[Letter to Edward M. Kennedy from Frederick Siegal]

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ID:?184700169 JAN 15'93

18:52 No.028 P.01

The Long Island Campus for the
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Long Island Jewish January 15, 1993
Medical Center Senator Edward M. Kennedy
Chairman,,,,4m,Iou,,,h)V Committee on Labor and Human Resources
New Hyde Park, NY 10142 428 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Telephone 718 4'0.7608 Washington, DC 20510
VIA FAX
Frederick P. SiegRal, MD. FACP,
14,ad, Section of lHmatology Dear Senator Kennedy:
Re narch, Professor of Medicine
I want you to know that I
support the statement of the AIDS Treatment Action Group entitled
"Reforming the NIH AIDS Research Program," dated 16 December 1992,
I am a clinical immunologist who has worked in the area of
immunodeficiency diseases since 1970 and on AIDS since 1979. I
care for a large group of people with HIV related problems on
suburban Long Island, and conduct research on basic immunology and
clinical issues relating to HIV vaccines and drug therapy. I am
a member of an NIH Study Section and of the Scientific Advisory
Committee of AmFAR.
To me, the set of recommendations put forth by TAG are reasonable
and would better serve both those affected by this plague and the
AIDS research community than the morass that currently exists.
Perhaps most important to our entire society is the last paragraph
of the TAG recommendations. General support for biomedical
research, and for trainees to continue our current ability to carry
out such research in the future, is crucial. This seems now to be
critical especially in the area of infectious diseases, as I said
in my testimony before the late Ted Weiss' subcommittee of the
committee on Governmental Operations in 1983.
Thank you for your continued leadership on health issues.
Sincerely ours,
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Frede k egal, MD FACP
Prtes~tr 0 Medicine
Albert Einstein College
of Medicine
Chairman, NHLBI Ad Hoc AIDS
Working Group (NIH)
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