Irving Israel Dardik is a former vascular surgeon who taught at Albert Einstein College of Medicine[1] and founded the Sports Medicine Council of the US Olympic Committee.[1] Dardik is notable as being among the first medical doctors to officially recognize the value of chiropractic in sport, when he recommended in 1979 that the United States Olympic Committee include a Doctor of Chiropractic (D.C.) as a member of its medical team at all future Olympic Games.[2] As a result, chiropractor George Goodheart attended the XIIIth Winter Olympic Games, in Lake Placid, NY, and the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs instituted a Volunteer Doctor Program for D.C.'s.[3]
In 1980, Dardik helped direct the inaugural Olympic Sports Medicine Conference (Feb 26 through 29) in Boston.[4]
In the early 1970s, together with his brother Herbert, Dardik pioneered the use of umbilical veins as a source of graft tissue for bypass surgeries.[5]
Honors
Bibliography
- Dardik, I; Waitley, D (1984). Quantum Fitness: Breakthrough to Excellence. Pocket Books. ISBN 0-671-50903-9.
- Dardik, I; et al. (July 1973). "Lateral T-Tube Duodenostomy: Duodenal Stump Management and Manometrics". AMA Arch Surg. 107 (1): 89–90. doi:10.1001/archsurg.1973.01350190075021. PMID 4714441.
- Dardik, I; et al. (October 1974). "Symmetrical Peripheral Gangrene". AMA Arch Surg. 109: 588. doi:10.1001/archsurg.1974.01360040096028.
- Dardik, I; et al. (February 1975). "Routine Intraoperative Angiography: An Essential Adjunct in Vascular Surgery". Arch Surg. 110 (2): 184–190. doi:10.1001/archsurg.1975.01360080050008. PMID 1115618.
- Dardik, I; et al. (January 1976). "Arteriovenous Fistulas Constructed With Modified Human Umbilical Cord Vein Graft". Arch Surg. 111 (1): 60–62. doi:10.1001/archsurg.1976.01360190062010. PMID 1244813.
Supersonant waveenergy theory
Dardik developed a system of treating diseases using wave form technology, which he called "supersonant waveenergy".[1] His system basically involved exercise techniques that were designed to modulate the cardiac rhythms in order to amplify the bodies natural wave frequencies to fight disease.[1] Dardik is co-author (with Denis Waitley) of Quantum Fitness: Breakthrough to Excellence.[9] In this book, Dardik promotes his wave energy techniques as an alternative fitness regimen.
Controversy
In 1995, Dardik was stripped of his license to practice medicine, following a successful lawsuit filed by a former patient, Ellen Burstein MacFarlane. Dardik had claimed in a nine-page New York Magazine cover story that he could cure multiple sclerosis. He charged MacFarlane's family $100,000, with the promise that not only could he cure her multiple sclerosis, but also that he would personally be available for the treatment sessions. After receiving the money and over a period of approximately 10 months, he showed up at most ten times, having others only intermittently show up in his stead. MacFarlane's disease rapidly progressed. Her family, distraught, hired a private investigator, who also suffered from the illness. Her testimony against Dardik, as well as the testimony of three other duped patients sealed his fate as a quack. The story was chronicled in MacFarlane's book, written with her sister, Legwork: An Inspiring Journey Through a Chronic Illness (Lisa Drew/Simon & Schuster 1994), in which she discusses that more than the money taken, Dardik had robbed her of her hope.[10][11]
Ultimately, the New York State Board for Medicine revoked Dardik's medical license, stating that he had fraudulently practiced medicine and he was fined $40,000.[12]
Cold fusion
In 2004, Dardik put his waveenergy theory to use attempting to produce cold fusion.[13] Working with Israeli company Energetics Technologies, his group claimed "startling results."[13] Energetics Technologies is currently set up at the Business Incubator of the University of Missouri [14][15]
Dardik appears in "The Believers", a 2012 film about cold fusion, in which he claims to use his theories to both explain cold fusion and to treat Martin Fleischmann for his Parkinson's Disease.[16]
References
- ^ a b c d Nicholson, Joe (13 August 1995). "Doc a Real Cure-iosity". Daily News.
- ^ Press, Stephen J. (2013), History of Sports Chiropractic, New Jersey: C.I.S Commercial Finance Grp., Ltd., pp. 124–127, ISBN 9781105536830
- ^ Sportelli, L (April 10, 2006). "Chiropractic Sports Devotees Deserve a Gold Medal!". Dynamic Chiropractic. 24 (8).
- ^ Phil Gunby (Jan 11, 1980). "More physician involvement in future Olympic programs". JAMA. doi:10.1001/jama.1980.03300280007004.
- ^ Staff, H; Ibrahim, IM; Baier, R; Sprayregen, S; Levy, M; Dardik, II (December 1976). "AMA News". JAMA. 236 (25): 2859–2862. doi:10.1001/jama.1976.03270260015018. PMID 1036587.
- ^ Staff (July 1966). "AMA News". JAMA. 197 (3): 28. doi:10.1001/jama.1966.03110030026014.
- ^ Staff (August 1976). "AMA News". JAMA (236): 431–436. doi:10.1001/jama.1976.03270050003001.
- ^ Staff. "Giuliano Preparata Medal Winners". International Society for Condensed Matter Nuclear Science.
- ^ Dardik, I; Waitley, D (1984). Quantum Fitness: Breakthrough to Excellence. Pocket Books. ISBN 0-671-50903-9.
- ^ Querna, Betsy (26 October 2005). "Irving Dardik, wave maker". US News & World Report.
- ^ Imperiale, Nancy (9 January 1992). "Back on her feet". Chicago Tribune.
- ^ Lewin, Roger (1995). Making Waves: Irving Dardik and His SuperWave Principle. Rodale Press. ISBN 1-59486-044-0.
- ^ a b Weinberger, Sharon (21 November 2004). "Warming Up to Cold Fusion". The Washington Post.
- ^ MU research chief wants 'cold fusion' puzzle solved - Janese Silvey - Columbia Tribune December 3, 2011
- ^ Business Incubator of the University of Missouri
- ^ Screen Daily, "The Believers", Oct. 7, 2012