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1. Name: David Bernstein, M.D.
2. Title: Chief of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, North Shore University Hospital and Long Island Jewish Health System
3. Medical Marijuana
Position:		 Con to the question "Should marijuana be a medical option?"
4. Reasoning:

"These findings should encourage physicians to advise their patients with hepatitis C infection to avoid marijuana use."

Oct. 31, 2004
"Hepatitis C - Current State of the Art and Future Directions"
Presented, 55th Annual Meeting,
American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases/Viral Liver Disease
5. Credibility
Ranking:

 Key Experts
Physicians [We believe physicians are the "key experts" in the medical marijuana debate because the issue is thought by many to be ultimately based on the medical value and risks of marijuana, and Physicians, with their training and clinical work, should (at least in theory) have the best knowledge of marijuana's medical value and risks.].

6. Involvement:
  • Present - Chief of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, North Shore University Hospital and Long Island Jewish Health System
  • 1999-Present - Physician, Div. Of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset
7. Education:
  • M.D., State University of New York College of Medicine at Stony Brook
8. Relevant Affiliations/Honors:
  • Past President, New York Gastroenterological Society
9. Contact Info:
Phone: (516) 562-428 Fax: (516) 562-2683
E-Mail:  None found
Web Site: www.northshorelij.com
10. Other: Dr. Bernstein has participated in more than 50 registration and investigator initiated research trials, has published more than 50 papers in peer reviewed journals and delivered more than 100 invited academic lectures on six continents.
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