NIH chief Harold Varmus has chosen an army physician, Lt. Col. Wayne Jonas, as the new permanent director of the Office of Alternative Medicine (OAM); he will replace temporary acting director Alan Trachtenberg in July. Dr. Jonas earned his medical degree from the Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC. He has studied alternative therapies such as homeopathy and electro-acupuncture, and has been a consultant to the OAM on several projects.
