Edzard Ernst MD, PhD, FMedSci, FSB, FRCP, FRCPEd

Laing Chair in Complementary Medicine

Professor Ernst qualified as a physician in Germany in 1978 where he also completed his MD and PhD theses. He has received training in acupuncture, autogenic training, herbalism, homoeopathy, massage therapy and spinal manipulation. He was Professor in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PMR) at Hannover Medical School and Head of the PMR Department at the University of Vienna. In 1993 he established the Chair in Complementary Medicine at the University of Exeter. He is founder/Editor-in-Chief of two medical journals (Perfusion and FACT). He has published more than 40 books and in excess of 1000 articles in the peer-reviewed medical literature and has been given visiting professorships in Canada and the US. His work has been awarded with 13 scientific prizes. In 1999 he took British nationality. His unit’s research is funded from two endowments by the late Sir Maurice Laing, by research grants and fellowships (not, however, by ‘Big Pharma’ as sometimes speculated).

His latest books are:

· Singh S, Ernst E. Trick or Treatment? Alternative Medicine on Trial. Transworld-Publishers, 2008.
The German version of this book was voted Science book of the year in Germany in 2009.

· Ernst E, Pittler M, Wider B, Boddy K. The Oxford Handbook of Complementary Medicine. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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Email: Edzard.Ernst@pms.ac.uk