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William J. Rea, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.A.E.M., is a widely recognized physician and surgeon. His recognition extends across the continent, into and across Europe reaching into Asia, China and Japan. His surgical expertise began with his graduation from Ohio State University College of Medicine. He served a rotating internship at Parkland Memorial Hospital. His residency in General Surgery began at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, Texas. From there he served at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas and at the Veteran’s Hospital finally moving to Children’s Medical Center in Dallas. To complete his expertise, his last fellowship and residency was accomplished at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Cardiovascular Surgery.

His practice of medicine and surgery has encompassed almost 4 decades. He is board certified in Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Environmental Medicine, and is certified as a Disability Analyst. Surgical procedures performed by Dr. Rea include thoracic outlet, hernia repair, general abdominal surgery involving gall bladder and appendix, breast implant removal, vascular surgeries of various types including coronary bypass and heart valve replacement, and traumatic surgeries of all types. He wrote the first confirmatory papers of total parental nutrition in order to give the GI tract a rest for patients who were too sick to eat. He has vast experience in intravenous nutritional medicine being able to help patients recover their GI tract after not being able to eat for weeks and months.

He is most renowned for his expertise in the field of environmental medicine. He is considered to be the world expert on chemical sensitivity, its definition, causes, diagnosis, treatments and reversibility. To share this knowledge and contribute to the understanding and education of others he has written textbooks on the subject. These include the 4 volume work entitled “Chemical Sensitivity”. Dr. Rea has added to the knowledge and understanding presented in the “Chemical Sensitivity” volumes with the creation of additional resource materials, those being volume 1, “Reversibility of Chronic Degenerative Disease and Hypersensitivity: Regulating Mechanisms of Chemical Sensitivity”; volume 2, “Reversibility of Chronic Degenerative Disease and Hypersensitivity: The Effects of Environmental Pollutants on the Organ Systems”; and the soon to be released volume 3, “Reversibility of Chronic Degenerative Disease and Hypersensitivity: Clinical Manifestations of the Neurocardiovascular System”.

He now has published new sections of the recent book, Reversibility of Chronic Degenerative Disease and Hypersensitivity: Chemical Aspects of Electromagnetic Sensitivity, Volume 4 and the effects of pure electromagnetic sensitivity - the newest epidemic to hit the world stage of illnesses.

He has also written and collaborated with other physicians in the creation of over 140 peer reviewed articles on both environmental medicine and surgery. These articles have appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association, various surgery journals, Circulation, Texas Medicine, Journal of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine, Toxicology and Industrial Health, and Environmental Health Prospectives. These articles cover subjects dealing with environmental causes of cardiovascular disease, vasculitis of small and large vessels, thrombophlebitis, and ear, nose and throat disease. They investigate the effects of fasting and food sensitivity on patients with rheumatoid arthritis and various other foods and chemical sensitivity. Several articles deal with the role of volatile organic chemicals, pesticides, and chlorinated hydrocarbons in the creation of food and chemical sensitivities and in immune system deregulation. Food and chemicals are explored as causative factors in disease processes. Nutritional deficiencies are investigated in those who are shown to have chemical sensitivities. Several articles deal with treatment of food and chemical sensitivities and with the clearing of toxic volatile hydrocarbons from humans. These articles, available from the American Environmental Health Foundation, are a wealth of information for both physicians and health conscious individuals. If an apparent cause is not seen for a particular symptom response or if treatments have not produced the desired results, clues may be found in his books or these articles.

The health and well being of everyone, including you and me, the home owner and the office worker, are foremost in his thinking. To this end he has directed much thought and research. To share this knowledge he has written, “Optimum Environments for Health and Creativity – Designing and Building a Healthy Home and Office. Since we spend more than 90% of our time in indoor environments, the quality of indoor air greatly impacts health. To those who care about the quality of indoor air and its impact on health, this book is of vital importance.

To treat those who have suffered chemical exposures and have experienced the spreading phenomenon of chemical sensitivity, he established the Environmental Health Center in 1974. The design of this center endorses the highest principles of indoor air quality. Its construction materials, furnishings, and climate control systems protect and clean the air. It is an oasis in the midst of a big city environment. This clinic specializes in the treatment of those with chemical sensitivity. It focuses on treating those who have suffered chemical exposures which have lead to food, mold, and pollen sensitivities, organ damage and immune system dysregulation. The emphasis of its treatment approach is diagnostic tests and procedures whose goal is to find the cause of the disease or symptom response. For those who want to discover cause and effect with treatment directed at the cause to change the effect, this clinic is your hope. Our goal is to initiate your journey to recovery.

He and his co-investigator, Dr. Bertie Griffiths, have developed a new modulator from the own blood of the chemically sensitive patient. This modulator is unique in its ability to affect increased activity and effectiveness of the patient's T-lymphocytes. It has proven to be a significant factor in improving the health of over 2000 patients who have T-lymphocyte deficiency or poor T-cell function. After almost 50 years in surgery and medicine, Dr. Rea presents to you a wealth of knowledge, experience, research and success. Through writing and practice his gift to you is a commitment to a successful resolution of your health issues. When answers aren’t apparent, and standard treatments have not yielded the desired results, you could investigate with us the environmental causes of your disease process.