by SDVernon | Apr 23, 2019 | BHC News, Current BHC Patient News, ME/CFS, Research News
Image Credit: National Institute of Health For decades, no one has known what causes myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME, commonly called ME/CFS). As a result, this debilitating disease has been very difficult to diagnose and even harder to treat. Funded by a major grant..."*" indicates required fields
Lucinda Bateman, MD, is a renowned clinician, researcher, and educator. Her Johns Hopkins University Medical School training instilled an approach to care that she has employed throughout her career - the patient comes first and the unknown or unexplained does not equate to a lack of proper and compassionate care. Since starting her own practice in 2000, she has served on six boards or committees, been the principal investigator for 45 studies, authored/coauthored 40 journal articles, served as adjunct instructor and adjunct assistant professor in the University of Utah Departments of Preventative Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Anesthesiology, and lectured around the world.
Bateman served as a clinical expert on the 2015 IOM/NAM committee, contributing her expertise in the development of the clinical diagnostic criteria for ME/CFS, a pivotal and influential moment for all clinicians, researchers, and patients. Medical and scientific collaborations include work with Stanford, Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, CDC, NIH, RECOVER Initiative, Riken, and she is the co-founder of the U.S. ME/CFS Clinician Coalition.
In 2015 she expanded her impact by combining her private clinical and research practice with its sister non-profit, OFFER, to create a medical center of excellence, BHC, dedicated to the diagnosis, management, research, and education for the benefit of individuals impacted by msCCD. Her passion for increasing access to informed medical care fuels her focus on medical education today.
Lucinda Bateman, MD, is a renowned clinician, researcher, and educator. Her Johns Hopkins University Medical School training instilled an approach to care that she has employed throughout her career - the patient comes first and the unknown or unexplained does not equate to a lack of proper and compassionate care. Since starting her own practice in 2000, she has served on six boards or committees, been the principal investigator for 45 studies, authored/coauthored 40 journal articles, served as adjunct instructor and adjunct assistant professor in the University of Utah Departments of Preventative Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Anesthesiology, and lectured around the world.
Bateman served as a clinical expert on the 2015 IOM/NAM committee, contributing her expertise in the development of the clinical diagnostic criteria for ME/CFS, a pivotal and influential moment for all clinicians, researchers, and patients. Medical and scientific collaborations include work with Stanford, Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, CDC, NIH, RECOVER Initiative, Riken, and she is the co-founder of the U.S. ME/CFS Clinician Coalition.
In 2015 she expanded her impact by combining her private clinical and research practice with its sister non-profit, OFFER, to create a medical center of excellence, BHC, dedicated to the diagnosis, management, research, and education for the benefit of individuals impacted by msCCD. Her passion for increasing access to informed medical care fuels her focus on medical education today. Read her full bio here.Â
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