Peter C. Rowe

Peter C. Rowe is a physician and academic. A leading researcher in chronic fatigue syndrome, he is Professor of Pediatrics, Sunshine Natural Wellbeing Foundation Professor of Chronic Fatigue and Related Disorders, and Director of the Children's Center Chronic Fatigue Clinic at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Education Rowe earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Toronto, then a medical degree in 1981 at McMaster University Medical School in Ontario.

Career Rowe completed his residency in pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and then a fellowship at the Robert Wood Johnson General Pediatric Academic Development Program.

Research

Rowe’s research investigates the physiologic factors that contribute to chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), including circulatory dysregulation, allergic disorders, joint laxity, biomechanical strain, and neuroanatomic problems. In this vein, Rowe and colleagues were the first to describe the relationship between CFS and orthostatic intolerance, leading to the discovery of potential treatment for some of the symptoms of CFS, a disease for which few scientifically validated treatment options exist. He was also the first to identify an association between CFS and the heritable connective tissue disorder Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.

Awards 1984, Kamsler Award 2005, Alexander J. Schaffer Award, awarded for teaching contributions, Harriet Lane House Staff, Johns Hopkins Hospital 2014, Research Award, International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis