Don't be fooled by the Infectious Diseases stuff, this guy, and the Liverpool Clinic, are pure psycho-social school. I started a thread on Liverpool here a while ago,
http://tinyurl.com/4cyo4da
that drivel was being handed out under Milller (though he didn't write it).
http://www.afme.org.uk/news.asp?newsid=826&dm_i=1HO,4O8X,31IE1,EIR1,1
New Principal Medical Adviser
07 May 2010
Dr Alastair Miller joins Action for M.E.
Action for M.E. is very pleased to announce Dr Alastair Miller's appointment
as the charity's new Principal Medical Adviser, replacing Professor Tony
Pinching, who has become a Patron of Action for M.E.
Dr Miller, a physician trained in infectious disease and general medicine,
is currently an Infectious Disease Consultant at the Royal Liverpool
University Hospital.
Writing in the latest copy of InterAction, the charity's magazine, this
weekend, Dr Miller says:
"I became interested in M.E./CFS as a senior registrar in Birmingham in 1984
when my Professor used to admit many patients with M.E./CFS to the wards for
further assessment.
"In London the following year I saw many cases in the outpatient clinics and
so when I became a Consultant in the Navy I regularly saw patients with this
condition.
"When I became a Consultant in the West Midlands, I was already establishing
a multi disciplinary team to care for patients when the core Department of
Health funding became available and therefore we were one of the early teams
to become established (in Worcestershire).
"As a result of this experience I was asked to establish a diagnostic clinic
in Hereford. During this part of my career, I regularly gave talks and
seminars on M.E./CFS to GPs and other interested health care professionals.
I also spoke at several local M.E. group meetings.
"In 2005 I moved from Worcestershire to Liverpool and became an Infectious
Disease Consultant at The Royal Liverpool University Hospital. This was to
replace the infectious disease role played by my predecessor Dr Fred Nye who
had already established a highly regarded CFS service on Merseyside. He was
on the Collaborative Network of Clinical Champions (CNCC) for CFS and also
on the NICE guidelines writing committee. I worked alongside him in the CFS
service for two years until he retired fully in 2007. I became the Clinical
Lead for CFS services in 2006.
"I now lead a service that has three consultant physicians (all trained in
General Medicine and Infectious Disease) working in the diagnostic clinic
and a team of clinical psychologists, specialist nurses and occupational
therapists working in the therapy services. We see and assess 10 new
referrals each week from which about 60% go on into therapy services. I
continue to teach colleagues about M.E./CFS at every opportunity and have
ensured that the condition is included in the new proposed curriculum for
Infectious Disease Training.
"Our unit is actively involved in research. We had a poster presentation on
epidemiology and clinical features at the last national conference and hope
to participate in the proposed Genome Wide Association Study. I am on the
executive of the newly formed specialist society for M.E./CFS (BACME) and am
a scrutineer for the PACE trial.
"My personal view is that M.E./CFS is probably caused by a number of
different stimuli: genetic, environmental, infective, immunological, etc. It
is likely that there is more than one syndrome involved and phenotyping
M.E./CFS will become increasingly important.
"The current methods of management are imperfect but they are currently all
we have and I regard one of my roles to be persuading people with M.E. not
to waste money on unproven and potentially toxic treatments.
"I am committed to enhancing the patient experience of those afflicted with
M.E./CFS by the triple strategy of delivering an excellent clinical service,
facilitating good quality scientific research into the condition and
supporting education and training for all clinicians involved in the
management of this complex and challenging condition."
Action for M.E.'s Chief Executive, Sir Peter Spencer, says: "We are very
fortunate to have Dr Miller as our new Principal Medical Adviser. This vital
post is unpaid but carries considerable responsibilities for providing
balanced expert advice to our staff and Trustees in a particularly difficult
area of medicine. I very much look forward to working with Alastair.
"It is also timely to put on record my profound gratitude for the fantastic
support Action for M.E. received for so many years from Alastair's
predecessor - Professor Pinching. I was but one of the many who benefitted
greatly from his expert tuition, wise counsel and patient encouragement."
View Dr Miller's cv
http://www.afme.org.uk/res/img/resources/Dr Alistair Miller - CV.pdf
.
http://tinyurl.com/4cyo4da
that drivel was being handed out under Milller (though he didn't write it).
http://www.afme.org.uk/news.asp?newsid=826&dm_i=1HO,4O8X,31IE1,EIR1,1
New Principal Medical Adviser
07 May 2010
Dr Alastair Miller joins Action for M.E.
Action for M.E. is very pleased to announce Dr Alastair Miller's appointment
as the charity's new Principal Medical Adviser, replacing Professor Tony
Pinching, who has become a Patron of Action for M.E.
Dr Miller, a physician trained in infectious disease and general medicine,
is currently an Infectious Disease Consultant at the Royal Liverpool
University Hospital.
Writing in the latest copy of InterAction, the charity's magazine, this
weekend, Dr Miller says:
"I became interested in M.E./CFS as a senior registrar in Birmingham in 1984
when my Professor used to admit many patients with M.E./CFS to the wards for
further assessment.
"In London the following year I saw many cases in the outpatient clinics and
so when I became a Consultant in the Navy I regularly saw patients with this
condition.
"When I became a Consultant in the West Midlands, I was already establishing
a multi disciplinary team to care for patients when the core Department of
Health funding became available and therefore we were one of the early teams
to become established (in Worcestershire).
"As a result of this experience I was asked to establish a diagnostic clinic
in Hereford. During this part of my career, I regularly gave talks and
seminars on M.E./CFS to GPs and other interested health care professionals.
I also spoke at several local M.E. group meetings.
"In 2005 I moved from Worcestershire to Liverpool and became an Infectious
Disease Consultant at The Royal Liverpool University Hospital. This was to
replace the infectious disease role played by my predecessor Dr Fred Nye who
had already established a highly regarded CFS service on Merseyside. He was
on the Collaborative Network of Clinical Champions (CNCC) for CFS and also
on the NICE guidelines writing committee. I worked alongside him in the CFS
service for two years until he retired fully in 2007. I became the Clinical
Lead for CFS services in 2006.
"I now lead a service that has three consultant physicians (all trained in
General Medicine and Infectious Disease) working in the diagnostic clinic
and a team of clinical psychologists, specialist nurses and occupational
therapists working in the therapy services. We see and assess 10 new
referrals each week from which about 60% go on into therapy services. I
continue to teach colleagues about M.E./CFS at every opportunity and have
ensured that the condition is included in the new proposed curriculum for
Infectious Disease Training.
"Our unit is actively involved in research. We had a poster presentation on
epidemiology and clinical features at the last national conference and hope
to participate in the proposed Genome Wide Association Study. I am on the
executive of the newly formed specialist society for M.E./CFS (BACME) and am
a scrutineer for the PACE trial.
"My personal view is that M.E./CFS is probably caused by a number of
different stimuli: genetic, environmental, infective, immunological, etc. It
is likely that there is more than one syndrome involved and phenotyping
M.E./CFS will become increasingly important.
"The current methods of management are imperfect but they are currently all
we have and I regard one of my roles to be persuading people with M.E. not
to waste money on unproven and potentially toxic treatments.
"I am committed to enhancing the patient experience of those afflicted with
M.E./CFS by the triple strategy of delivering an excellent clinical service,
facilitating good quality scientific research into the condition and
supporting education and training for all clinicians involved in the
management of this complex and challenging condition."
Action for M.E.'s Chief Executive, Sir Peter Spencer, says: "We are very
fortunate to have Dr Miller as our new Principal Medical Adviser. This vital
post is unpaid but carries considerable responsibilities for providing
balanced expert advice to our staff and Trustees in a particularly difficult
area of medicine. I very much look forward to working with Alastair.
"It is also timely to put on record my profound gratitude for the fantastic
support Action for M.E. received for so many years from Alastair's
predecessor - Professor Pinching. I was but one of the many who benefitted
greatly from his expert tuition, wise counsel and patient encouragement."
View Dr Miller's cv
http://www.afme.org.uk/res/img/resources/Dr Alistair Miller - CV.pdf
.
