# Wayne Jonas

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{{Short description|American physician}}
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| education = [Wake Forest University School of Medicine](/source/Wake_Forest_University_School_of_Medicine)
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'''Wayne B. Jonas''' is an American [family physician](/source/family_medicine), retired army medical officer,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wired.com/2011/12/pentagon-alt-med-mecca/ | title=Inside the Pentagon's Alt-Medicine Mecca, Where the Generals Meditate | work=Wired | date=23 December 2011 | accessdate=28 June 2015 | author=Drummond, Katie}}</ref> and alternative medicine researcher. He is the former president and CEO of the [Samueli Institute](/source/Samueli_Institute).<ref name=samueli>{{cite web | url=https://www.samueliinstitute.org/about-us/wayne-b-jonas-md | title=Wayne Jonas | work=Samueli Institute Website | accessdate=28 June 2015}}</ref><ref name=wapo>{{cite web | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/11/AR2005071101140.html | title=Probing Edges Of Medicine -- And Reality | work=Washington Post | date=11 July 2005 | accessdate=28 June 2015 | author=Boodman, Sandra G.}}</ref> The institute does research into the efficacy of alternative medicine, such as on the effects of [prayer](/source/prayer) on treating disease, use of [homeopathy](/source/homeopathy) to fight [bioterrorism](/source/bioterrorism), and use of [magnetic healing](/source/magnetic_healing) devices on [orthopedic](/source/orthopedic) injuries, with Jonas commenting on these research programs, "There is a good case for looking at these things scientifically, because we don't know a lot about them".<ref name=wapo/> He is professor of family medicine at [Georgetown University](/source/Georgetown_University) and an adjunct professor at [Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences](/source/Uniformed_Services_University_of_the_Health_Sciences).<ref name=samueli/>

==Education==
Jonas received his medical degree from [Wake Forest University School of Medicine](/source/Wake_Forest_University_School_of_Medicine).<ref name=samueli/>

==Career==
Jonas began his career as the Director of the Medical Research Fellowship at the [Walter Reed Army Institute of Research](/source/Walter_Reed_Army_Institute_of_Research).<ref name=samueli/> From 1995 to 1998, Jonas was the director of the Office of Alternative Medicine (since renamed the [National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health](/source/National_Center_for_Complementary_and_Integrative_Health)), a branch of the [National Institutes of Health](/source/National_Institutes_of_Health).<ref name=samueli/> In 2001, the Samueli Institute was founded. Jonas has served as its president and CEO ever since.<ref name=wapo/>

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