Robert M. Bennett, MD, FRCP

Dr. Robert Bennett is Professor of Medicine and Nursing at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon, USA.

He was born and educated in England, and did his basic rheumatology training with Professor Eric Bywaters at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School in London. He has lived in the USA since 1972 and did additional training with Professor Daniel McCarty at the University of Chicago.

He was Chairman of the Division of Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases at OHSU for 24 years [1976-2000]. Dr. Bennett is a past President of the International MYOPAIN Society and the American College of Rheumatology Western Region.

He and his colleagues at OHSU have been actively involved in fibromyalgia research since 1980. He founded the Fibromyalgia Information Foundation in 1995 and continues as their webmaster [www.myalgia.com]

Dr. Bennett has published over 440 articles and book chapters and holds three US patents [5,378,686; 5,965,520; 7,132,399]. He was elected a Master of the American College of Rheumatology in 2007, in recognition of his contributions to rheumatology.