Daniel J. Clauw, M.D.
Daniel Clauw is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology at the University of Michigan. He serves as Director of the Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center and Director of the Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research at the University of Michigan. Additionally, he serves as Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research within the University of Michigan Medical School. He attended the University of Michigan for both undergraduate and medical school studies and then completed his Internal Medicine residency and Rheumatology Fellowship at Georgetown University. He joined the faculty at Georgetown University in 1990, and while there, served as the Scientific Director of the Georgetown Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center, the Division Chief of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, and a Vice Chair of the Department of Medicine. Since moving to UM in 2001, Dr. Clauw has continued his commitment to the clinical care and research into overlapping conditions such as fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, Gulf War Illnesses, and multiple chemical sensitivity. He leads a multidisciplinary team of collaborators at the University of Michigan, Georgetown University, the NIH, Department of Defense and Veteran's Administration, and other academic medical centers, who are studying the mechanisms and most effective treatments of these illnesses.
