Biography: During more than 40 years of medical practice, Daniel L Peterson has become a sought-after internist for diagnosing difficult and complex medical cases. When several patients in Incline Village became ill with symptoms that resembled persistent mononucleosis, Dan Peterson was one of the first physicians to recognize an outbreak of what is known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). He became a pioneering physician and researcher in understanding the biological characteristics and methods for diagnosing, managing, and treating CFS. Dan Peterson is a graduate magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa of Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. He graduated from the University of Rochester School of Medicine in Rochester, New York, in 1976. Dan Peterson served his internship and residency at the University of Utah Medical Center from 1976-1979 and became a Diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine in 1979.

Research Interest: Daniel Peterson, MD, is a founding member of Simmaron Research. Dr. Peterson’s clinic, Sierra Internal Medicine based in Incline Village NV, in many ways works as a complement to Simmaron Research’s mission. Dr. Peterson oversees Simmaron Research’s project load and uses his clinical acumen to both direct inquiry and interpret findings. Dr. Peterson is internationally regarded as an expert in the field of ME/CFS research and uses his unique position as a medical doctor to aid in the development of robust translational science research projects.

Research Grants:

1. NIH Grant: R01 AI 38378
2. Dysregulated 2-5A Synthetase/RNase L/PKR Pathways in CFS
3. Principal Investigator: RJ Suhadolnik, PhD
4. Co-investigator: DL Peterson, MD
5. April 1, 1996, to March 31, 1999
6. $127, 529

1. Columbia University Subcontract Award: AAAI1037
2. XMRV and MLV in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
3. Principal Investigator W. Ian Lipkin/Nancy Klimas, M.D.
4. Co-investigator of Bio-banking project: DL Peterson MD
5. November 2011 to February 2012

1. Chronic Fatigue Initiative Grant:
2. A Clinical and Biosample Database to Enable Discovery of Pathogens and Pathogenic Mechanisms in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
3. Co-investigator for Bio-Banking Project: DL Peterson, MD
4. January 2012 to July 01, 2012

1. Chronic Fatigue Initiative and the Edward P. Evans Foundation:
2. Collaborative Cerebrospinal Fluid Research; Novel Pathogen Discovery
3. Principal Clinical Investigator: Daniel L. Peterson MD
4. Principal Laboratory Investigators: W. Ian Lipkin, MD; Mady Horning MD; Konstance Knox, PhD; Donald Carrigan, PhD
5. July 2012 to present

1. The Centers for Disease Control:
2. A Multisite Investigation of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
3. Principal Investigator: Andreas Kogelnik, MD (Open Medicine Institute)
4. Co-investigator: Daniel L. Peterson, MD
5. August 2012 to present

1. Griffith University:
2. Collaborative Research and Micro-RNA detection in ME/CFS patients
3. Simmaron Research, Inc.
4. Principal Investigators: Sonya Marshall Ph.D., Ekua Brenu Ph.D. Daniel Peterson, MD
5. May 2013-present