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'''David Sheffield Bell''', MD, is a [[physician]] who practices [[general practitioner|general medicine]] in private practice in the town of [[Lyndonville (New York)|Lyndonville]], [[New York]] since [[1979]].<ref>New York State Workers' Compensation Board authorized providers name order report: Orleans, [http://www.wcb.state.ny.us/content/main/hcpp/MedReg/prt45.pdf 20090223]</ref> He graduated in [[1971]] from [[Boston University]] with an [[Doctor of Medicine|MD]] degree and completed post-doctoral training in [[pediatrics]] including pediatric behavior and developmental disorders.<ref name="About">"About David S. Bell" [http://www.davidsbell.com/DSBAbout.htm 20090111]</ref>  
'''David Sheffield Bell''', MD, is a [[pediatrician]] who practices [[general practitioner|general medicine]] in a private practice in the town of [[Lyndonville (New York)|Lyndonville]], [[New York]] since [[1979]].<ref>New York State Workers' Compensation Board authorized providers name order report: Orleans, [http://www.wcb.state.ny.us/content/main/hcpp/MedReg/prt45.pdf 20090223]</ref> He graduated in [[1971]] from [[Boston University]] with an [[Doctor of Medicine|MD]] degree and completed post-doctoral training in [[pediatrics]] including pediatric behavior and developmental disorders.<ref name="About">"About David S. Bell" [http://www.davidsbell.com/DSBAbout.htm 20090111]</ref>  
Bell was also employed by the pediatrics department of Cambridge Hospital and Mount Auburn Hospital in [[Cambridge (Massachusetts)|Cambridge]], [[Massachusetts]]<ref name="Hyde1992">Bell DS ([[1992]]), "Children with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue-Immune Dysfunction Syndrome: Overview and Review of the Literature", in: Hyde BM (ed.) (1992), "The Clinical and Scientific Basis of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome", Nightingale Research Foundation, Ottawa, Canada with editorial and conceptual advice from Levine P and Goldstein J., 724+23p, ISBN 0-9695662-0-4, ch.19, p.209-216</ref> and served as clinical associate professor of pediatrics at the State University of New York in [[Buffalo (New York)|Buffalo]], New York.<ref name="Associate P">Jason LA, Bell DS, Rowe K, Van-Hoof ELS, Jordan K, Lapp C, et al. (2006), "A Pediatric Case Definition for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome", Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, May;13(2/3):1–44</ref>
Bell was also employed by the pediatrics department of Cambridge Hospital and Mount Auburn Hospital in [[Cambridge (Massachusetts)|Cambridge]], [[Massachusetts]]<ref name="Hyde1992">Bell DS ([[1992]]), "Children with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue-Immune Dysfunction Syndrome: Overview and Review of the Literature", in: Hyde BM (ed.) (1992), "The Clinical and Scientific Basis of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome", Nightingale Research Foundation, Ottawa, Canada with editorial and conceptual advice from Levine P and Goldstein J., 724+23p, ISBN 0-9695662-0-4, ch.19, p.209-216</ref> and served as clinical associate professor of pediatrics at the State University of New York in [[Buffalo (New York)|Buffalo]], New York.<ref name="Associate P">Jason LA, Bell DS, Rowe K, Van-Hoof ELS, Jordan K, Lapp C, et al. (2006), "A Pediatric Case Definition for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome", Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, May;13(2/3):1–44</ref>
Bell specializes in [[myalgic encephalomyelitis]], [[fybromyalgia]] and [[orthostatic intolerance]].
Bell specializes in [[myalgic encephalomyelitis]] (ME, also investigated as [[chronic fatigue-immune dysfunction syndrome]] (CFIDS) or [[chronic fatigue syndrome]] (CFS)), [[fybromyalgia]] and [[orthostatic intolerance]].


==Work on chronic fatigue syndrome==
==Work on myalgic encephalomyelitis==
The pediatrician's interest in myalgic encephalomyelitis began in [[1985]] when an apparent cluster outbreak of 216 persons occurred in his rural community in upstate New York. He has written and published extensively on the condition, including an early review on children with ME and a thirteen-year follow-up study on the children who became ill during the outbreak.<ref name="Hyde1992"/><ref>Bell DS, Jordan K, Robinson M (2001), "Thirteen-year follow-up of children and adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome, Pediatrics, May;107(5):994–8, pmid=11331676</ref><ref>"David S. Bell, M.D.", [[International Association for CFS/ME]], [http://www.iacfsme.org/DavidSBellMD/tabid/131/Default.aspx 2009-01-11]</ref>


According to the International Association for CFS/ME (IACFS/ME), the pediatrician's interest in [[chronic fatigue syndrome]] (CFS) began in 1985 when an apparent cluster outbreak of 216 persons occurred in his rural community in upstate New York. He has written and published extensively on the condition, including a thirteen year follow-up study of the children who became ill during the original outbreak.<ref name="pmid 11331676">{{cite journal |author=Bell DS, Jordan K, Robinson M |title=Thirteen-year follow-up of children and adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome |journal=Pediatrics |volume=107 |issue=5 |pages=994–8 |year=2001 |month=May |pmid=11331676 |doi= |url=http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=11331676}}</ref><ref name="Hist1">{{cite web | title = David S. Bell, M.D. | publisher = International Association for CFS/ME | date =| url = http://www.iacfsme.org/DavidSBellMD/tabid/131/Default.aspx| format = HTML | accessdate = 2009-01-11}}</ref>
Dr. Bell was interviewed about the outbreak in Lyndonville, New York in a [[1996]] [[Prime Time Live]] episode. The reporter described Bell's appeal to the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) for help with the illness, but Bell says the CDC didn't inform him about a similar outbreak at [[Lake Tahoe]]. He met with other researchers at a [[1987]] conference, and joined forces with researchers [[Paul Cheney]] and [[Elaine DeFreitas]] in an investigation of a possible [[retrovirus]] association with the disease.<ref name="PTL"/> In [[1990]], the researchers presented evidence that they found [[DNA]] sequences very similar to a known human retrovirus in some patients, at a conference in [[Kyoto]], [[Japan]].<ref>Palca J (1990), "Does a retrovirus explain fatigue syndrome puzzle?", Science, Sep14;249(4974):1240-12, [http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/pdf_extract/249/4974/1240 20090417]</ref><ref>Altman LK (1990), "Virus Found That May Be Linked To a Debilitating Fatigue Ailment", The New York Times, Sep 5, [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9C0CE3DD1430F936A3575AC0A966958260 20090224]</ref> Their study was later published in the [[Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences]].<ref>DeFreitas E, Hilliard B, Cheney PR, et al. (1991), "Retroviral sequences related to human T-lymphotropic virus type II in patients with chronic fatigue immune dysfunction syndrome", Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., Apr;88(7):2922–6991, pmid=1672770</ref> The announcement made headlines all over the world. The CDC first ignored their findings,<ref name="PTL">Sam Donaldson, Nancy Snyderman, Paul Cheney, David Bell, Elaine DeFreitas, Hillary Johnson, PWC's, Paul Pollard, Mrs. Dailor, Philip Lee (1996), "Sick & Tired", ABC News, Mar 27</ref> then later conducted a study and published a paper that refuted the hypothesis.<ref>Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ([[1993]]), "Inability of Retroviral Tests to Identify Persons with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome", Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Mar19;42(10):183,189-190, [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00019881.htm 20090223]</ref>   
 
Dr. Bell was interviewed about the CFS outbreak in Lyndonville, New York in a 1996 [[Prime Time Live]] episode. The reporter described Bell's appeal to the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) for help with the illness, but Bell says the CDC didn't inform him about a similar outbreak in [[Lake Tahoe]]. He met with other CFS researchers at a 1987 conference, and joined forces with researchers Paul Cheney and Elaine DeFreitas in an investigation of a possible retrovirus association with chronic fatigue syndrome.<ref name="PTL"/> In 1990, the researchers presented evidence they found [[DNA]] sequences very similar to a known human [[retrovirus]] in some CFS patients, at a conference in [[Kyoto, Japan]].<ref name="DOI 10.1126">{{Citation |author=Palca J |title=Does a retrovirus explain fatigue syndrome puzzle? |journal=Science |volume=249 |issue=4974 |pages=1240-12 | date=14 September | year = 1990 | url = http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/pdf_extract/249/4974/1240 | doi = DOI: 10.1126/science.2399461 | id = }}</ref><ref name="NYT">{{{cite news  | last = Altman | first = Lawrence K. | title = Virus Found That May Be Linked To a Debilitating Fatigue Ailment | work = news article | pages = | language = english | publisher = The New York Times | date = September 5, 1990 | url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9C0CE3DD1430F936A3575AC0A966958260 | accessdate = 2009-02-24 }}</ref> Their study was later published in the [[Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences]].<ref name="pmid 1672770">{{cite journal |author=DeFreitas E, Hilliard B, Cheney PR, ''et al'' |title=Retroviral sequences related to human T-lymphotropic virus type II in patients with chronic fatigue immune dysfunction syndrome |journal=Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. |volume=88 |issue=7 |pages=2922–6 |year=1991 |month=April |pmid=1672770 |pmc=51352 |doi= |url=http://www.pnas.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=1672770}}</ref> The announcement made headlines all over the world. The CDC first ignored their findings,<ref name="PTL">{{cite video | people = Sam Donaldson, Nancy Snyderman, Paul Cheney, David Bell, Elaine DeFreitas, Hillary Johnson, PWC's, Paul Pollard, Mrs. Dailor, Philip Lee | title = Sick & Tired | medium = Television | publisher = ABC News | location = | year2 =1996-03-27}}</ref> then later conducted a study and published a paper that refuted the hypothesis.<ref name="Retroviral">{{cite web | title = Inability of Retroviral Tests to Identify Persons with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, 1992, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report / 42(10);183,189-190 | publisher = Centers for Disease Control and Prevention| date = March 19, 1993 | url = http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00019881.htm| format = HTM | accessdate = 2009-02-23}}</ref>   


Bell wrote ''The Doctor's Guide to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome'', which was published in 1995. The book, which also refers to CFS as "chronic fatigue/immune dysfunction syndrome," or CFIDS, described Bell's CFIDS disability scale,<ref name="isbn 0-201-40797-3">{{cite book |author=Bell, David |title=The doctor's guide to chronic fatigue syndrome: understanding, treating, and living with CFIDS |publisher=Addison-Wesley Pub. Co |location=Reading, Mass |year=1995 |pages=122-123 |isbn=0-201-40797-3 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=}}</ref> which is similar to the [[Karnofsky scale]]. Government publications, and primary research has used or proposed Bell's scale for the documentation of severity of symptoms in chronic fatigue syndrome.<ref name="CDC Management of CFS">{{Citation | title = Assessing and Documenting Impairment in CFS| publisher = Centers for Disease Control and Prevention U.S. Department of Health & Human Services| date = 2007| url =http://www.cdc.gov/cfs/docs/wb3151/appendix-a.pdf| format = | accessdate =2009-02-10}}</ref><ref name="ISBN 0 7308 9334 0">{{Citation | title = ME/CFS Guidelines Myalgic Encephalopathy (ME)/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) Management Guidelines for General Practitioners | publisher = South Australian Department of Human Services | date = 2004| url = | format = |ISBN = 0 7308 9334 0 | accessdate = }}</ref><ref name="pmid Myhill">{{cite journal |author=Sarah Myhill, Norman E. Booth, John McLaren-Howard |title=Chronic fatigue syndrome and mitochondrial dysfunction |journal=Int J Clin Exp Med |volume=2 |issue= |pages=1–16 |year=2009 |pmid= |doi= |url=http://www.ijcem.com/files/IJCEM812001.pdf | accessdate = 2009-01-26}}</ref>
Bell wrote ''The Doctor's Guide to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome'', which was published in 1995. The book, which also refers to CFS as "chronic fatigue/immune dysfunction syndrome," or CFIDS, described Bell's CFIDS disability scale,<ref name="isbn 0-201-40797-3">{{cite book |author=Bell, David |title=The doctor's guide to chronic fatigue syndrome: understanding, treating, and living with CFIDS |publisher=Addison-Wesley Pub. Co |location=Reading, Mass |year=1995 |pages=122-123 |isbn=0-201-40797-3 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=}}</ref> which is similar to the [[Karnofsky scale]]. Government publications, and primary research has used or proposed Bell's scale for the documentation of severity of symptoms in chronic fatigue syndrome.<ref name="CDC Management of CFS">{{Citation | title = Assessing and Documenting Impairment in CFS| publisher = Centers for Disease Control and Prevention U.S. Department of Health & Human Services| date = 2007| url =http://www.cdc.gov/cfs/docs/wb3151/appendix-a.pdf| format = | accessdate =2009-02-10}}</ref><ref name="ISBN 0 7308 9334 0">{{Citation | title = ME/CFS Guidelines Myalgic Encephalopathy (ME)/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) Management Guidelines for General Practitioners | publisher = South Australian Department of Human Services | date = 2004| url = | format = |ISBN = 0 7308 9334 0 | accessdate = }}</ref><ref name="pmid Myhill">{{cite journal |author=Sarah Myhill, Norman E. Booth, John McLaren-Howard |title=Chronic fatigue syndrome and mitochondrial dysfunction |journal=Int J Clin Exp Med |volume=2 |issue= |pages=1–16 |year=2009 |pmid= |doi= |url=http://www.ijcem.com/files/IJCEM812001.pdf | accessdate = 2009-01-26}}</ref>

Revision as of 12:46, 17 April 2009

David Sheffield Bell, MD, is a pediatrician who practices general medicine in a private practice in the town of Lyndonville, New York since 1979.[1] He graduated in 1971 from Boston University with an MD degree and completed post-doctoral training in pediatrics including pediatric behavior and developmental disorders.[2] Bell was also employed by the pediatrics department of Cambridge Hospital and Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts[3] and served as clinical associate professor of pediatrics at the State University of New York in Buffalo, New York.[4] Bell specializes in myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME, also investigated as chronic fatigue-immune dysfunction syndrome (CFIDS) or chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)), fybromyalgia and orthostatic intolerance.

Work on myalgic encephalomyelitis

The pediatrician's interest in myalgic encephalomyelitis began in 1985 when an apparent cluster outbreak of 216 persons occurred in his rural community in upstate New York. He has written and published extensively on the condition, including an early review on children with ME and a thirteen-year follow-up study on the children who became ill during the outbreak.[3][5][6]

Dr. Bell was interviewed about the outbreak in Lyndonville, New York in a 1996 Prime Time Live episode. The reporter described Bell's appeal to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for help with the illness, but Bell says the CDC didn't inform him about a similar outbreak at Lake Tahoe. He met with other researchers at a 1987 conference, and joined forces with researchers Paul Cheney and Elaine DeFreitas in an investigation of a possible retrovirus association with the disease.[7] In 1990, the researchers presented evidence that they found DNA sequences very similar to a known human retrovirus in some patients, at a conference in Kyoto, Japan.[8][9] Their study was later published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.[10] The announcement made headlines all over the world. The CDC first ignored their findings,[7] then later conducted a study and published a paper that refuted the hypothesis.[11]

Bell wrote The Doctor's Guide to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, which was published in 1995. The book, which also refers to CFS as "chronic fatigue/immune dysfunction syndrome," or CFIDS, described Bell's CFIDS disability scale,[12] which is similar to the Karnofsky scale. Government publications, and primary research has used or proposed Bell's scale for the documentation of severity of symptoms in chronic fatigue syndrome.[13][14][15]

In the 2000 CFS documentary I Remember Me, Bell appeared in an interview recounting his experiences during the Lyndonville outbreak.[16][17]

In 2003 Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy G. Thompson designated Bell chairperson of the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee (CFSAC), a panel of 11 experts that provides advice and recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services "on the development and implementation of programs to inform the public; health care professionals; and the biomedical, academic, and research communities about advances related to CFS."[18][19][20]

Bell also served as a board member of the International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME (IACFS/ME),[21] a professional organization of about 300 members that advocates for the concerns of CFS researchers and clinicians around the world.[22]

Publications

Books

  • CFIDS: A Disease of a Thousand Names. D.Pollard, (1988)
  • The Doctor's Guide To Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Understanding, Treating, And Living With Cfids, Da Capo Press (January 17, 1995) ISBN 978-0201407976
  • Curing Fatigue, Berkley (September 1, 1996), ISBN 978-0425149836
  • A Parent's Guide to Cfids: How to Be an Advocate for Your Child With Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction, Informa HealthCare; (March 8, 1999), ISBN 978-0789006318
  • Faces of CFS, MZR Publishing (August 30, 2000), ISBN 0970770200
  • Cellular Hypoxia and Neuro-Immune Fatigue, WingSpan Press (July 10, 2007), ISBN 978-1595941794

Articles

References

References:
  1. ↑ New York State Workers' Compensation Board authorized providers name order report: Orleans, 20090223
  2. ↑ "About David S. Bell" 20090111
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bell DS (1992), "Children with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue-Immune Dysfunction Syndrome: Overview and Review of the Literature", in: Hyde BM (ed.) (1992), "The Clinical and Scientific Basis of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome", Nightingale Research Foundation, Ottawa, Canada with editorial and conceptual advice from Levine P and Goldstein J., 724+23p, ISBN 0-9695662-0-4, ch.19, p.209-216
  4. ↑ Jason LA, Bell DS, Rowe K, Van-Hoof ELS, Jordan K, Lapp C, et al. (2006), "A Pediatric Case Definition for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome", Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, May;13(2/3):1–44
  5. ↑ Bell DS, Jordan K, Robinson M (2001), "Thirteen-year follow-up of children and adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome, Pediatrics, May;107(5):994–8, pmid=11331676
  6. ↑ "David S. Bell, M.D.", International Association for CFS/ME, 2009-01-11
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Sam Donaldson, Nancy Snyderman, Paul Cheney, David Bell, Elaine DeFreitas, Hillary Johnson, PWC's, Paul Pollard, Mrs. Dailor, Philip Lee (1996), "Sick & Tired", ABC News, Mar 27
  8. ↑ Palca J (1990), "Does a retrovirus explain fatigue syndrome puzzle?", Science, Sep14;249(4974):1240-12, 20090417
  9. ↑ Altman LK (1990), "Virus Found That May Be Linked To a Debilitating Fatigue Ailment", The New York Times, Sep 5, 20090224
  10. ↑ DeFreitas E, Hilliard B, Cheney PR, et al. (1991), "Retroviral sequences related to human T-lymphotropic virus type II in patients with chronic fatigue immune dysfunction syndrome", Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., Apr;88(7):2922–6991, pmid=1672770
  11. ↑ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (1993), "Inability of Retroviral Tests to Identify Persons with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome", Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Mar19;42(10):183,189-190, 20090223
  12. ↑ Bell, David (1995). The doctor's guide to chronic fatigue syndrome: understanding, treating, and living with CFIDS. Reading, Mass: Addison-Wesley Pub. Co. pp. 122-123. ISBN 0-201-40797-3. 
  13. ↑ Template:Citation
  14. ↑ Template:Citation
  15. ↑ Sarah Myhill, Norman E. Booth, John McLaren-Howard (2009). "Chronic fatigue syndrome and mitochondrial dysfunction". Int J Clin Exp Med 2: 1–16. http://www.ijcem.com/files/IJCEM812001.pdf. Retrieved 2009-01-26. 
  16. ↑ Template:Imdb title
  17. ↑ "I Remember Me" (pdf). press release. ZEITGEIST FILMS. http://www.zeitgeistfilms.com/films/irememberme/presskit.pdf. Retrieved 2009-01-09. 
  18. ↑ "Secretary Thompson Names New Members To Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee" (HTML). U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. October 1, 2003. http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2003pres/20031001b.html. Retrieved 2009-01-06. 
  19. ↑ "Recognizing Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in Teens". Internal Medicine News 38 (9): 15. 2005. doi:10.1016/S1097-8690(05)70626-0. http://66.102.1.104/scholar?hl=en&lr=&q=cache:1qcqUuyuBl0J:www.internalmedicinenews.com/article/S1097-8690(05)70626-0/fulltext+%22CHRONIC+FATIGUE+SYNDROME+ADVISORY+COMMITTEE%22. Retrieved 2009-02-07. 
  20. ↑ "SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION FISCAL YEAR 2008 Justification of Estimates for Appropriations Committees" (pdf). U.S. Social Security Administration. February 2007. http://199.173.224.108/budget/2008cjapp.pdf. Retrieved 2009-02-07. 
  21. ↑ "Bulletin of the International Association for CFS/ME" (HTML). International Association for CFS/ME. Spring 2006. http://www.iacfsme.org/NewsletterArchiveSpring2006/tabid/214/Default.aspx. Retrieved 2009-01-11. 
  22. ↑ Friedberg F, Sohl S, Schmeizer B (August 2007). "Publication trends in chronic fatigue syndrome: comparisons with fibromyalgia and fatigue: 1995-2004". J Psychosom Res 63 (2): 143–6. doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2007.03.003. PMID 17662750. 
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