Microtubule control of phototactic responses in Euglena, 1971.
Localization of DNA replication sites in Tetrahymena by electron microscopy, autoradiography and tritiated thymidine counts, 1972.
University of Maryland Medical School 1997-present.
1986-1997 and 7/2003-present, pure outpatient practice (no demands to reduce privileges).
Medicare, Medicaid, BCBS, MDIPA, DHP, Alliance, Prudential, Principal, Aetna American Health Care, Infor Med, PHCS, Trigon, many others. Never denied credentials.
Diagnosis of Pfiesteria Human Illness Syndrome, Maryland Medical Journal 1997; 46(10): 521-3.
Treatment of Persistent Pfiesteria Human Illness Syndrome, MMJ 1998; 47(7): 64-66.
Co-author, Grattan et al, Lancet 1998; 352: 532-41. Learning and memory difficulties after environmental exposure to waters containing pfiesteria or pfiesteria-like dinoflagellates.
Residential and Recreational Acquisition of Possible Estuarine Associated Syndrome: A New approach to Successful Diagnosis and Therapy, Environmental Health Perspectives, Special CDC Pfiesteria Supplement, 2001; 109S5; 791-796.
Lyme Times 2002; 33: 13-16. Lyme, an Infectious Disease and a Neurotoxin Illness.
Lyme Times 2002; 33: 38-40 Someone Has to Tell a patients story.
Environmental Health Perspectives 2003; 111(1): A18-19, letter. Neuropsychologic Testing versus Visual Contrast Sensitivity: Response.
Environmental Health Perspectives 2002; 110: A121-A123, letter. Visual contrast sensitivity, response.
Neurotoxicology and Teratology, January 2005. R. Shoemaker and D. House, A time-series of sick building syndrome; chronic, biotoxin-associated illness from exposure to water-damaged buildings. NT and T 2005; 27(1) 29-46.
Proceedings of the 5 th International Conference on Bioaerosols, Fungi, Bacteria, Mycotoxins and Human Health. Book in press, edited by Eckardt Johanning, MD. Anticipated release 4/05. R. Shoemaker, JM Rash, EW Simon, Sick Building Syndrome in water-damaged buildings: generalization of the chronic, biotoxin illness paradigm to indoor toxigenic fungi.
Atovaquone plus cholestyramine in patients co-infected with Babesia Microti and Borrelia burgdorferi refractory to other treatment, manuscript, submitted Clinical Infectious Disease, 2/05. Shoemaker RC, Hudnell KH, House DE, van Kempen A, Pakes GE for the COL 40155 Study Team.
University on Newcastle, Australia 10/04. Delta hemolysins production of long-term Staphylococcus epidermidis cultures. Hai Lin, Environmental and Life Sciences.
A new approach to diagnosis and treatment of chronic Lyme disease: vision, cytokines, and cholestyramine.
9/24-25/00 Tallahassee, Florida. Florida Department of Environmental Protection Diagnosis and Treatment of a chronic neurotoxin-mediated illness from an unknown microbe at the Casteen Roads.
11/4/00, Princeton, New Jersey. Annual Scientific Conference of the Lyme Disease Association Hypoperfusion of retina and neural rim of optic nerve head as biomarker for the chronic neurotoxin-mediated illness of Lyme disease.
10/30/00 Annual Meeting of American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Houston, Texas.
6/24/02 8th International Symposium of Neurotoxicology, Brescia, Italy, Co-Chair (with Ken Hudnell, Ph.D.) of Biotoxin Session. Three lectures: Sick Building Syndrome: Possible Association with Exposure to Mycotoxins from Indoor Air Fungi (to date, the largest study on SBS in the worlds literature, 103 patients and 43 buildings); Use of pioglitazone to prevent intensification of persistent symptoms following cholestyramine treatments of patients with Post-Lyme Syndrome: the multisite trial. Metallic Taste, a marker of neurotoxicity.
11/15/02 ASTMH Denver, Colo, Use of Atovaquone and Cholestyramine in patients Coinfected with Borrelia burgdorferi and Babesia microti, refractory to all antibiotic regimens (GlaxoSmithKline funded research).
12/6/02 Faculty member, National panel, Interim clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of mold associated medical disorders; presented, A new paradigm for diagnosis and treatment of Sick Building Syndrome, a biotoxin associated illness.
2/20/03 Univ Connecticut, Pathobiology seminar, Biotoxins, vision, inflammatory cytokines and hypothalamic hormones in primary care medicine: From Post-Lyme Syndrome to Sick Building Syndrome, a new paradigm for medically uncertain symptoms.
9/10/03 5th International Conference on Bioaerosols, Fungi, Bacteria, Mycotoxins and Human Health, Saratoga Springs, NY (peer reviewed) Sick building syndrome in water damaged buildings: Generalization of the chronic biotoxin associated illness paradigm to indoor toxigenic fungi 156 patients in 150 buildings.
10/30/03 Mold 5 National Institute of Building Sciences, Building envelope and thermal environment committee, San Diego, Cal, keynote, Human health effects from exposure to toxigenic fungi: The proof of causation is here.
12/02/03 Special Report to the Federal Research Committee on Gulf War Illness. Gulf War Illness as a Biotoxin Illness: Report of a cohort of exposed veterans.
12/10/98 Georgetown Center for Food Policy, Washington, D.C.
5/01/00 Association of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
6/20/00 Maryland Academy of Osteopathic Physicians, Ocean City, Maryland Annual Meeting.
A physicians approach to diagnosis and treatment of chronic neurotoxin-mediated illnesses.
Use of troglitazone in treatment of hyperinsulinemic obesity.
Use of Mepron (atovaquone) in patients with Borrelia burgdorferi coinfected with Babesia microti refractory to antibiotics and cholestyramine.
Audio Digest Vol. 47 No. 22 6/99 Washington D.C.
Audio Digest Vol. 48 No. 14 12/99 Washington D.C.
Methods for treating or inhibiting Sick Building Syndrome, Post-Lyme Syndrome, and/or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Inventors Ritchie Shoemaker MD and H. Kenneth Hudnell, Ph.D.
Has anyone seen him? Did he help you a lot? or possibly "Cure" you?
I saw him in 2008. He was expensive, and conducted more precise testing than anyone I had seen before, or since. He is an obsessed man, which I think is good for us. But he is guarded about sharing information with other professionals, not good for us.
I went all that way to see him, and he said, go back to TX and find someone that will do what I tell them; fat chance. I became very put out with him, because basically I went through all the trouble and expense to do what he asked; then I just became a part of his 6000 patient dataset, for no real benefit to me.
He seems to feel the answer is in a chemical called MSH (melanocyte stimulating hormone), the FDA won't approve for use. The only thing he did help with, was his technical explanation of the illness, helped me get disability about 12k later. In the end it amounted too expensive tests, interesting theories, no results. Plus they treat you like nothing, the whole office is psychotic (doctors far and wide know his reputation). Shoemaker is selfish, egotistical (worse than most Drs.), with some of the worst bedside manner I have ever seen (I think he is way past "burn't out".). If he was the genius he thinks he is, he would have cured CFS before the turn of the century; and everything else, since.
I have to say he was the first to use the term "Chronic Systemic Inflammation" on me, the most accurate general term for this condition so far. This term should really be used instead of Chronic Fatigue, it is more accurate.
Hi, I just saw this post. A friend of mine went to Shoemaker. It turned out that mold was not her problem. I do know that he has helped a lot of people but he is not the most popular doctor as far as bed side manner.
How did you find your current doc who will do Shoemaker's protocol? I considered flying to see Shoemaker, Gray or Nagy, then thought I'd take his new book, Surviving Mold, to docs & see if they are open. Would prefer to have someone who already has some knowledge of his protocol. I'm in N Georgia...but willing to fly if need be. I want to get better! Good luck in your treatment & Happy Holidays.
Dr. Shoemaker is brilliant. I never would have believed that toxic mold could be a factor in my illness if I'd not read "Mold Warriors." He's done an amazing job of developing a test panel that measures the problems that biotoxins cause and at publishing research studies that demonstrate that toxic mold illness is real.
I've yet to see anyone with severe classic ME/CFS improve as a result of following his advice though. The only people I've seen or heard of with ME who have gotten better as a result of addressing biotoxins are those who have followed Erik Johnson's "extreme avoidance" approach -- controlling for even tiny amounts of toxins in buildings, on objects and in the outside air.
Dr. Shoemaker acknowledges that biotoxin hyperreactivity can be an issue in the illness, but he does not presume to give people advice about how to address it. And for good reason! This is a really hard thing to do. A number of patients who have pursued it have found it to be worth it though.
Erik is the ME/CFS patient (and Incline Village "CFS" prototype) who has chapters in both "Mold Warriors" and "Surviving Mold." Insofar as people have interest in learning more about his approach, please let me know and I will email you some materials.
Are you feeling any better? I'm in California looking for a doctor that will do Dr. Shoemaker's protocol as my C4a is over 71,000 presently. Are you reading/using Shoemaker's Surviving Mold book and using the protocol? I have never been so sick in my life!
miccc2- Where are you living?
Did any more ever come from this melanocyte stimulating hormone thing?