David Kaufman

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David Lyons Kaufman, MD, is an Internal Medicine physician at the Center for Complex Diseases and the former Medical Director of the Open Medicine Institute, Mountain View, California. He also practices at the Center for Healing Neurology[1][2]

Open Letters[edit | edit source]

Continuing education credit video[edit | edit source]

Transcript (by anonymous)

Clinic location[edit | edit source]

Center for Complex Diseases, California, United States

Talks and interviews[edit | edit source]

Notable studies[edit | edit source]

  • 2021, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Essentials of Diagnosis and Management[6] (Full text)
  • 2021, A comprehensive examination of severely ill ME/CFS patients[7] (Full text)
  • 2021, Diagnosis of Mast Cell Activation Syndrome: A Global Consensus 2[8](Full text)

Online presence[edit | edit source]


  • Address:
Center for Complex Diseases
2500 Hospital Dr, Suite 4b
Mountain View, CA 94040, United States
Phone: [447-3001|(650) 447-3001]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "David L. Kaufman, MD". Center for Healing Neurology. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  2. Center for Healing Neurology (May 21, 2020). "Dr David Kaufman is back in clinic! We love him for his decades of experience with infectious disease, Lyme, MCAS and all things internal medicine. He is an internationally known go-to-guy for CFS/ME (chronic fatigue syndrome/ myalgic encephalomyelitis). We are so lucky to have him here & available to see YOU! . ". Facebook. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  3. Tuller, David (February 10, 2016). "An open letter to The Lancet, again". Virology blog. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
  4. Kaufman, David (October 16, 2018). "Diagnosis and Management of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome". YouTube. Unrest Film.
  5. "Unrest Continuing Medical Education Program". UNREST. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
  6. Bateman, Lucinda; Bested, Alison C.; Bonilla, Hector F.; Chheda, Bela V.; Chu, Lily; Curtin, Jennifer M.; Dempsey, Tania T.; Dimmock, Mary E.; Dowell, Theresa G.; Yellman, Brayden P.; Felsenstein, Donna; Kaufman, David L.; Klimas, Nancy G.; Komaroff, Anthony L.; Lapp, Charles W.; Levine, Susan M.; Montoya, Jose G.; Natelson, Benjamin H.; Peterson, Daniel L.; Podell, Richard N.; Rey, Irma R.; Ruhoy, Ilene S.; Vera-Nunez, Maria A. (November 1, 2021). "Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Essentials of Diagnosis and Management". Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 96 (11): 2861–2878. doi:10.1016/j.mayocp.2021.07.004. ISSN 0025-6196. PMID 34454716.
  7. Chang, Chia-Jung; Hung, Li-Yuan; Kogelnik, Andreas M.; Kaufman, David; Aiyar, Raeka S.; Chu, Angela M.; Wilhelmy, Julie; Li, Peng; Tannenbaum, Linda; Xiao, Wenzhong; Davis, Ronald W. (October 2021). "A Comprehensive Examination of Severely Ill ME/CFS Patients". Healthcare. 9 (10): 1290. doi:10.3390/healthcare9101290.
  8. Afrin, Lawrence B.; Ackerley, Mary B.; Bluestein, Linda S.; Brewer, Joseph H.; Brook, Jill B.; Buchanan, Ariana D.; Cuni, Jill R.; Davey, William P.; Dempsey, Tania T.; Dorff, Shanda R.; Dubravec, Martin S.; Guggenheim, Alena G.; Hindman, Kimberly J.; Hoffman, Bruce; Kaufman, David L.; Kratzer, Stephanie J.; Lee, Theodore M.; Marantz, Mindy S.; Maxwell, Andrew J.; McCann, Kelly K.; McKee, Dwight L.; Menk Otto, Laurie; Pace, Laura A.; Perkins, Dahra D.; Radovsky, Laurie; Raleigh, Mary S.; Rapaport, Sonia A.; Reinhold, Emma J.; Renneker, Mark L.; Robinson, William A.; Roland, Aaron M.; Rosenbloom, E. Scott; Rowe, Peter C.; Ruhoy, Ilene S.; Saperstein, David S.; Schlosser, David A.; Schofield, Jill R.; Settle, Janet E.; Weinstock, Leonard B.; Wengenroth, Martina; Westaway, Mark; Xi, Shijun Cindy; Molderings, Gerhard J. (May 1, 2021). "Diagnosis of mast cell activation syndrome: a global "consensus-2"". Diagnosis. 8 (2): 137–152. doi:10.1515/dx-2020-0005. ISSN 2194-802X.