Meryl Nass, M.D.

Accomplishments:

During a career as an internal medicine physician, I developed additional expertise in the area of biological warfare and pandemic preparedness, to aid biological arms control.  I have “diagnosed” the cause of 3 unnatural epidemics, which theoretically provides an additional deterrent to their use.

During the past 2 years I founded and have run an organization, Door to Freedom, in order to halt the WHO’s proposed Pandemic Treaty and amendments to its International Health Regulations, and also safeguard food, farming and food security.  I produced 3 symposia, traveled to speak and meet with parliamentarians in 8 countries and US Congress members regarding the WHO, wrote many articles and handouts, and was a key player in a successful campaign to alert policymakers and the public of the WHO’s attempt to take over international  public health emergencies and proliferate pandemic pathogens.

Epidemic, Anthrax and Biowarfare Expert

• Identified a method for evaluating epidemics to determine if natural or manmade (1991)
• Was the first person in the world to study and prove an epidemic was due to biological warfare: Zimbabwe’s 1978-1980 anthrax epidemic (1992)
• Identified the cause and remediation of Cuba's optic and peripheral neuropathy epidemic for the Cuban Ministry of Health (1993)
• Consulted for the World Bank's Inter-American Development Bank (2001), provided Congressional testimony following the anthrax letters attack (November 2001) and consulted for the Director of National Intelligence’s Summer Hard Problem Program (2008) regarding the identification, prevention and amelioration of anthrax and other forms of bioterrorism
• Wrote a summary of the Zika epidemic for the Government Accountability Office (2016)
• Provided near daily commentary on the management and other aspects of the COVID pandemic, monkeypox and avian influenza on my blog and in online articles (2020-present)
• Was an editor of three of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s recent books (2022-2023)
• Analyzed many drafts of the the WHO's proposed Pandemic Treaty and International Health Regulations amendments for US and international policymakers and the public (2022-present)

Care of Complex Disorders

• Developed protocols for evaluating and treating multiple potential contributors to illness in patients with fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, Gulf War syndrome, multiple chemical sensitivity, chronic Lyme disease and related conditions (1999-2022)

• Recognition for my work on Gulf War syndrome has included invited presentations before:

• Two Institute of Medicine committees (1999 and 2000)
• The UK Independent Inquiry on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses, chaired by Law Lord, Lloyd of Berwick (2004)  
• US House and Senate Veterans Affairs committees (each in 2007)
• VA’s Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses (2009)
• Served as both Member and Chair of the Maine Commission to Improve the Lives and Health of Members of the Maine National Guard, established by the Legislature (2007-2010)

• Coauthor of the published 1999 case definition for multiple chemical sensitivity

• Treated over 1000 patients with complex disorders involving fatigue and chronic pain

Vaccine Expert

• Authored the first review article on anthrax vaccines (1999) and addressed Congress on anthrax and smallpox vaccines (1999-2001)
• Live blogged most FDA VRBPAC and CDC ACIP advisory committee meetings on COVID vaccines and several other vaccines for Children's Health Defense (2021-2023)
• Wrote dozens of popular articles on vaccines
• Testified to 6 state legislatures on vaccines

Activist regarding pandemic and biowarfare preparedness, and food systems

• Founder and President of Door to Freedom, a 501c3 (2023)
• Addressed Members and Senators in the Parliaments of the European Union (Brussels), Croatia, England, Estonia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Romania and the USA, 2023-2024
• Produced a symposium on the WHO for US Congressmembers and staff, November 2023
• Produced 2 online symposia titled "The Attack on Food and Farmers" in 2023 and 2024 with over 50 individual talks, in conjunction with Children's Health Defense
• Wrote many popular press articles regarding these subjects, including The WHO’s Proposed Amendments Will Increase Man-Made Pandemics, published by the Brownstone Institute, August 2023
• Networked and assisted in efforts that led 49 US Senators, 26 US Governors, 22 US Attorneys-General and 2 state legislatures to reject the WHO's attempt to manage health emergencies worldwide, 2024

General Internal Medicine Physician

• Licensed 1980-2022 with proficiency in all areas of internal medicine
• Medical license suspended January 2022 for spreading COVID misinformation and using ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID patients
• In contrast, there has never been a Medical Board complaint made by a patient, nor has there ever been a malpractice accusation or case against me

Education and Medical Training

• Internal Medicine Residency                                                               1982-1985

University of Mississippi Medical Center,

Jackson, MS

• Board Certified in Internal Medicine                                                 1986

This appears to have been revoked without any notification

of a problem nor opportunity to contest it

• Doctor of Medicine                                                                                               1980

University of Mississippi Medical School,

Jackson, MS                                                                                                            1978-1980

New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ                                                                       1976-1978

• BS Biology, M.I.T.                                                                                                     1974

Massachusetts Institute of Technology,

Cambridge, MA                                                                                                      1968-70, 1973-4

Work History

• Solo Practice, Integrative Internal Medicine, 210 Main St., Ellsworth, Maine (9/1/2017--1/12/2022)
• Locum Tenens Hospitalist, Mercy Hospital, Portland, Maine (2015)
• Volunteer Physician, Ellsworth Free Medical Clinic, Ellsworth, Maine (2014-2016)
• Internist, Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine (2012-2013)
• Consulting (1999-present)
• Hospitalist and outpatient physician, Mount Desert Island Hospital, Bar Harbor, Maine (2003-2012)
• Private Practice, Integrative Internal Medicine, Freeport, Maine (1999-2002)
• Emergency Physician, Parkview Hospital, Brunswick, Maine (1997-1999)
• Emergency Physician, Wing Hospital, Palmer, Massachusetts (1986-93, 1995-1997)
• Emergency Physician, Franklin Medical Center, Greenfield, Massachusetts (1994-5)
• Internist, Kaiser Permanente, Amherst, Massachusetts (1993)
• Emergency Physician, Farren Hospital, Turners Falls, MA (1985-6)
• Medical Consultant, Social Security Disability, Jackson, MS (1980-2) (during the birth and infancy of my two children)
• Lab Technician, Immunology Dept., John Curtin School of Medical Research, Canberra, Australia (1975-6)

Consulting, Advising, Board memberships

• Children’s Health Defense
• H.O.M.E. Cooperative, Orland, Maine
• Protecting Our Guardians
• Chairwoman and Member, Maine Commission to Protect the Lives and Health of Members of the Maine National Guard
• Center for Human Genetics, Ellsworth, Maine
• Microsoft Research Laboratory
• Brighton Collaboration
• Member, U.S. Director of National Intelligence’s Summer Hard Problem Program
• MedaCorp
• National Vaccine Information Center
• Office of Human Research Protection, National Institutes of Health
• Unsolved Mysteries (television program)
• Epotec
• Inter-American Development Bank (World Bank affiliate)
• Medcases Inc.
• Alliance for Human Research Protection
• General Accounting Office/ Government Accountability Office
• Citizen Soldier
• Member, Federation of American Scientists’ Working Group on Investigation of Alleged Use or Release of Biological or Toxin Weapons Agents
• Cuban Ministry of Health
• Council for Responsible Genetics
• Physicians for Social Responsibility
• Traprock Peace Center

Reviewer

• American Hospital Formulary Service Drug Information Yearbook
• BioMedCentral
• BMJ
• Canadian Medical Association Journal
• Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy
• Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy
• Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons
• Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
• Nature Reviews Immunology
• SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute) Yearbook
• The Lancet
• The Medical Letter

Testimonies, federal

• Meeting, VA Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses. “Symptom Patterns and Treatment Methods for Gulf War Syndrome.” June 29, 2009. (Oral and powerpoint/ handouts).
• Hearing, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee. “Gulf War Illnesses.” September 25, 2007. (Oral and written).
• Hearing, House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health. “Gulf War Illnesses, Anthrax Vaccine, and Steps Toward Improving DVA Healthcare and Research for Gulf War Veterans.” July 26, 2007. (Oral and written).
• Hearing, Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Health and Bioterrorism, “Bioshield 2: Next Steps.” February 8, 2005. (Written).
• Hearing, Independent Inquiry on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses. “Anthrax Vaccine and Gulf War veterans’ illnesses.” September 1, 2004.  London, England. (Oral and written)
• Meeting, Office of Human Research Protection, Department of Health and Human Services “Ethical and Scientific Concerns in an ARDS Network Trial.” June 10, 2003.  (Oral and written).

• Hearing, House Committee on Government Reform. “Preparing a Medical Response to Bioterrorism.” November 14, 2001. (Written)  
• Meeting, Institute of Medicine Committee on Anthrax Vaccine Safety and Efficacy. October 3, 2000. (Oral and written).
• Meeting, Institute of Medicine Committee on Health Effects Associated with Exposures During the Persian Gulf War. December 15, 1999. (Oral and written).
• Hearing, House Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs and International Relations. “Executive Order 13139: Strengthening Oversight of Investigational Products.” November 9, 1999. (Written).
• Hearing, House Military Personnel Subcommittee. “Anthrax Vaccine Issues: Clearing the Air.” September 30, 1999. (Written).

• Hearing, House Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs and International Relations. “Anthrax Vaccine: Safety, Efficacy and Legality.” April 29, 1999. (Oral and written).
• I have also testified over a dozen times to state legislatures on public health matters, including on the COVID vaccines and COVID management

Publications

1. Nass, M.  US county bars unvaccinated children from public spaces amid measles emergency (letter). BMJ 2019; 364: l1481.
2. Nass, M. Re: Measles: two US outbreaks are blamed on low vaccination rates. Another perspective (letter). BMJ 2019; 364: l312.
3. Nass, M and Noble, JH Jr. Whither Cochrane? Indian J Medical Ethics 2019; 4(1): 54-58.
4. Nass M. Data too important to share: do those who control the data control the message? (letter). BMJ 2016; 352: i1027.
5. Abramson J, Angell M, Brownlee S... Nass M et al. An open letter to all US presidential candidates. BMJ 2014; 348: g2263.  
6. Nass, M. Missing in Action:  WHO’s Risk-Benefit Analysis (letter). BMJ Rapid Responses, June 14, 2010.
7. Nass M. Data vs. Conclusions in the Optic Neuritis Vaccination Investigation (letter). Arch Neurol, 2006; 63: 1809-1810.
8. Schumm WR and Nass M. The FDA’s acceptance of Brachman’s 1950’s anthrax research:  Good politics? Maybe. Good science? No. Medical Veritas, 2006; 3: 747-52.
9. Nass M. Safety of the smallpox vaccine among military recipients (letter). JAMA, 2003; 290: 2123-4.
10. Nass M. Anthrax Vaccine: Caveat Emptor (Let the Buyer Beware). Current Treatment Options in Infectious Disease, 2003; 5: 361-4.
11. Nass M and Nicholson G. Anthrax Vaccine: Historical Review and Current Controversies. Journal of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine, 2002; 12: 277-86.
12. Nicholson GL, Berns P, Nasrall MY, Haier J, Nicholson NL and Nass M. Gulf War Illnesses: Chemical, Biological and Radiological Exposures Resulting in Chronic Fatiguing Illnesses Can Be Identified and Treated. J Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, 2003; 11:135-154.
13. Nass M. Author Reply. American Journal of Public Health, 2002; 92: 1708-9.
14. Nass M. Anthrax Vaccine Not Safe and Effective (letter). Emergency Medicine News, July 2002; 24: 44.
15. Nass M. The Anthrax Vaccine Program, and an Analysis of the CDC’s Recommendations for Vaccine Use. American Journal of Public Health, 2002; 92: 715-21.
16. Nass M. Who is Protecting the Public Health? Z Magazine, April 2002; 14: 7-10.
17. Nass M. Anthrax Threat is Real (letter). Technology Review, October 2001; 104: 2 MIT.
18. Nicholson GL, Nass M, Nicholson NL. The Anthrax Vaccine Controversy—Questions about its Efficacy, Safety and Strategy. Medical Sentinel, 2000; 5: 97-101.
19. Nicholson GL, Nass M, Nicholson NL. Anthrax Vaccine: Controversy Over Safety and Efficacy. Antimicrobics and Infectious Disease Newsletter, 2000; 18:1-6.
20. Nass M. Should the Military Suspend Its Anthrax Vaccine Program? Physicians Weekly, June 19, 2000; 17:1.
21. Nass M. The Anthrax Dilemma: Safety Issues Revisited. Medicine and Global Survival, 1999; 6: 54
22. Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: A 1999 Consensus. Archives of Environmental Health, 1999; 54, 147–149
23. Nass M. Biological Warfare and Vaccines: Anthrax. Applied Science and Analysis Newsletter, April 15, 1999: 10-11, continued in later issues.
24. Nass M. Anthrax vaccine: Model of a response to the biological warfare threat. Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 1999; 13: 187-208.
25. Sidel V, Nass M, Ensign T. The Anthrax Dilemma. Medicine and Global Survival, 1998; 5: 97-104
26. Nass M. Will anthrax vaccine help prevent biological warfare? Defense Systems International, Fall 1998. 35-39. (version of number 23).
27. Nass M. Biological Warfare (letter). The Lancet, 1998; 352: 491-2.
28. Nass M. Anthrax Vaccine and the Prevention of Biological Warfare? Applied Science and Analysis Newsletter, April 30, 1998: 1, 23-25, 32.
29. Report of the Subgroup on Investigation of Alleged Use or Release of Biological or Toxin Weapons Agents. Federation of American Scientists Working Group on Biological Weapons Verification, April 1996.
30. Nass M. The Choice is Between Arms Control and Abolition. Medicine and Global Survival, 1995; 2: 180-181
31. Nass M. Germ Warfare: Time Now for Verifiable Disarmament (Op-Ed). Interpress News Service (syndicated), March 1993.
32. Nass M. Anthrax Epizootic in Zimbabwe 1978-1980: Due to Deliberate Spread? PSR Quarterly, 1992; 2: 198-209.
33. Nass M. Zimbabwe’s Anthrax Epidemic. Covert Action Information Bulletin, 1992; 43: 12-18, 61.
34. Nass M. Can Biological, Toxin, and Chemical Warfare Be Eliminated? Politics and the Life Sciences, 1992; 11: 30-32.
35. Nass M. Author reply. PSR Quarterly, 1991; 1: 230.
36. Nass M. The Labyrinth of Biological Defense. PSR Quarterly, 1991; 1: 24-30.
37. Nass M, Langford HG, Jackson JF, Parent AD. Acromegaly. Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association, 1985; 26: 251-255.
38. Zeitlin M, Masangkay M, Consolacion M, Nass M. Breastfeeding and Nutritional Status in Depressed Areas of Greater Manila, Philippines. Ecology of Food and Nutrition, 1978; 7: 103-113.
39. Grant CK, Adams EP, Nass M. Appearance of Cytolytic Antibodies in Sheep Lymph Following Immunization with Tumor Cells: Identification of Antibody Subclasses. Australian Journal of Experimental Biology and Medical Science, 1976; 53: 381-387.

Books that have discussed/included Dr. Nass’ work

1. Petteice, I. S. Soundoff. AuthorHouse, Bloomington, Ind, 2012.
2. Jones, Susan D. Death in a Small Package: A Short History of Anthrax. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.
3. Coen, Bob and Eric Nadler.  Dead Silence. Counterpoint Press, 2009.
4. Benedict, Helen. The Lonely Soldier. Beacon Press, 2009.
5. Barriott, Patrick and Chantal Bismuth, Eds. Treating Victims of Weapons of Mass Destruction:  Medical, Legal and Strategic Aspects. Wiley, 2008.
6. Kushi, Michio and Alex Jack. The Macrobiotic Path to Total Health. Random House, 2008.
7. Nikiforuk, Andrew. Pandemonium: How Globalization and Trade are Putting the World at Risk. University of Queensland Press, 2007.
8. Wheelis, Mark, Lajos Rózsa, Malcolm Dando. Deadly Cultures: Biological Weapons Since 1945. Harvard University Press, 2006.
9. Mwaura, Ndirangu. Kenya Today: Breaking the Yoke of Colonialism in Africa. Algora Publishing, 2005.
10. Schneider, Barry R and Jim A. Davis, Eds. The War Next Time: Countering Rogue States and Terrorists Armed with Chemical and Biological Weapons. USAF Counterproliferation Center, Maxwell AFB, Alabama, 2004. (See Chapter 5: “Pointing the Finger:  Unclassified Methods to Identify Covert Biological Warfare Programs.” Dorothy L. DuBois).
11. Swiderski RM. Anthrax:  A History. McFarland & Company, Inc., 2004.
12. Saffer, Barbara. Anthrax. Lucent Books, 2004.
13. Frese, Pamela R and Margaret C. Harrell. Anthropology and the United States Military: Coming of Age in the Twenty-first Century. Macmillan, 2003. (See Chapter 2: Guillemin J. Medical Risks and the Volunteer Army.)
14. Graysmith R. Amerithrax: the hunt for the anthrax killer. Berkley, 2003.
15. Gould C and Folb P.  Project Coast: Apartheid’s Chemical and Biological Warfare Programme. United Nations Publications, 2002.
16. Heemstra, Thomas S. Anthrax: A Deadly Shot in the Dark. Crystal Communications, 2002.
17. Weintraub, Pamela. Bioterrorism: How to Survive the 25 Most Dangerous Biological Weapons. Citadel Press, 2002.
18. Burgess, Steven and Helen Purkitt. The Rollback of South Africa’s Biological Warfare Program. US Air Force Institute for National Security Studies, 2001.
19. Carus, W. Seth. Bioterrorism and Biocrimes. Center for Counterproliferation Research, National Defense University, 2001.
20. Parents’ Committee for Public Awareness. Anthrax, A Practical Guide for Citizens. Harvard Perspectives Press, 2001.
21. Johnson, Alison. Gulf War Syndrome, Legacy of a Perfect War. MCS Information Exchange, 2001.
22. Diodati, Catherine. Immunization: History, Ethics, Law and Health. Integral Aspects Incorporated, 2000.
23. Mangold, Tom and Jeff Goldberg. Plague Wars: The Terrifying Reality of Biological Warfare. St. Martin’s Press, 1999.
24. Levy BS and Sidel V, eds. War and Public Health. Oxford University Press, 1997.
25. Scientific Aspects of Control of Biological Weapons. The Royal Society, 1994.

Teaching

• University of Massachusetts Medical School, H and P course, 1989-93
• ACLS classes, 1985-90
• Bedside teaching of medical and PA students, intermittent, 2003-2012

Media Exposure

• TV:  Interviewed on ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, CNN news programs and foreign programs
• Print:  Interviewed and cited by The Lancet, Science, Nature, Associated Press, Reuters, McClatchey, NY Times, Boston Globe, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, LA Times, London Times, Vanity Fair and others

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                                                                                                                   Updated November 2024