Dear Dr Fink and Dr Romero, We are all learning from your open dialogue. A heartfelt "thank you" to both of you is sent from this former Assistant Professor of Anatomy, now a 15th year Young-Onset PWP. Your knowlege andhelp is NEEDED by us all. Please continue to advise us, May I add that I would welcome your thoughts, and anyone else's, on my feeling tha t VIROLOGY and IMMUNOLOGY could well be the research areas to provide the " CURE" to PD,, by identifying a PD-causing, dopamine deficiency-causing virus. Sincerely yours, Ivan M. Suzman :-) On Thu, 14 Dec 2000 21:10:00 -0600 Jorge A Romero MD <[log in to unmask]> writes: > Indeed, the same is true in my hospitals. > > It is very clear that the purpose of these peer reviews is to weed > out the > (very) bad apples. > > There is no process or information available to help select the best > ones > other than hearsay and reputation. > > > Jorge Romero, MD ^^^^^^ WARM GREETINGS FROM ^^^^^^^^^^^^ :-) Ivan Suzman 51/39/36 [log in to unmask] :-) Portland, Maine land of lighthouses 13 clear deg. F :-) ********************************************************************