Peter Rowe, MD
Adolescent Medicine
Highlights
Johns Hopkins Affiliations:
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Peter Rowe
Professional Titles
- Director, Children's Center Chronic Fatigue Clinic
- Sunshine Natural Wellbeing Foundation Professor
Primary Academic Title
Professor of Pediatrics
Background
Dr. Peter Rowe is a Professor of Pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is the inaugural Sunshine Natural Wellbeing Foundation Professor of Chronic Fatigue and Related Disorders and serves as the Director of the Chronic Fatigue Clinic at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center.
His areas of clinical expertise include chronic fatigue syndrome and other disorders characterized by fatigue and orthostatic intolerance. Dr. Rowe and his colleagues were the first to describe the relationship between myalgic ecephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and treatable orthostatic intolerance syndromes, as well as the association between Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and ME/CFS.
After receiving his undergraduate degree from the University of Toronto, Dr. Rowe earned his medical degree at McMaster University Medical School in Ontario. He completed his residency in pediatrics at Johns Hopkins and completed his fellowship in General Pediatric Academic Development. He was on the staff at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario from 1987-1991 before returning to Johns Hopkins in 1991.
Dr. Rowe’s research focuses on the physiologic factors (circulatory dysregulation, allergic disorders, joint laxity, biomechanical strain, and neuroanatomic problems) that contribute to chronic fatigue as asymptom, and to ME/CFS and long COVID as conditions.
In 2014, Dr. Rowe received the research award from the International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (IACFS/ME) for his clinical and scientific work on chronic fatigue syndrome and related disorders. He is a member of the research advisory council for Solve ME/CFS. He is also a member of the American Pediatric Society, the Society for Pediatric Research, the Canadian Pediatric Society, and the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Centers and Institutes
CV
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/johns-hopkins-childrens-center/_documents/_cvs/peter_rowe-dec15.pdf
Research Interests
Chronic fatigue syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, Orthostatic intolerance syndromes, Pelvic congestion syndrome
Research Summary
Dr. Rowe’s research focuses on myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). He is interested in the association between circulatory abnormalities and fatigue in cancer survivors and fatigue in athletes.
He and his colleagues were the first to describe the relationship between modern day ME/CFS and treatable orthostatic intolerance syndromes, as well as the association between Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and ME/CFS. This research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Department of Defense, the CFIDS Association of America (now the SolveMECFS Initiative, and several smaller foundations, as well as by private philanthropy.
Selected Publications
Rowe PC, Barron DF, Calkins H, Maumenee IH, Tong PY, Geraghty MT. Orthostatic intolerance and chronic fatigue syndrome associated with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. J Pediatr 1999;135:494-9.
Rowe PC, Bou-Holaigah I, Kan JS, Calkins HG. Is neurally mediated hypotension an unrecognized cause of chronic fatigue? Lancet 1995;345:623-4.
Rowe PC, Marden CL, Flaherty M, Jasion SE, Cranston EM, Johns AS, Fan J, Fontaine KR, Violand RL. Impaired range of motion of limbs and spine in chronic fatigue syndrome. J Pediatrics 2014;165:360-6.
Rowe PC, Underhill RA, Friedman KJ, Gurwitt A, Medow MS, Schwartz MS, Speight N, Stewart JM, Vallings R, Rowe KS. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Diagnosis and Management in Young People: A Primer. Front Pediatr, 19 June 2017;5:121.
Bou-Holaigah I, Rowe PC, Kan J, Calkins H. The relationship between neurally mediated hypotension and the chronic fatigue syndrome. JAMA 1995;274;961-7.
Honors
- Research Award, International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, 1/1/14
- Alexander J. Schaffer Award, awarded annually to one physician for house staff teaching contributions, Harriet Lane House Staff, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1/1/05
- Kamsler Award, 1/1/84
Memberships
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Canadian Pediatric Society
- Society for Pediatric Research
- American Autonomic Society
- American Pediatric Society
Professional Activities
- NIH Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis Panel on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Chair, 1/1/13
- Research Advisory Council, CFIDS Association of America, Member, 1/1/13
Locations
- Rubenstein Child Health Building
- 200 North Wolfe Street, Rubenstein BLDG Lower Level, Baltimore, MD 21287
- phone: 443-997-5437
- fax: 410-614-1178
Expertise
Education
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Residency, 1987McMaster University School of Medicine
Medical Education, MD, 1981Board Certifications
Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics, 1986Insurance
- Aetna
- CareFirst
- Cigna
- First Health
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Humana
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- MultiPlan
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- UnitedHealthcare
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)