Rosamund Vallings is a
medical doctor
A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through th ...
, known as one of the leading authorities on
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), also called myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) or ME/CFS, is a complex, debilitating, long-term medical condition. The causes and mechanisms of the disease are not fully understood. Distinguishing core symptoms are ...
(ME/CFS) in New Zealand.
Career
Vallings has run a medical practice in
Howick,
Auckland
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, since 1966. With most patients having ME/CFS and related conditions, the practice started specialising in the illness,
and Vallings became known as an expert.
Vallings was involved with managing and diagnosing patients who had been referred by
general practitioners and specialists from around New Zealand, but retired sometime before 2022. She runs seminars for both patients and practitioners, and has produced an educational booklet and a number of information sheets to help with the understanding and management of the complex symptoms of ME/CFS. Other doctors at her practice continue to treat the condition.
[
In 2011, Vallings was one of the authors of the case definition for ME/CFS, entitled "Myalgic Encephalomyelitis: International Consensus Criteria".]Macleans College
Macleans College is a co-educational state secondary school located in Eastern Beach, Auckland, New Zealand. The school is named after the Scottish MacLean family who lived and farmed the land of the school and surrounding reserves, and the sc ...
; member of the International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (IACFS/ME, formerly IACFS); editorial board member of the ''International Journal of CFS''; president of the New Zealand Society of Hypnosis; and as past president and ongoing () medical advisor to the Associated New Zealand ME Society (ANZMES).
Awards
* 2008: Membership of the New Zealand Order of Merit
The New Zealand Order of Merit is an order of merit in the New Zealand royal honours system. It was established by royal warrant (document), royal warrant on 30 May 1996 by Elizabeth II, Monarchy of New Zealand, Queen of New Zealand, "for those ...
for services to CFS/ME in the 2008 New Year's HonoursFlorida
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, United States, on 30 October 2016
Publications
Books
* 2012
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME: Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
* 2015
Managing ME/CFS: A Guide for Young People
* 2017
The Pocket Guide to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME: Key Facts and Tips for Improved Health
Articles
* August 2011
Myalgic encephalomyelitis: International Consensus Criteria
AACFS 7th International Conference
* December 2011
Hypnosis in the Management of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
* December 2011
Report on the Second World Congress on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Related Disorders
* April 2017
Cytokine Inhibition in Patients With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Randomized Trial
* June 2017
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Diagnosis and Management in Young People: A Primer
References
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1938 births
Living people
Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit
New Zealand medical researchers
21st-century New Zealand medical doctors
New Zealand women medical doctors
Place of birth missing (living people)
20th-century New Zealand medical doctors
Chronic fatigue syndrome