Discussion with ME/CFS Specialists Dr. Ron Tomkins, Dr. David Systrom, and Dr. Donna Felsenstein

Massachusetts ME/CFS & FM Association and Open Medicine Foundation Fall 2020 Event on Zoom October 24, 2020 Panel Discussion Moderator: Phil Chernin Panelists: Ronald Tompkins, MD, ScD, Harvard Medical School David Systrom, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Donna Felsenstein, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital For more information about the Massachusetts ME/CFS & FM Association, visit: http://www.massmecfs.org/ For more information about the Open Medicine Foundation, visit: https://www.omf.ngo/ 0:00 Introduction 0:45 Are there ME/CFS Specialists? 6:15 Role of Primary Care Physicians 9:57 What Role Should MassME Play? 12:46 Post-Exertional Malaise and Mestinon 19:06 Prescribing Mestinon 20:17 ME/CFS Biomarker 23:34 Potential Therapeutics for ME/CFS 26:46 COVID-19 in ME/CFS Patients 28:50 Mitochondrial Dysfunction in ME/CFS 33:30 How Can MassME Help Doctors? 36:51 Closing