-comorbid-myalgic-encephalomyelitis-andor|journal=Psychiatric Times|volume=30|issue=1 | pages = 15-21 | date = Jan 18, 2013 | last = Stein | first = Eleanor | title = Identifying and Treating Common Psychiatric Conditions Comorbid with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and/or Fibromyalgia}}</ref> [https://eleanorsteinmd.mykajabi.com/resource_redirect/downloads/sites/90617/themes/1534791/downloads/kVMoBLqNS8mHJDVGO2HY_Comorbid-ME-and-FM-_-psychiatric-disorders.pdf (Full text)]

*2015, '''Comment:''' First Do No Harm: Graded Exercise Therapy and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Comment<ref>{{Cite journal | date = Jul 11, 2015 |journal=Ann Intern Med | title = First Do No Harm: Graded Exercise Therapy and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Comment|volume=162|issue=12| first = L. | last = Chu | first2 = Lucinda | last2 = Bateman | first3 = Todd | last3 = Davenport | first4 = E. | last4 = Stein | first5 = Staci | last5 = Stevens |url =|doi= | pages = |pmc=|pmid=|quote= | last6 = | first6 = | author-link = Lily Chu | authorlink2 = Lucinda Bateman|access-date= | authorlink3 = Todd Davenport | authorlink4 = Eleanor Stein | authorlink5 = Staci Stevens|via=}}</ref>

*2015, The Nature of Fatigue in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Olson | first = Karin | last2 = Zimka | first2 = Oksana | last3 = Stein | first3 = Eleanor | date = 2015-10-01 | title = The Nature of Fatigue in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | url =https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732315573954|journal=Qualitative Health Research|language=en|volume=25|issue=10 | pages = 1410–1422|doi=10.1177/1049732315573954|issn=1049-7323}}</ref> [https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1049732315573954 (Abstract)]

*2021, Systematic Review of Mind-Body Interventions to Treat Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome<ref name="Stein2021mindbody">{{Cite journal | last = Khanpour Ardestani | first = Samaneh | last2 = Karkhaneh | first2 = Mohammad | last3 = Stein | first3 = Eleanor | last4 = Punja | first4 = Salima | last5 = Junqueira | first5 = Daniela R. | last6 = Kuzmyn | first6 = Tatiana | last7 = Pearson | first7 = Michelle | last8 = Smith | first8 = Laurie | last9 = Olson | first9 = Karin | date = 2021-06-24 | title = Systematic Review of Mind-Body Interventions to Treat Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | url =https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34202826/|journal=Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)|volume=57|issue=7 | pages = 652|doi=10.3390/medicina57070652|issn=1648-9144|pmc=8305555|pmid=34202826}}</ref> [https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1049732315573954 (Abstract)]

*2021, Identifying and Managing Suicidality in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome<ref name="Chu2021">{{Cite journal | last = Chu | first = Lily | author-link = Lily Chu | last2 = Elliott | first2 = Meghan | authorlink2 = | last3 = Stein | first3 = Eleanor | authorlink3 = | last4 = Jason | first4 = Leonard A. | author-link4 = Leonard Jason | date = 2021-05-25 | title = Identifying and Managing Suicidality in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | url =https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8227525/|journal=Healthcare|volume=9|issue=6 | pages = 629|doi=10.3390/healthcare9060629|issn=2227-9032|pmc=8227525|pmid=34070367|access-date=|quote=|via=}}</ref> [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8227525/ (Full text)]

==Guidelines and non-peer reviewed articles ==
*2009, [http://mecfs.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Stein-Beyond-tired-Helping-patients-cope-with-CFS-2009.pdf Beyond Tired: Helping patients cope with chronic fatigue syndrome]<ref>{{Cite journal | first =
Eleanor | last = Stein | first2 = Jackie | last2 = Campbell|journal=Pharmacy Practice | date = December 2008 – January 2009 | pages = 14-21 | title = Beyond Tired: Helping patients cope with chronic fatigue syndrome | url =http://mecfs.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Stein-Beyond-tired-Helping-patients-cope-with-CFS-2009.pdf}}</ref>

*2015, [https://sacfs.asn.au/download/guidelines_psychiatrists.pdf Assessment and Treatment of Patients with ME/CFS: Clinical Guidelines for Psychiatrists]

==Talks, presentations and interviews==
*2018, Could Neuroplasticity have a role in ME/CFS? Presented at the Montreal 2018 Canadian Collaborative Team Conference on ME/CFS May 4, 2018.

*3-5 May 2018, [[ME/CFS Canadian Collaborative Team Conference]] - Speech titles:<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 = | authorlink = | date = | website = | archive-url = | archive-date = |url-status = | access-date=2019-03-06}}</ref>
**''[https://eleanorsteinmd.mykajabi.com/resource_redirect/downloads/sites/90617/themes/1534791/downloads/BOGP3E4FRgKXyJTAsX9Q_CFS-vs-Psych-Montreal.pdf Differentiating ME/CFS from Psychiatric Disorders]''
**''ME/CFS: Could Neuroplasticity Play a Role?''
**''Alberta Healthy Living Program: The Role of ME/CFS Education''
*2010, [https://www.meao.ca/files/ME_CFS_not_Psychiatric_Dis-6.pdf Why ME/CFS is not a Psychiatric Disorder]

==Videos ==
*2011, [https://vimeo.com/35722555 Differentiating ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia from Psychiatric Disorders]
:Invited lecture at the patient day of the [[IACFSME|International Association of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis]] Conference, Ottawa, Canada September 2011.

==Books ==
* 2012, [https://www.eleanorsteinmd.ca/more-light More Light: Strategies for Living with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia and Multiple Chemical Sensitivities] eBook
* [https://www.eleanorsteinmd.ca/manual-2 Let Your Light Shine Through: Strategies for Living with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia and Environmental Sensitivities] eBook and Coil-bound editions

==Clinic location==
:
:Calgary
:Alberta
:Canada

==Online presence==
*[http://www.eleanorsteinmd.ca/ Website]
*[https://eleanorsteinmd.com/blog Blog]
*[https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Eleanor-Stein Researchgate]
*[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Stein%2C+Eleanor%5BAuthor%5D&sort= PubMed]
*[https://www.facebook.com/DrEleanorStein/ Facebook]
*[https://www.instagram.com/dreleanorstein/ Instagram]
*[https://www.linkedin.com/in/eleanor-stein-md-748028254/ LinkedIn]

==Learn more==

==See also==
*[[Canada]]
*[[Nightingale Research Foundation]]
*[[Biopsychosocial model]]
*[[Depression]]

==References==
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