The team that focuses on the Western medical approach to your condition is led by Janine Blackman, M.D., PhD. As Medical Director of The Gilbert Clinic, she is well versed in the soundness and efficacy of all therapies applied to your condition.

Dr. Blackman is nationally recognized for her pioneering work in FM and CFS. She has been an invited speaker on FM or CFS at the National Institutes of Health, the American Holistic Medical Association, several Arthritis Foundation conferences, The American Academy of Pain Management, The American Academy of Family Medicine, and a variety of other medical conferences focusing on pain conditions, nutrition and dietary supplements.

She is board-certified in family medicine and was the first fellow to study in the clinical Integrative Medicine fellowship program at University of Maryland. She has been the Medical Director and Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland Center for Integrative Medicine, one of the largest centers of its kind in the nation.

Jonathan Gilbert, NCCAOM, is the founder and supervising herbalist of The Gilbert Clinic. He manages the team that focuses on Eastern medicine modalities. His approach to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has met with success in a wide range of conditions that Western medical practitioners are just now beginning to understand – often with the help of Mr. Gilbert’s own nationwide lecture series.

Mr. Gilbert is extensively trained and experienced as a TCM practitioner. His passion and dedication to the art and science of the healing arts has taken him from London to Vietnam to a busy practice in the greater metropolitan Washington, D.C. region.

He is nationally certified in Chinese Herbology and Acupuncture from the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM). He is also an examination writer for the NCCAOM. He attended the London Academy of Oriental Medicine from 1991 to 1995 and received a diploma in Traditional Oriental Medicine in Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine. He has also completed a 12-year apprenticeship with Dr. Phouc Huynh in the study of chronic disease.

Mr. Gilbert has been the Senior Consultant for Traditional Chinese Medicine at the University of Maryland Center for Integrative Medicine. He has lectured both at The University of Maryland and at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

Jonathan Gilbert is currently writing a book to inform the public about the causes and treatments of fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue immune deficiency syndrome.

Anita Bains, APRN, BC, brings the psychological therapeutic component to The Gilbert Clinic approach. Her experience and success in helping patients to understand and overcome what they’ve literally “been doing to themselves” is an integral element in maintaining health long term.

Ms. Bains is a licensed clinical psychotherapist who has been in private practice and teaching for 15 years. She worked as an RN in hospitals in the US and Canada, and has helped to establish a school of nursing at the University of Victoria in Victoria, British Columbia. She is Past President of the Psychiatric Advanced Practice Nurses of Maryland.

During her career as a hospital nurse she advocated for patients, assisting them in identifying and verbalizing their health care needs. She realized that Western medicine was limited in its scope for creating optimal well being and began a pursuit of alternative modalities that addressed the body-mind-spirit connection. Living, working and studying in Canada for 17 years has given her a unique perspective on health and healing.