Meet Us
Ritchie C. Shoemaker, MD, is a man in love with his family and profession.
He lives with his wife and daughter in a rural setting in Eastern Maryland,
by the shores of the Pocomoke River (site of massive Pfiesteria-related
fish kills), where he enjoys nature excursions, cooking and furniture
refinishing. Dr. Shoemaker graduated from Duke University where he received
undergraduate and medical degrees. He is a practicing physician in Pocomoke
City, MD, and conducts research all across the country. His dedication
to his patients and his advancement of medicine through research has
been recognized often, including receipt of the Maryland Academy of
Family Practice Physician of the Year 2000 award which was followed
by an award as a finalist in the National competition for 2002.
Dr. Shoemaker has published four books, and has numerous
publications in scientific research journals, on audio and video tapes
and in newspapers. He has made many presentations at scientific meetings,
and has frequently appeared on television.
Dr. Shoemaker's lectures are known for their enthusiastic
presentation of thought provoking ideas. Whether his speech is educational
or motivational, he is an entertaining speaker with a stimulating approach
to thinking that will challenge the listener.
Dennis House, M.S., is a statistician who recently retired
from the US Environmental Protection Agency after many years of honored
service. He then joined ChronicNeurotoxins, Inc. so that he could continue
doing research on chronic, biotoxin-induced illness, a topic he studied
while at the Agency. His primary responsibilities
are to ensure proper experimental designs for our studies and to use sophisticated
statistical analysis programs to analyze the data from our studies. He
is also active in our field activities. He lives with his wife in Chapel
Hill, NC, and enjoys taking fishing expeditions to "where ever they
are biting."
We also wish to recognize the outstanding contributions
made to CNI by our webmaster Alex, and Shannon who answers emails.
Finally, we thank all of our family members, research colleagues, patients,
website users and friends for the support they give us.
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