Samuel Shor, MD, FACP
Associate Clinical Professor
George Washington University Health Care Sciences
Selected four times by his peers as a Washingtonian TOP DOCTOR, Dr. Shor has also been selected by Best Doctors.com and Washington Consumer's Checkbook best Primary Care Physicians. As a General Internist Dr. Shor continues to pursue his longstanding interests in all phases of general medical care, including preventive cardiovascular care and diabetes. Attempting to take an academic approach to the management of his patients, Dr. Shor is presently published in peer review journals in the field of chronic fatigue for which he has gained national recognition [1-3]. In addition, Dr. Shor has also developed particular expertise and has become a local referral resource in the management of fibromyalgia and Lyme disease. Effective September 2010, Dr. Shor is a member of Governor McDonnell's task force on Lyme disease.

1. Shor S Pathogenesis of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, A Multisystem Hypothesis Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Vol. 11(3) 2003: 51-68
2. Shor, S Lyme Disease presenting as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, J CFS  Vol. 13(4) 2006 pp. 73-82
3. Shor, S Lyme Disease presenting as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Poster presentation 9th Biennial IACFS [International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME] meetings March 2009
4. Shor, S Chronic Lyme Disease controversy 9/24/08 Washington DC Congressional Hearing presentation; Capitol Hill
5. Interviewee DIANE REHM SHOW, NPR “The Lyme Controversy” April 20, 2009
6. Shor, S Chronic Fatigue in Lyme Disease ILADS annual convention plenary session 10/24/09
7. Shor, S A prospective, randomized crossover study: “An analysis of internationally cased defined CFS patients who may have “seronegative” persistent Lyme infection” [funding pending]
8. Shor, S Retrospective analysis of a cohort of Internationally Case Defined Chronic Fatigue Syndrome patients in a Lyme endemic area Bulletin of the IACFS/ME.2011;18(4):109-123.
9. Member of Virginia Governor McDonnell's task force on Lyme disease 2010-2011, position paper published June 30, 2011

 

 

 

Eboni Smith, MD
Board Eligible Family Medicine
Completing her training in Family Medicine at Georgetown University in February of 2011, Dr. Smith graduated from Brown University undergraduate Phi Beta Kappa and Brown University medical school. She joins our practice with a passion for managing the challenges facing our patients.

Art Hammarstrom, FNP 
Certified Family Nurse Practitioner 
Art Hammarstrom is an experienced nurse practitioner, having completed histraining at George Washington and then George Mason University. Art has also trained in respiratory therapy and geriatric nursing and worked extensively in critical care, cardiac catheterization, family care and rehabilitative medicine.  While working under the guidance of Dr. Shor, Art provides patient management and specialization in the treatment of chronic fatigue and associated conditions including fibromyalgia and chronic Lyme disease.

Irina Nikitina, ANP 
Certified Adult Nurse Practitioner
After having trained under the tutelage of Dr. Shor, Irina also provides patient management and specialization in the treatment of chronic fatigue and associated conditions including fibromyalgia and chronic Lyme disease. Irina completed her undergraduate education in Zoology and Nursing at the Russian State Agricultural University and Moscow Medical College, both in Moscow, Russia.  She then earned a Master of Science degree as a Adult Nurse Practitioner through George Mason University in collaboration with George Washington University.