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EDUCATION AND TRAINING

M.D., University of California, San Diego, 1981

Internship in Internal Medicine, North Carolina Memorial Hospital, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1981-82

Residency in Internal Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 1982-84

Fellowship in General Internal Medicine, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, 1984-87

  Dedra S. Buchwald, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Director, University of Washington Twin Registry
Director, Chronic Fatigue Clinic, Harborview Medical
     Center
Staff Physician, Harborview Medical Center
Division of General Internal Medicine


OFFICE ADDRESS

Harborview Medical Center
325 Ninth Ave
Campus Box 359780
Seattle, WA 98104-2499

Academic Office: (206) 744-1832
Fax: (206) 744-9197

HONORS

Rudy Perpich Memorial Award, American Association for Chronic
     Fatigue Syndrome (lifetime achievement award), 2004
Named as a Best Physician for Women’s Health by Seattle Magazine
    
based on survey of 5,000 health providers, 2003
Melvin Ramsay Society medalist and lecturer (international 
     research award)
, 2003
Jurgens Visiting Professor, University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen,
     Netherlands(international research award), 2002
Member, American Epidemiology Society, 2001
Robert Wood Johnson Fellowship Teaching Award, 1992
Young Investigator Award, National Alliance for Schizophrenia and
     Depression, 1989

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Twin studies
Fatigue and chronic fatigue syndrome
Chronic pain and fibromyalgia
American Indian and Alaska Native health

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

Buchwald D, Cheney PR, Peterson DL, Henry B, Wormsley SB, Geiger A, Ablashi DV, Salahuddin SZ, Saxinger C, Biddle R, Kikinis R, Jolesz FA, Folks T, Balachandran N, Gallo RC, Komaroff AL.  A chronic illness characterized by fatigue, neurologic and immunologic disorders, and active human herpesvirus 6 infection.  Ann Intern Med  1992;116:103-113.

Buchwald D, Beals J, Manson SMM.  Use of traditional health practices among Native Americans in a primary care practice.  Med Care  2000;38:1191-1199.

Buchwald D, Herrell R, Hartman S, Belcourt M, Schmaling K, Goldberg J.  A twin study of chronic fatigue.  Psychosom Med  2001;63:936-943.

Sabath DE, Barcy S, Koelle DM, Zeh J, Ashton S, Buchwald D.  Cellular immunity in monozygotic twins discordant for chronic fatigue syndrome.  J Infect Dis  2002;185:828-832.

Aaron LA, Buchwald D.  A review of the evidence for overlap among unexplained clinical conditions.  Ann Intern Med  2001;13:868-881.

Roubideaux Y, Buchwald D, Beals J, Middlebrook D, Manson S, Muneta B, Rith-Najarian S, Shields R, Acton K.  Measuring the quality of diabetes care for older American Indian and Alaska Native Elders.  Am J Pub Health  2004;94:60-65.

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