Adriane Fugh-Berman teaches courses on the History of Conventional and Alternative Medicine in the U.S.; Herbs and Nutritional Supplements; and Critical Readings within the first basic sciences master’s program in complementary and alternative medicine in the United States. She is the director of PharmedOut.org, a project funded by the Attorneys General Consumer and Prescriber Program to educate physicians about how pharmaceutical companies influence prescribing. Her current research focuses on pharmaceutical marketing. Dr. Fugh-Berman is part of a team led by Dr. Susan Mulroney that is assessing the renal and gastrointestinal effects of dandelion,. Dr. Fugh-Berman consults on herbs and dietary supplements for various federal and state agencies. She is also a member of the Government Accountability Project drug fact squad.
Previously, Dr. Fugh-Berman was a medical officer at the Contraception and Reproductive Health Branch, National Institute for Child Health and Human Development, NIH. Prior to that she worked at the NIH Office of Alternative Medicine (now the National Center on Complementary and Alternative Medicine). A general practitioner, Dr. Fugh-Berman graduated from Georgetown University School of Medicine and completed a family practice internship in the Residency Program in Social Medicine at Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx.