Adriane Fugh-Berman
Adriane Fugh-Berman is a professor in the department of pharmacology and physiology, and in the department of family medicine, at Georgetown University Medical Center. She is also the director of PharmedOut, a Georgetown University Medical Center project that promotes rational prescribing and researches the effects of pharmaceutical and medical device industry marketing on prescribing behavior and therapeutic choices. Additionally, she is the co-director of the M.S. in Health and the Public Interest Program at the Georgetown University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences.
Education
Fugh-Berman graduated from American University with a B.A. in Literature and Environmental Studies and received a B.S. from the University of the District of Columbia. She received her M.D. from Georgetown University School of Medicine, after which she completed an internship in family medicine at Montefiore Medical Center.Career
Prior to joining Georgetown, Fugh-Berman worked as a medical officer at the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development, and with the Reproductive Toxicology Center. Fugh-Berman appeared on Netflix documentary "The Bleeding Edge", which highlights the dangers for patients of rushed technological changes in the medical devices field. A clip of her was featured on John Oliver's "Medical Devices" episode on HBO. Dr. Fugh-Berman is a professor at Georgetown University School of Medicine, where she also leads the PharmedOUT program.Dr. Fugh-Berman is a paid expert witness on behalf of plaintiffs in litigation regarding pharmaceutical and medical device marketing practices.
Research
Fugh-Berman has published numerous studies regarding the relationship between physicians and the pharmaceutical industry, off-label promotion, ghostwritten articles, and invented diseases.Dr. Fugh-Berman collaborates with Dr. Susan Wood at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health and the Washington DC Department of Health on the DC Center for Rational Prescribing, which provides free, industry-free continuing medical education and resources to physicians, physician assistants, nurses, and pharmacists.
Dr. Fugh-Berman is also an expert on botanical medicine and dietary supplements and directs Georgetown's Urban Herbs project, which maintains ecological gardens on campus that intermix edible, medicinal, and ornamental plants. She is the author of a clinical textbook, The 5-Minute Herb and Dietary Supplement Consult.
Dr. Fugh-Berman had a career as a medical officer in the Contraception and Reproductive Health Branch at the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development. She also worked at the Reproductive Toxicology Center, a non-profit, and played a role in editing an award-winning newsletter emphasized on Women's Health Education.