Welcome to the Diagnostics and Treatments section. This contains information about the various options available both nationally and internationally.

• Proposed ME Clinic in Ireland

North America & South America

• Dr. John Chia is a medical doctor with expertise in treating ME and CFS. He is Assistant Professor at the UCLA School of Medicine and President of EV Med Research, Director of the Enterovirus Foundation and is an international expert on Enteroviruses and their role in ME and CFS, and other diseases. His work is well acknowledged in North America and Europe.
  Address: 23560 Crenshaw Blvd #101, Torrance, CA 90505, United States of America.
  Phone:+1 310-784-5880

• Fatigue, Fibromyalgia and Autoimmune Clinic, Michigan, USA . Clinic set up by Edward J. Conley, D.O. Professor of Family Medicine at Michigan State University. He successfuly treated a few thousand ME patients in USA and wrote this book America Exhausted: Breakthrough Treatments of Fatigue and Fibromyalgia

• The Cheney Clinic in the USA . Dr. Paul Cheney has been treating ME and CFS since 1985. He was one of the doctors involved in treating patients in the Lake Tahoe outbreak in the mid 1980's in the USA. He is a highly regarded medical doctor and researcher, and is one of the most knowledgable doctors on ME and CFS in the world.

• Dr. Daniel Peterson, is a well known ME and CFS doctor and researcher. He has been treating the illness since 1985, including treating victims of the Lake Tahoe outbreak in the 1980's. He has a very comprehensive knowledge of the illness. He currently works in Sierra Internal Medicine Associates 926 Incline Way, Incline Village NV 89452. Tel: (775) 832-0989

• Professor Jose Montoya's clinic in Stanford University, California . One of the top clinics in the world, attached to Stanford University.

• The Hunter Hopkins Center in the USA

• Dr. Kenny De Meirleir, the Whittemore Peterson Institute, Nevada, USA. He also runs The De Meirleir Clinic in Belgium. He has been treating ME / CFS and researching the illness since 1990, and has a good international reputation. He is the author of the book Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Biological Approach which has been a major scientific contribution to the field of ME

• Dr. Nancy Klimas' Clinic in Nova Southeastern University. She is a top medical doctor and researcher in this field since the mid 1990's, and is internationally recognized.

• International Bio Care Hospital and Medical Center in Mexico. An excellent international reputation and is regularly used by international business people, executives, bankers and professionals.

• Dr. Byron Hyde has been involved in ME treatment and research since the mid 1980's and is one of the most experienced ME / CFS doctors in the world. Address: Dr. Byron Hyde, Nightingale Research Foundation, 121 Iona Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Book an Interview with Dr Byron Hyde on Skype or iChat Video
  
  
• Dr. Rashid Buttar is based in the Centers for Advanced Medicine in the USA and he and his team have successfully treated many ME/CFS patients over the years. He combines medicine with detoxification therapies and diet and lifestyle changes.

• The Treatment Center for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome set up by Dr. Martin Lerner

• Dr. Alison Bested, in Toronto, Ontario. She is a highly experienced doctor who has been treating ME and CFS since the late 1990's. She was one of the authors of the Canadian criteria (2003).

• The New York ME Center, New York, USA. (Dr. Derek Enlander)

• Whittemore Peterson Institute, Nevada, USA

• Dr. Roger Mazlen, New York, USA

• Dr. Majid Ali's clinic in New York has successfully treated ME patients. He wrote this book The Canary and Chronic Fatigue on ME diagnosis and treatments.

• Dr. Lucinda Bateman's medical clinic in Utah, USA. Dr. Bateman is a highly respected and well experienced medical doctor who has been treating ME / CFS patients since the late 1990's. Her expertise in ME / CFS has been ackowledged by the US government authorities and national patient organistions in the USA, who have asked her to serve on their committees and bodies.

• Several doctors and clinics are mentioned in the book Chronic Fatigue, Fibromyalgia, and Lyme Disease (Alternative Medicine Guides) (2nd Edition) '  by Burton Goldberg and Larry Trivieri  which gives an account of how several doctors successfully treated a few thousand ME patients in the USA

• Dr. Jesse Stoff, USA & East End Wellness Center, New York

• Dr. Alan Pocinki, The George Washington University Hospital, Washington DC, USA

• ME Clinics in development
  
  • PANDORA Neuro-Endocrine-Immune Institute Project (USA)

• Additions to standard medical treatments
  
  Bio Energy Treatment – identify good practitioners in your country
  - Michael O'Doherty's clinic in Clare, Ireland

  Clinical Nutrition - identify good practitioners in your country
  - Dr. Maile Pouls, California
  - Gillian McKeith clinic
  - Dr. Sarah Myhill's recommended diet

  Acupuncture - identify good practitioners in your country
  - Maoshing Ni, California

  Lymphatic Drainage - identify good practitioners in your country
  - The Perrin Technique: Dr. Raymond Perrin, Britain

Europe

• The De Meirleir Clinic in Belgium Dr. Kenny De Meirleir also works in the Whittemore Peterson Institute, Nevada, USA. He has been treating ME / CFS and researching the illness since 1990, and has a good international reputation. He is the author of the book Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Biological Approach which has been a major scientific contribution to the field of ME
  
  
• The Cologne clinic run by Dr. Gorter in Germany. One of the best clinics in the world.

• Dr. Sarah Myhill's Clinic in Britain. Dr. Sarah Myhill is a distinguished and highly regarded medical doctor and researcher based in Wales. Dr. Myhill has been treating ME patients and researching the illness since the mid 1990's.

• The clinic of Dr. Olav Mella and Dr. Øystein Fluge, Department of Oncology and Medical Physics, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway. They were the first to use the drug Rituximab to successfully treat ME. Get your web browser to translate web page from Norwegian to English

• Dr. Charles Forsyth's medical clinic in Surrey, England. This carries out many excellent medical tests.

• Dr. William Weir's clinic in London, England

• ME Clinics in development
  
  • Irish ME clinic proposal
  • A UK Centre for Biomedical Research into ME by Invest in ME

• Dr. Basant Puri in Hammersmith Hospital and Imperial College London in England. Dr. Puri also does work in Dr. Sarah Myhill's clinic mentioned above. Address: Professor Basant Puri, Academy of Nutritional Medicine, 41 Riding, House Street, London, W1W 7BE. Email: basant.puri@imperial.ac.uk

• Additions to standard medical treatments
  
  Bio Energy Treatment – identify good practitioners in your country
  - Michael O'Doherty's clinic in Clare, Ireland

  Clinical Nutrition - identify good practitioners in your country
  - Dr. Maile Pouls, California
  - Gillian McKeith clinic
  - Dr. Sarah Myhill's recommended diet

  Acupuncture - identify good practitioners in your country
  - Maoshing Ni, California

  Lymphatic Drainage - identify good practitioners in your country
  - The Perrin Technique: Dr. Raymond Perrin, Britain

Australasia, Asia and Africa

• Dr. Chris O'Callaghan in Melbourne Australia has an excellent reputation for treating ME, CFS, POTS, EDS and Dysautonomia in Australia
  • His office in Austin Hospital, Melbourne
  • His office in Melbourne University
  • Phone (03) 9496 5029. Fax (03) 9496 3221.

• CFS Discovery clinic, Donvale, Victoria, Australia.

• Dr Hugh Derham
  Bicton - Healthquest - Point Walter Medical Centre
  322-324 Canning Highway (Cnr Point Walter Rd) Bicton WA 6157. Phone: 08 9438 2299
  Bicton - Bicton Medical Centre

• National Centre for Neuroimmunology and Emerging Diseases The top ME/CFS research facility in Australia. It collaborates with other research institutes around the world in ME/CFS research. It has plans to open an ME/CFS clinic for patients.

• Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), commonly found in ME and CFS patients
  - The Royal Melbourne hospital familial cancer Centre, affiliated with Melbourne University has a genetics section dedicated to connective tissue diseases including EDS.
  - Royal Childrens Hospital - Professor Ravi Savirayan and Mr Gary Nattrass - recommendation from EDS Australia group
  - Monash Children's Hospital - Professor Sue Piper - recommendation from EDS Australia group

• Australian doctors and specialists with some knowledge of ME, CFS, Fibromyalgia, EDS and POTS
  NSW & ACT - Doctors and Specialists
  South Australian Doctors, Specialists and other health professionals
  Queensland - Doctors and Specialists
  Victoria - Doctors and Specialists
  Western Australia - Doctors and Specialists
  Tasmanian Doctors
  

• Listings of doctors provided by Australasian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine

• POTS commonly found in ME and CFS patients.
  - The clinical pharmacology department at the Austin Hospital which is affiliated with Melbourne University includes Specialist POTS Diagnosis and treatment.

• Dr. Rosamund Vallings, New Zealand. A medical doctor with over 15 years experience treating ME/CFS patients and researching the illness, and one of the authors of the Canadian Criteria (2003) and International Consensus Criteria (2011)

• Petrovic CFIDS Health Center

• Dr. CL Jadin and Dr Peter Tarbleton in South Africa

• Additions to standard medical treatments
  
  Bio Energy Treatment – identify good practitioners in your country
  - Michael O'Doherty's clinic in Clare, Ireland

  Clinical Nutrition - identify good practitioners in your country
  - Dr. Maile Pouls, California
  - Gillian McKeith clinic
  - Dr. Sarah Myhill's recommended diet

  Acupuncture - identify good practitioners in your country
  - Maoshing Ni, California

  Lymphatic Drainage - identify good practitioners in your country
  - The Perrin Technique: Dr. Raymond Perrin, Britain