Education and Training:

 

                   Amherst College, B.A., cum laude, 1964

                   Harvard Medical School, M.D., 1969

                   Harvard Medical School Research Fellowship in

                   health care organization, 1967-1968

                   Internship and Residency, Internal Medicine,

                   Mount Sinai Hospital, NY, 1969-1972

Harvard School of Public Health, M.P.H., concentrations: clinical nutrition, epidemiology, 1972-1973

 

Academic Affiliations:

 

                   Clinical Professor, University of Medicine

and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Department of Family Medicine,1993-

 

                   Clinical Associate Professor, University of Medicine

and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Department of Family Medicine, 

                   1983-1993

 

                   Clinical Associate Professor, Columbia University

                   College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of

                   Internal Medicine, 1980-1983

 

                   Assistant Clinical Professor, Columbia University

                   College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of

                   Internal Medicine, 1977-1980

 

Medical Practice:

 

                   Private Practice of Family Medicine and Internal

                   Medicine

 

Special interests: Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome,  Behavioral Medicine, Clinical Nutrition

 

Medical Director and Principal Investigator, East Coast Clinical Research, 1998-2004

                                                                                                         

Medical Director, Overlook Hospital Center for  Weight Management, part-time, 1988-1995 

 

Director (1977-1981) and Associate Director (1973-1977) Family Practice Residency Program, Overlook Hospital-Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

 

Chief Medical Consultant Health Systems Agency of New YorkCity, 1973-1981

                            

Board Certification:

 

                   American Board of Internal Medicine, 1972; recertified: 1980

 

                   American Board of Family Practice, 1973;

                   recertified: 1980, 1986, 1992, 1999

 

Professional Activities--Medical-Legal:

 

Disability: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, Internal Medicine

 

                   Medical Malpractice 50% plaintiff, 50% defense.

 

                   Personal Injury

Medical Expert on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome for The Eighth National Advanced Forum on Litigating Disability Insurance Claims, American Conference Institute, March, 2005

 

Professional Activities–Fibromyalgia Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Patient and Public Health Education:

 

Medical Expert on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome for the Eighth National Advanced Forum on Litigating Disability Insurance Claims, American Conference Institute, March, 2005

 

Prinicipal Invesigator of FDA Approved phase II Trial of Xyrem as treatment for fibromyaglia.

 

Received the Achievement Award for 1992 from the New Jersey Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Association                                                                       

 

Participant in National Institutes of Health Workshop on Fibromyaglia Research, National Insitutes of Health, November, 2004

 

                   Member New Jersey Academy of Medicine--New Jersey State

Health Department Task Force on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, 2000-2002

 

Co-author of monograph for physicians on how to diagnose and treat chronic fatigue syndrome, published in 2002 bythe New Jersey Academy of Medicine and the New Jersey State Department of Health

 

Principal Investigator of F.D.A. Phase III trial of Ampligentreatment for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome for Hemispherx Biopharma, Inc., 1998-2003

 

A double-blind study in which 40 patients with        chronic fatigue syndrome receive two I.V. treatments weekly for 18 months. We are one of ten sites nationally for this research study.

 

Principal Investigator of F.D.A. approved open label study of Ampligen for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome for Hemispherx Biopharma, Inc. 1999-2004.

 

Participant in Sixth Scientific Assembly of the International Myopain Society (2004), Fifth Scientific Assembly (2001), Fourth Scientific Assembly (1998)

 

Published essays on Sleep Dysfunction in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in the CFS Research Review, Quarterly Publication of The Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome Association of America, fall, 2002

 

Lecturer on CFS and Fibromyalgia before New Jersey Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Association, Connecticut Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibroymalgia Association, and additional patient support groups

 

Lecturer at various medical school, hospitals and physician professional organizations.

 

Interviews on CFS with New York City T.V.’s NBC and CBS affiliates in 2003. Both segments were released and shown on many T.V. stations nationally.            

 

                   Published multiple articles on fibromyalgia treatment

                   in Fibromyalgia Network

         

Book on Chronic Fatigue: Doctor, Why Am I So Tired?,            Pharos, 1987; Fawcett, 1988)--Book-of-the-Month-Club         Alternate Selection; Prevention Book Club, main selection.

 

National Institutes of Health Working Group on Management of Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome, 1993-4

 

                   Magazine articles on chronic fatigue, behavioral

medicine, clinical nutrition, doctor-patient communications  and related health topics for          Redbook, Woman's World, Family Circle, Bottom Line Personal, Bottom Line Health, Men's Health and other consumer publications.

 

Book on health education: WHEN YOUR DOCTOR DOESN'T KNOW BEST--Errors That Even The Best Doctors Make and How To Prevent Them, Simon and Schuster, 1995--Book-of-the-         Month Club alternate selection. Reissued, 1996 as Patient Power, a Quality Paper Back Book Club Selection

 

                   Member, American Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 

                   Member, International Myopain Society       

 

Professional Activities-Pharmaceutical Industry:

 

 

Principal Investigator of F.D.A.-approved Phase III trial of Ampligen treatment for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Hemispheryx Biopharma, 1998-2003

 

Principal Investigator of F.D.A.-approved open label study of Ampligen for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome for Hemispherx Biopharma,  1999-2004.

 

Medical Spokesperson for Sandoz (now Novartis)on television and radio for the introduction of Tavist-D into the over-the-counter market.

                  

                   Medical Spokesperson for Proctor & Gamble for their

cough/cold product Brontex. Appeared on many radio shows to discuss upper respiratory infections.

                                                                                                                  

                   Author of a monograph for physicians on patient                                                     compliance in hypertension, sponsored by Merck.

 

Author of a monograph for physicians on patient education for diabetes mellitus, sponsored by Pfizer.

 

Edited a newsletter for physicians, Asthma Bulletin,         sponsored by Fisons Corporation

 

Author of a monograph for pharmacists, Antihistamines and Allergic Rhinitis, sponsored by Sandoz

 

Professional Activities--Media

 

Co-host of Willner's Window, a Sunday afternoon health call-in show on WOR radio in New York City, 1998-present.

 

Appeared as a medical expert on Good Morning America (twice), CBS' Morning Show, and more than 100 regionalT.V. and radio shows.

 

                   Contributing Editor for Nutrition Science News, 1995-2001

 

                   Contributing Editor for Health and Nutrition, 1997-2001

 

                   Medical Advisory Board of Healthnotes, 1999-2001

 

                   Co-host of Healthwise, a health call-in show on WMTR

                   Radio in Morristown, NJ 1997-1998

 

Editorial Advisory Board, Doctor-Patient, D-G Publishing,1980-1985

 

                   Fogarty International Center, Expert Panel on Health

                   Education, 1975-1977

 

                   Professional Advisory Board, New York Cardiovascular

                   Health Institute of the Y.M.C.A. of Greater New York,

                   1979-1982

 

Consultant in Clinical Nutrition, Office of Consumer Health Education, UMDNJ-Rutgers Medical School, 1973-7        

 

Book on nutrition and weight control: The G-Index Diet, Warner Books, 1993

                  

Professional Activities-Physician Education:

 

Dean's Committee on Graduate Education in Public Health, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 1988-1993

 

                   Editorial Board, Journal of Family Practice Research, 1981-1990

 

Co-editor, Primary Prevention of Coronary Heart           Disease: A Practical Guide for the Clinician, Addison        Wesley, 1983

 

                   Consulting Editor, Behavioral Medicine Abstracts, 1985- 1989

 

                   Associate Editor, Behavioral Medicine Update, 1982-1985

 

                   Columnist on Clinical Nutrition, Postgraduate Medicine,                                        1983-1986

 

                   Inter-Society Commission on Heart Disease Resources,

                   Committee on Prevention of Atherosclerosis, 1974-1984

 

                   N.H.L.B.I. Working Group on Cigarette Smoking Cessation                                  Strategies in Primary Care, 1980-1982

 

N.H.L.B.I., Working Group on Dietary Management of Hypertension, 1979-1982

 

N.H.L.B.I., National Task Force on Training Family      Physicians in Patient Education, 1976-78