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From: Mark Probert <markprobert@lumbercartel.com> Subject: Dr. Mark R. Geier ... May God protect this brave doctor Date: 23 Apr 2006 Newsgroups: misc.health.alternative

Jan Drew wrote: > "Orac" <orac_usa@hotmail.com> wrote >> In article <ir7l3291kmfel6u1knvnr8e9d0h0o8n0ga@4ax.com>, >> Ilena Rose <Ilena> wrote: >>> The Quackwatch Rag-tag Posse Smear Campaign against Dr. Geier is in >>> full swing ... disbarred attorney Probert is posting other Rag-tag >>> Posse websites such as the ever humble "OracKnows >> You mean the same Dr. Geier > Actually she meant EXACTLY what she posted, YOUR name and ALL: > The Quackwatch Rag-tag Posse Smear Campaign against Dr. Geier is in > full swing ... disbarred attorney Probert is posting other Rag-tag > Posse websites such as the ever humble "OracKnows" ... David H. > Gorski's. > Quackwatch regularly wages War on those doctors, oft with far better > credentials and experience than Barrett or the other quackbusters ... > and twisted what they believe ... much like Probert is doing on Usenet > for them now. > Here are other viewpoints on the work of Dr. Geier ... > http://www.answers.com/topic/mark-geier > Mark Geier > Mark R. Geier, MD, PhD, (b. 1948, Washington, D.C.) is a medical > doctor based in Silver Spring, Maryland, who also holds a doctorate in > genetics and is board-certified in medical genetics and forensic > medicine. He was a researcher at the National Institutes of Health for > ten years and previously was a professor at Johns Hopkins University. > He has studied vaccines for more than 30 years and has published over > 50 peer-reviewed papers on vaccine safety, efficacy, contamination and > policy. In 1970, while at the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Geier > co-authored a paper published in Nature reporting the first sucessful > genetic engineering experiment in which bacteriophage Lambda which > carried the galactose operon was used to correct the inability of > cells in tissue culture from a patient with galactosemia to metabolise > the milk sugar galactose. This work received world-wide aclaim in the > scientific press and in the news media and resulted in a personal call > of congratulation from then President Richard Nixon. In 1973 Dr. Geier > was an author of another paper in the Nature which reported the > spleen, which was thought to be mostly vestigual in humans, in fact > played a critical role in immunity by maintaining intact antigen > allowing for a more robust immune response which was especially > important the vaccination process. Dr Geier was a co-author on a paper > in the New England Journal of Medicine which futher discussed and > extended the observations on the critical role that the spleen plays > in response to vaccines and other immune challenges. In 1973, Dr. > Geier after having been part of the group that discovered that there > was widespread bacterial virus contamination in US vaccines, presented > a paper "A model system for the evaluation of the fate of phage in > contaminated vaccines: Physiologic disposition of bacteriophage in > mice." at the Proceedings of the Workshop of Problems of Phage > Contamination FDA. In 1978 Dr. Geier published a study "Endotoxins in > commercial vaccine." in Applied and Environmental Microbiology which > found high levels of endotoxin in commercial vaccines especailly in > whole cell Diptheria, Tetanus, Pertussis (DTP) vaccine. Following this > paper, Dr. Geier worked for many years to help convince the public > health authorities to switch from whole cell DTP to the much safer > DTaP which contained a highly purified form of Pertussis vaccine. In > 1991 the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of > Sciences,(IOM) invited Dr. Geier to address them on the toxins > contained in DTP vaccine and the expected time frame over which they > could be expected to work. Dr. Geier presented evidence to the IOM > that the expected time of vulnerability was seven days. In 1993 the > IOM published that the evidence was compatible whole Pertussis vaccine > causing permanent brain damage in otherwise apparently health children > if the first symptoms of neurological damage occurred in the first > seven days following the vaccination. The US began to switch to the > far safer DTaP in 1993 and as of 2002 the US no longer used any whole > cell DTP vaccine. > Career > Dr. Geier wrote the article, The True Story of Pertussis Vaccination: > A Sordid Legacy? which won the first annual Stanley W. Jackson award > for the best paper published in the Journal of the History of Medicine > and Allied Sciences during the period of 2000 to 2002. He has authored > over 90 publications. > Geier has made several presentations to the Institute of Medicine > (IOM) on the adverse effects of vaccinations. He and his son, David > Geier, are the only independent researchers ever to have been > permitted to study the Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) database of the > Centers for Disease Control (CDC). > Geier has testified before the US House of Representatives Committee > on Government Reform Investigating Vaccines and the Autism Epidemic, > to critique the Hviid study, conducted in Denmark on autism and > thimerosal exposure, and he has also addressed the Food and Drug > Administration (FDA) Advisory Committee regarding vaccine safety. He > has testified as an expert witness in about 100 cases before the > National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program in the US Court of > Federal Claims. Dr. Geier and his son have been invited to speak to > many state houses who were or are considering state wide bans on > Thimerosal containing vaccines. > Geier has published several scientific reports, with his son David > Geier, showing a relation between mercury exposure during infancy and > the onset of neurodevelopmental disorders. Geier has suggested his > research shows a direct causal link between Thimerosal containing > vaccines (TCVs) and the onset of neurological disorders, including > autism. > Controversial studies > Geier and his son have published six studies on the possible link > between autistic spectrum disorders and TCVs. In their first study, > they compared the number of complaints associated with TCVs, > administered between 1992 and 2000, to the number of complaints > resulting from a thimerosal-free vaccine administered between 1997 and > 2000. The children who received greater amounts of ethylmercury from > TCVs were more likely to have a complaint filed with the Vaccine > Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS). Further studies by the Geiers > yielded similar results. > US health agencies have uniformly rejected the conclusions of the > Geiers' studies, and one of the Geiers' articles was the subject of > heavy criticism by the American Academy of Pediatrics On the other > hand, Mercury in Medicine Taking Unnecessary Risks, a report prepared > by the staff of the Subcommittee on Human Rights and Wellness, > Committee on Government Reform United States House of Representatives > Chaired by Dan Burton published in the Congression Register in May of > 2003 stated: However, the Committee upon a thorough review of the > scientific literature and internal documents from government and > industry did find evidence that thimerosal did pose a risk. Thimerosal > used as a preservative in vaccines is likely related to the autism > epidemic. This epidemic in all probability may have been prevented or > curtailed had the FDA not been asleep at the switch regarding the lack > of safety data regarding injected thimerosal and the sharp rise of > infant exposure to this known neurotoxin. Our public health agencies' > failure to act is indicative of institutional malfeasance for > self-protection and misplaced protectionism of the pharmaceutical > industry." [1]. Geier says public health officials are "just trying to > cover it up." > Limited access to Vaccine Safety Datalink records > On February 17, 2004, a panel of medical experts was assembled by the > Institute of Medicine (IOM), an arm of the National Academy of > Sciences. The panel recommended the CDC ease its restrictions on > outside scientists seeking access to its strictly confidential Vaccine > Safety Datalink, containing over seven million records including > reports of suspected adverse reactions to vaccines. > The Geiers have been granted access to this data [2], but the National > Immunization Program found that "In summary, during the first visit > the researchers conducted unapproved analysis on their datasets and on > the second visit attempted to carry out unapproved analyses but did > not complete this attempt. This analysis, had it been completed, could > have increased the risk of a confidentiality breach. Before leaving, > the researchers renamed files for removal which were not allowed to be > removed. Had it gone undetected, this would have constituted a breach > of the rules about confidentiality."[3] > Chelation research > Geier has also published studies which, he says, indicate children > diagnosed with autism excrete more mercury upon chelation than control > subjects. Many of these children are reported as having tests showing > amounts of mercury excreted several times the normal levels. Chelation > therapy is conventionally used only to treat heavy metal poisoning, > and carries the risk of overly reducing the levels of beneficial > metals in the body, such as calcium. In 2004 Dr. Geier and his son > published a paper in Medical Hypotheses, a non-peer-reviewed journal, > on the potential importance of lowering testosterone as part of the > treatment of autism spectum disorders and other disorders which they > claim involve mercury toxicity. > An advocate for vaccine safety > Geier has supported efforts by Representatives Dave Weldon, MD, Dan > Burton, and Carolyn Maloney, to pass legislation introduced in early > 2005 to ban the use of mercury based preservatives (i.e., thimerosal) > in vaccines in the United States. Although mercury preservatives have > been removed or reduced from some vaccines in the US, several vaccines > and most US influenza vaccines still contain the full dose of > Thimerosal. Geier said in an interview that the link between > thimerosal and autism was clear. > An NBC crew filmed a presentation by the Geiers before the network's > Autism: The Hidden Epidemic?[4] series in February, 2005, but the > producers chose not to use the material. > Credibility as expert witness questioned > Geier and his son David also serve regularly as expert witnesses for > parents seeking compensation from the National Vaccine Injury > Compensation Program for vaccine injuries to their children. Geier has > been criticized over his qualifications in these hearings, wherein one > Special Master labeled him "a professional witness" who "clearly lacks > the expertise" required. [5] Critics of the vaccine injury > compensation system question the stringency of the requirements, which > they contend effectively preclude fair presentation in the hearings of > testimony from their experts. > On at least ten separate occasions, the Special Master ruled that > Geier lacked the necessary qualifications or board-certification to > offer an expert opinion. Litigants pressing vaccine injury claims have > a dual challenge, since relatively few experts in relevant fields > think thimerosal causes autism, and even fewer work in specialties > required by the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. > However, on November 25, 2003, Special Master French praised Geier's > credentials and vast experience and said Dr. Geier "ranks high among > those who have studied vaccine issues through the medical literature > on vaccines, databases, studies, articles and information on vaccine > safety and efficacy in vaccine policy. The tenor of his testimony in > this case addressed the importance of statistical databases in > providing statistical reliability and validity in interpreting the > epidemiology and issues relating to autism and various vaccines...Dr. > Geier has recently proposed a data-sharing process that would improve > the reliability of present statistical data that would include the > present VAERS statistical database. It would be helpful in > interpreting the epidemiology and issues relating to the autism > controversy." [6] > Background > Education: > 1970 - B.S. George Washington University, Washington, D.C. > 1970-1971 - Graduate Student; Department of Human Genetics and > Development, Columbia University, New York, New York > 1973 - Ph.D. Genetics, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. > 1978 - M.D. George Washington University, Washington, D.C. > Work Experience: > 1969-1970 - Research (Student) at the National Institutes for Health, > Bethesda, MD > 1970-1971 - NIH Traineeship at Columbia University, Department of > Human Genetics and Development, New York, NY > 1971-1973 - Research Geneticist, Laboratory of General and Comparative > Biochemistry, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National > Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland > 1973-1974 - Staff Fellow, Laboratory of General and Comparative > Biochemistry, NIMH, NIH, Bethesda, MD > 1974-1978 - On Professional Staff Laboratory of General and > Comparative Biochemistry NIMH, NIH, Bethesda, MD > 1978-1979 - Intern and Fellow, Department of Obstetrics and > Gynecology, the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland > 1979-1982 - Assistant Professor, Department of Gynecology and > Obstetrics, the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD > 1980-1982 - Guest worker Laboratory of General and Comparative > Biochemistry, NIMH, NIH, Bethesda, MD > 1981-1984 - Assistant Research Professor, Psychiatry Department, > Uniformed School of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD > 1988-1994 - Director of Genetics of Maryland Medical Laboratory, Inc. > Baltimore, MD > 1989-1994 - Member of the Substance Abuse and Doping Committee and the > Sports Medicine and Science Committee of the United States Bobsled and > Skeleton Federation (Olympic Committee) > Board Certification: > 1987 - American Board of Medical Genetics > 1993 - Associate Founding Member of the American College of Medical > Genetics > 1996 - Board Certified by the American Board of Forensic Examiners > 1996 - Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Medicine > Other Positions: > 1980-2003 - Laboratory Director, Molecular Medicine, MD > 1980-Present - Co-director of Genetic Consultants, Bethesda, MD > 1981-Present - Director of Institute of Immuno-Oncology and Genetics, > MD > 1986-Present - President of Genetic Counseling and Research, Inc., T/A > The Genetic Center, Baltimore, MD > 1997-Present - President of Genetic Counseling and Research, Inc. T/A > The Ultrasound Institute of Baltimore > 1997-Present - President of the Genetic Centers of America > 2001 - Host of one hour weekly medical talk show "The Dr. Mark Geier > Show" on KFNX in Phoenix, Arizona, WALE in Provident, Rhode Island, > and on the World Wide Web. > Journal Peer-Reviewer: > Annals of Internal Medicine > Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology > Environmental Health Perspectives > Expert Review of Vaccines > Expert Opinion on Emerging Drugs > Vaccine > Major Presentations: > Addressed United States' State Department, Foreign Service Institute > (Washington, DC) on Contemporary Genetics > Addressed the Institute of Medicine of the U.S. National Academy of > Sciences (Washington, DC) on Vaccine Safety & Vaccine Policy Issues > Addressed the Government Reform Committee of the United States' House > of Representatives (Washington, DC) on Vaccine Safety Issues > Addressed the Food and Drug Administration's Vaccine Advisory > Committee (Silver Spring, MD) on Vaccine Safety Issues > See also > Controversies in autism > Vaccination critics > References > JPandS.org (pdf) - 'Thimerosal in Childhood Vaccines, Neurodevelopment > Disorders and Heart Disease in the United States', Mark and David > Geier, Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons, vol 8, no 1, > Spring, 2003 > JPandS.org (pdf) - 'A Case-Control Study of Mercury Burden in Children > with Autistic Spectrum Disorders', Jeff Bradstreet, MD, David A. > Geier, BA, Jerold J. Kartzinel, MD, James B. Adams, PhD, Mark R. > Geier, MD, PhD Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons, vol 8, no > 3, Summer, 2003 > MedSciMonit.com (pdf) - 'A two-phased population epidemiological study > of the safety of thimerosal-containing vaccines: a follow up > analysis', David A. Geier and Mark R. Geier, Med Sci Monit, vol 11, no > 4, April 1, 2005 > External links > IOM.edu - 'Immunization Safety Review: Vaccines and Autism', US > Institute of Medicine (May 17, 2004) > MomsAgainstMercury.org - 'A Shot in the Dark: Doctors Question Flu > Shot Statistics', Kelly O'Meara (2004) > MomsOnAMissionForAutism.org - Letter from Congressman Dave Weldon, > M.D., to the CDC > UniversityOfHealth.net - 'Institute of Medicine Report Stuns > Scientific Community and Parents: Report Says No Evidence Mercury In > Vaccines Related To Epidemic Levels of Autism' (May 20, 2004) The truth about Dr. Geier: You mean the same Dr. Geier who advocates chemical castration for autistics and is trying to patent it to make money on it? http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2006/02/why_not_just_castrate_them_... p http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2006/04/the_geiers_try_to_patent_chemi. php The same guy who mines the VAERS database using very bad statistics and math to "prove" a link between autism and mercury? http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2006/03/the_geiers_go_dumpsterdivin... 1.php http://goodmath.blogspot.com/2006/03/math-slop-autism-and-mercury.html Yes, that Dr. Geier, who deserves all the abuse he takes from real scientists.

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