Alan Pocinki

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Dr. '''Alan G. Pocinki''' is a physician of Internal Medicine with a special interest in [[Chronic Fatigue Syndrome]], [[Orthostatic intolerance|Orthostatic Intolerance]], [[Dysautonomia]], joint hypermobility, and [[Ehlers-Danlos syndrome|Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome]] and an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC.

Dr. Pocinki began studying ME/CFS (when it was called [[CFIDS]]) at the [[National Institutes of Health]] (NIH) in 1987. Since then he has given lectures and written articles for patients and doctors explaining the illness and championing treatment. In 2000, he was the recipient of the CSN (CFIDS Support Network) Action Champion Award by the CFIDS Association of America.

Within the [[ME/CFS]] community Dr. Pocinki is, also, applauded for appearing on NPR, The Diane Rehm Show NPR on July 3, 2003 with [[Laura Hillenbrand]], the author of "Seabiscuit" and "Unbroken," while being Hillenbrand's physician.

==Education==
His medical degree is from Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, New York.

==Clinic location==
:10110 Molecular Dr #209
:Rockville, MD 20850
:Phone: (301) 762-6777

==Articles==
*1997, [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00325481.1997.11444543 Comment on article "Fireworks over fibromyalgia, CFS, and IBS"] in ''Postgraduate Medicine''
*31 October 2011, [http://solvecfs.org/joint-hypermobility-and-cfs/ ''Joint Hypermobility and CFS'']
*5 March 2012, [https://www.healthrising.org/forums/resources/the-dysfunction-junction-the-ans-autonersysme-cfs-by-dr-alan-pocinki.404/ ''Dysfunction Junction: The ANS and CFS'']

==Notable studies in ME/CFS==
*1992, Clinical, Epidemiologic, and Virologic Studies in Four Clusters of the [[Chronic Fatigue Syndrome]]<ref name="Levine, 1992" /> [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/21832955_Clinical_epidemiologic_and_virologic_studies_in_four_clusters_of_the_chronic_fatigue_syndrome (Abstract - can request full article)]

==Talks and interviews==
*2003 - [https://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2003-07-03/laura-hillenbrand NPR, The Diane Rehm Show - NPR, July 3, 2003 with Laura Hillenbrand]
*2013 - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2h3PE36EtQ&index=59&list=PLD6488E12A885661B Interview with Llewellyn King]
*2014 - [https://vimeo.com/101947622 "Breaking the Cycle of Chronic Pain, Poor Sleep, Depression and Fatigue"]

==References==
<references>
<ref name="Levine, 1992">{{Citation
| last1 = Levine | first1 = Paul H. | authorlink1 = Paul Levine
| last2 = Jacobson | first2 = Steven | authorlink2 =
| last3 = Pocinki | first3 = Alan G. | authorlink3 = Alan Pocinki
| last4 = Cheney | first4 = Paul | authorlink4 = Paul Cheney
| last5 = Peterson | first5 = Daniel | authorlink5 = Daniel Peterson
| last6 = Connelly | first6 = Roger R | authorlink6 =
| last7 = Weil | first7 = R | authorlink7 =
| last8 = Robinson | first8 = SM | authorlink8 =
| last9 = Ablashi | first9 = Dharam V | authorlink9 = Dharam Ablashi
| last10 = Salahuddin | first10 = Sayeef Z | authorlink10 =
| last11 = Pearson | first11 = GR | authorlink11 =
| last12 = Hoover | first12 = R | authorlink12 =
| title = Clinical, Epidemiologic, and Virologic Studies in Four Clusters of the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
| journal = Archives of Internal Medicine | volume = 152 | issue = 8 | page = 1611-1616
| date = 1992
| pmid =
| doi = 10.1001/archinte.1992.00400200049009
}}
</ref>
</references>

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