Naomi Lynn Gerber

Naomi Lynn Gerber is an American internist and physician-scientist who researches chronic illness, human movement, and the treatment of fatigue. She is a professor in the Department of Health Administration and Policy at George Mason University and is director of research in the Department of Medicine at Fairfax Hospital Inova Health System.

Gerber completed her M.D. at the Tufts University School of Medicine.^[1] From 1975 to 2005, she was chief of the rehabilitation medicine department at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center.^[1] She researches the "causes of functional loss and disability in chronic illness. Specifically, she studies human movement and the mechanisms and treatment of fatigue."^[1]

In 2008, Gerber was elected as a member of the National Academy of Medicine.^[2] As of 2018, she is a professor in the Department of Health Administration and Policy at George Mason University, director of research in the Department of Medicine at Fairfax Hospital Inova Health System,^[2] and chair of the rheumatology section for the Inova Health System. She also serves as primary investigator at the George Mason University Center for the Study of Chronic Illness and Disability.^[2] In 2018, she received the Frank H. Krusen, M.D., Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.^[2]