Dedra Buchwald, MD

Professor of Medicine
Director, University of Washington Twin Registry
Director, Chronic Fatigue Clinic, Harborview Medical Center
Staff Physician, Harborview Medical Center, Division of General Internal Medicine
University of Washington at Harborview Medical Center

325 9th Avenue
Box 359780
Seattle, WA 98104
(206) 744-1824

dedra@u.washington.edu

Educational Background:

• BA, University of California- San Diego, CA, Neurobiology, 1976
• MD, University of California School of Medicine - San Diego, CA, 1981
• Internship- Internal Medicine, North Carolina Memorial Hospital - Chapel Hill, NC, 1982
• Residency- Internal Medicine, Duke University- Durham, NC, 1984
• Fellowship- General Internal Medicine, Harvard University- Boston, MA/Brigham and
  Women’s Hospital, Boston MA, 1987

Current Reserach Interests:

• Twin studies
• Fatigue and chronic fatigue syndrome
• Chronic pain and fibromyalgia
• American Indian and Native American health

CHAMMP-Related Projects:

Selected Publications:

• Smith, W.R., Strachan, E.D., & Buchwald, D. (2009). Coping, self-efficacy and psychiatric history in patients with both chronic widespread pain and chronic fatigue. General Hospital Psychiatry, 31(4), 347-352.
• Sawchuk, C.N., Charles, S., Wen, Y., Goldberg, J., Forquera, R., Roy-Byrne, P., & Buchwald, D. (2008). A randomized trial to increase physical activity among native elders. Preventive Medicine, 47(1), 89-94.
• Sawchuk, C.N., Bogart, A., Charles, S., Goldberg, J., Forquera, R., Roy-Byrne, P., & Buchwald, D. (2008). Education is associated with physical activity among American Indian elders. American Indian and Alaskan Native Mental Health Research, 15(1), 1-17.
• Roy-Byrne, P.P., Noonan, C., Afari, N., Buchwald, D., & Goldberg, J. (2006). Is the association between posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and poor health due to a common familial or genetic factor? General Hospital Psychiatry, 28(5), 408-13.
• Sawchuk, C.N., Roy-Byrne, P., Goldberg, J., Manson, S., Noonan, C., & Buchwald, D. (2005). The relationship between post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and cardiovascular disease in an American Indian tribe. Psychological Medicine, 35, 1785-1794.
• Roy-Byrne, P.P., Afari, N., Ashton, S., Fischer, M., Goldberg, J., & Buchwald, D. (2002). Chronic fatigue and anxiety/depression: a twin study. British Journal of Psychiatry, 180, 29-34.