Peter C. Rowe

Rowe earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Toronto, then a medical degree in 1981 at McMaster University Medical School in Ontario.{{Cite web|title=Peter C Rowe, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics|url=https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/profiles/results/directory/profile/0002651/peter-rowe|access-date=2020-10-19|website=Johns Hopkins Medicine|language=en}}

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.

Rowe worked at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario from 1987 to 1991, then returned to Johns Hopkins Medical School in 1991. In 2007 he was named the inaugural Sunshine Natural Wellbeing Foundation Professorship in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Related Disorders.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=28 June 2016|title=Sunshine Natural Wellbeing Foundation Professorship in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Related Disorders|url=https://professorships.jhu.edu/professorship/sunshine-natural-wellbeing-foundation-professorship-in-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-and-related-disorders/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-10-19|website=Named Deanships, Directorships, and Professorships|publisher=Johns Hopkins University|language=en-US}}

Rowe’s research investigates the physiologic factors that contribute to chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), including circulatory dysregulation,{{Cite journal|last1=van Campen|first1=C. (Linda) M.C.|last2=Verheugt|first2=Freek W.A.|last3=Rowe|first3=Peter C.|last4=Visser|first4=Frans C.|date=2020-02-08|title=Cerebral blood flow is reduced in ME/CFS during head-up tilt testing even in the absence of hypotension or tachycardia: A quantitative, controlled study using Doppler echography|journal=Clinical Neurophysiology Practice|volume=5|pages=50–58|doi=10.1016/j.cnp.2020.01.003|issn=2467-981X|pmc=7044650|pmid=32140630}} allergic disorders,{{Cite journal|last1=Rowe|first1=Peter C.|last2=Marden|first2=Colleen L.|last3=Jasion|first3=Samantha E.|last4=Cranston|first4=Erica M.|last5=Flaherty|first5=Marissa A. K.|last6=Kelly|first6=Kevin J.|date=2016|title=Cow's milk protein intolerance in adolescents and young adults with chronic fatigue syndrome|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/apa.13476|journal=Acta Paediatrica|language=en|volume=105|issue=9|pages=e412–e418|doi=10.1111/apa.13476|pmid=27177188|s2cid=35748669|issn=1651-2227}} joint laxity, biomechanical strain, and neuroanatomic problems.{{Cite journal|last1=Rowe|first1=Peter C.|last2=Marden|first2=Colleen L.|last3=Heinlein|first3=Scott|last4=Edwards|first4=Charles C.|date=2018-02-02|title=Improvement of severe myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome symptoms following surgical treatment of cervical spinal stenosis|journal=Journal of Translational Medicine|volume=16|issue=1|page=21|doi=10.1186/s12967-018-1397-7|issn=1479-5876|pmc=5796598|pmid=29391028 |doi-access=free }} In this vein, Rowe and colleagues were the first to describe the relationship between CFS and orthostatic intolerance,{{Cite journal|last1=Bou-Holaigah|first1=I.|last2=Rowe|first2=P. C.|last3=Kan|first3=J.|last4=Calkins|first4=H.|date=1995-01-01|title=The relationship between neurally mediated hypotension and the chronic fatigue syndrome|url=https://jhu.pure.elsevier.com/en/publications/the-relationship-between-neurally-mediated-hypotension-and-the-ch-3|journal=Journal of the American Medical Association|volume=274|issue=12|pages=961–967|doi=10.1001/jama.1995.03530120053041|issn=0098-7484|pmid=7674527}}{{Cite journal|last1=Rowe|first1=Peter C.|last2=Bou-Holaigah|first2=Issam|last3=Kan|first3=Jean S.|last4=Calkins|first4=Hugh|date=1995-03-11|title=Is neurally mediated hypotension an unrecognised cause of chronic fatigue?|url=|journal=The Lancet|language=ENGLISH|volume=345|issue=8950|pages=623–624|doi=10.1016/s0140-6736(95)90525-1|issn=0140-6736|pmid=7898182|s2cid=43594353|doi-access=}} leading to the discovery of potential treatment for some of the symptoms of CFS,{{Cite journal|last1=Rowe|first1=P. C.|last2=Calkins|first2=H.|last3=DeBusk|first3=K.|last4=McKenzie|first4=R.|last5=Anand|first5=R.|last6=Sharma|first6=G.|last7=Cuccherini|first7=B. A.|last8=Soto|first8=N.|last9=Hohman|first9=P.|last10=Snader|first10=S.|last11=Lucas|first11=K. E.|date=2001-01-03|title=Fludrocortisone acetate to treat neurally mediated hypotension in chronic fatigue syndrome: a randomized controlled trial|journal=JAMA|volume=285|issue=1|pages=52–59|doi=10.1001/jama.285.1.52|issn=0098-7484|pmid=11150109|doi-access=free}} 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.{{Cite journal|last1=Rowe|first1=Peter C.|last2=Barron|first2=Diana F.|last3=Calkins|first3=Hugh|last4=Maumenee|first4=Irene H.|last5=Tong|first5=Patrick Y.|last6=Geraghty|first6=Michael T.|date=1999-01-01|title=Orthostatic intolerance and chronic fatigue syndrome associated with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome|journal=Journal of Pediatrics|volume=135|issue=4|pages=494–499|doi=10.1016/S0022-3476(99)70173-3|issn=0022-3476|pmid=10518084|doi-access=free}}

• 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

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