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, MD, PhD, FRCP, FACP, FACR, is Professor of Medicine

and Nursing Research at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) in

Portland, Oregon. He was born and educated in England, and did his

basic rheumatology training with Professor Bywaters at the Royal

Postgraduate Medical School in London. He has lived in the USA since

1972 and did additional training with Professor McCarty at the

University of Chicago. He was Chairman of the Division of Arthritis

and Rheumatic Diseases at OHSU for 24 years (1976-2000). Dr.

is a past President of the International Myopain Society and the

American College of Rheumatology Western Region. He and his colleagues

at OHSU have been actively involved in fibromyalgia research since

1980. Dr. has published over 400 articles and book chapters.