The effects of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis are described in this book with heartbreaking accuracy in 80 lived experience essays describing first-hand accounts from writers who have the illness or their caregivers. Their stories are illuminating, even disturbing, but the writers intend the essays to be used to improve public and professional understanding of ME.
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.
