Adriane Fugh-Berman

Adriane Fugh-Berman is a professor in the department of pharmacology and physiology, and in the department of family medicine, at Georgetown University Medical Center. She is also the director of PharmedOut, a Georgetown University Medical Center project that promotes rational prescribing and researches the effects of pharmaceutical and medical device industry marketing on prescribing behavior and therapeutic choices.

Education

Fugh-Berman graduated from American University with a B.A. in Literature and Environmental Studies, and received a B.S. from the University of the District of Columbia. She received her M.D. from Georgetown University School of Medicine, after which she completed an internship in family medicine at Montefiore Medical Center.

Career

Prior to joining Georgetown, Fugh-Berman worked as a medical officer at the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development, and with the Reproductive Toxicology Center.[1]

Research

Fugh-Berman has published numerous studies [2] regarding the relationship between physicians and the pharmaceutical industry, off-label promotion, ghostwritten articles, and invented diseases.[1]

Dr. Fugh-Berman collaborates with Dr. Susan Wood at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health and the Washington DC Department of Health on the DC Center for Rational Prescribing, which provides free, industry-free continuing medical education and resources to physicians, physician assistants, nurses, and pharmacists.

Dr. Fugh-Berman is also an expert on botanical medicine and dietary supplements, and directs Georgetown's Urban Herbs project, which maintains ecological gardens on campus that intermix edible, medicinal, and ornamental plants. She is the author of a clinical textbook, The 5-Minute Herb and Dietary Supplement Consult.[1]

Views

Fugh-Berman has been critical of multiple popular pharmaceutical drugs and treatments, including testosterone replacement therapy[3] and flibanserin.[4] She has also criticized how the numerical values used to diagnose diabetes and high cholesterol have been lowered over time, and has criticized Eli Lilly for allegedly inventing premenstrual dysphoric disorder to sell its drug Sarafem.[5]

Personal

Fugh-Berman's mother Aline Fugh Berman (Chinese: 傅曖泠) was the eldest sister of former U.S. Army Major General John Fugh, who was married to Connie Chung's elder sister June. Aline's younger sister Dora Fugh Lee (Chinese: 傅鐸若), is the mother of Shanghai-based attorney and property developer Handel Lee.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Adriane Fugh-Berman". Georgetown University. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  2. ↑ http://pharmedout.org/pharmedout-publications.html
  3. ↑ Ungar, Laura (12 June 2013). "Popular 'low T' therapy divides the medical field". Louisville Courier-Journal. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  4. ↑ Pollack, Andrew (4 June 2015). "'Viagra for Women' Is Backed by an F.D.A. Panel". New York Times. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  5. ↑ Andriote, John-Manuel (3 April 2012). "Legal Drug-Pushing: How Disease Mongers Keep Us All Doped Up". The Atlantic. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
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