Alison Bested
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.[1] Former positions include working at the Environmental Health Clinic, Sunnybrook & Women’s College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,[2] and the Complex Chronic Disease Program at BC Women’s Hospital clinic, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.[3]
Dr. Bested's medical specialty practice has been dedicated to patients with complex chronic medical conditions including: 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.[4]
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 Definition of ME/CFS and is used worldwide by clinicians and researchers.[5]
Writing committees and boards[edit | edit source]
- 2003, one of the authors of the 2003 Canadian Consensus Criteria (CCC) for myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), published as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome:Clinical Working Case Definition,Diagnostic and Treatment Protocols[6]
- 2016, 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[7]
- 2017-2018, served on the Baseline/Covariate Working Group of the 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).[8] 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.[9]
Advocacy work[edit | edit source]
Dr Alison Bested scholarship fund[edit | edit source]
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.[10]
Open Letter to The Lancet[edit | edit source]
Dr. Bested participated in a campaign by ME specialists to have the PACE trial reviewed by an independent panel. In response to The Lancet's publication of the controversial PACE trial in 2011, three 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, An open letter to The Lancet, again - Virology blog
- 9 July 2018, Trial By Error: Yet Another Appeal to The Lancet, With More On Board
Editorial[edit | edit source]
- Aug 2019, Editorial: Advances in ME/CFS Research and Clinical Care[11] - (Partial text)
Notable studies in ME/CFS[edit | edit source]
- 2001, Chronic fatigue syndrome: neurological findings may be related to blood-brain barrier permeability[12] (Abstract)
- 2003, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Clinical Working Case Definition, Diagnostic and Treatment Protocols[6] (Full Text)
- 2009, A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study of a probiotic in emotional symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome[13] - (Full Text)
- 2015, Review of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: an evidence-based approach to diagnosis and management by clinicians[14] - (Abstract)
- 2018, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Insights & Advances in Care[15]
- 2019, Understanding Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and the Emerging Osteopathic Approach: A Narrative Review[16] - (Abstract)
- Aug 2019, Editorial: Advances in ME/CFS Research and Clinical Care[17] - (Full text)
Talks and interviews[edit | edit source]
- 2011, "Tools to Stop Crashing, Start Pacing and Planning Your Health" - Allison Bested, MD at the 10th International IACFSME Conference, Patient Agenda
- 2016, 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, "An Update on ME/CFS" presented at Institute for Neuro Immune Medicine Research Seminar Series
- Oct 2016, 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[18]
Books[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "ME/CFS Canadian Collaborative Team Conference" (PDF). Retrieved March 11, 2019.
- ↑ Carruthers, Bruce; van de Sande, Marjorie. "An Overview of the Canadian Consensus Document" (PDF). FM-CFS.ca. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
- ↑ Fayerman, Pamela (May 22, 2014). "Patients upset over departure of top medical expert Alison Bested from Vancouver hospital clinic". The Vancouver Sun. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
- ↑ ""An Update on ME/CFS" presented by Alison Bested, M.D., F.R.C.P.C., - SharkMedia". sharkmedia.nova.edu. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
- ↑ "Board Members". EHICanada. Dr. Alison Bested: Treasurer and Director (Biography). Retrieved February 8, 2019.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Carruthers, Bruce M.; Jain, Anil Kumar; De Meirleir, Kenny L.; Peterson, Daniel L.; Klimas, Nancy G.; Lerner, A. Martin; Bested, Alison C.; Flor-Henry, Pierre; Joshi, Pradip; Powles, AC Peter; Sherkey, Jeffrey A.; van de Sande, Marjorie I. (2003), "Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Clinical Working Case Definition, Diagnostic and Treatment Protocols" (PDF), Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, 11 (2): 7–115, doi:10.1300/J092v11n01_02
- ↑ Bested, Alison (May 2016). "Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Make the Diagnosis". IACFSME. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
- ↑ "Complete Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome CDE Roster". NIH. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
- ↑ "NINDS CDE Project Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Baseline/Covariate Information Subgroup" (PDF).
- ↑ "DR ALISON BESTED SCHOLARSHIP FUND". mefmaction.com. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
- ↑ Friedman, Kenneth; Bateman, Lucinda; Bested, Alison C.; Nahle, Zaher (August 2019). "Editorial: Advances in ME/CFS Research and Clinical Care". Frontiers in Pediatrics. doi:10.3389/fped.2019.00370.
- ↑ Bested, A.C.; Saunders, P.R.; Logan, A.C. (August 2001). "Chronic fatigue syndrome: neurological findings may be related to blood–brain barrier permeability". Medical Hypotheses. 57 (2): 231–237. doi:10.1054/mehy.2001.1306.
- ↑ Rao, A Venket; Bested, Alison C; Beaulne, Tracey M; Katzman, Martin A; Iorio, Christina; Berardi, John M; Logan, Alan C (2009). "A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study of a probiotic in emotional symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome". Gut Pathogens. 1 (1): 6. doi:10.1186/1757-4749-1-6. ISSN 1757-4749. PMC 2664325. PMID 19338686.
- ↑ Bested, AC; Marshall, LM (2015), "Review of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: an evidence-based approach to diagnosis and management by clinicians", Reviews on Environmental Health, 30 (4): 223-49, doi:10.1515/reveh-2015-0026, PMID 26613325
- ↑ Bested, Alison (June 2018). "Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Insights & Advances in Care". Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine. 24 (S1): 32–33. ISSN 1078-6791. PMID 30982016.
- ↑ Larrimore, Christopher; Ramnot, Amanda; Jaghab, Annmarie; Sarduy, Sofia; Guerrero, George; Troccoli, Peter; Hilton, Kelly; Bested, Alison (July 1, 2019). "Understanding Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and the Emerging Osteopathic Approach: A Narrative Review". The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association. 119 (7): 446. doi:10.7556/jaoa.2019.081. ISSN 0098-6151.
- ↑ Friedman, Kenneth; Bateman, Lucinda; Bested, Alison C.; Nahle, Zaher (August 2019). "Editorial: Advances in ME/CFS Research and Clinical Care". Frontiers in Pediatrics. doi:10.3389/fped.2019.00370.
- ↑ "ME/CFS Canadian Collaborative Team Conference program" (PDF). Retrieved March 6, 2019.
