Erno S. Daniel

Erno S. Daniel M.D. Ph.D (Born December 15, 1946, Died February 21, 2015) is an internal medicine specialist and author. He is of Hungarian descent. He has practiced at the Sansum Clinic in Santa Barbara (formerly known as the Santa Barbara Medical Foundation Clinic) since 1978. Since that time, he has participated in teaching activities at Santa Barbara's Cottage Hospital, whose internal medicine residency training program is affiliated with University of Southern California School of Medicine. Because of his activities, for a period of time Dr. Daniel held an appointment as Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at USC. He also participated as a lecturer for the Introduction to Medicine course offered by the University of California at Santa Barbara.
His noteworthy accomplishments include the book Stealth Germs in Your Body and years of activities in geriatric medicine and the diagnosis and management of Alzheimer's Disease. He is married to Martha Peaslee Daniel, R.N. formerly of Stillwater, Minnesota. They have four children, Kristina, Michael, Mary, and Monica.

Dr. Daniel was born in Budapest, Hungary. As a child, he immigrated to the United States from Hungary with his parents and sister. Dr. Daniel was educated in the Santa Barbara public schools.

In 1968, he received his undergraduate degree in chemistry from the California Institute of Technology. He received a master's degree and Ph.D. from the University of California at San Diego, writing his thesis on Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. He completed his M.D. at the UCLA School of Medicine in 1975 and his residency training in Internal Medicine at the UCLA Hospitals in 1978.

Early in his career, Dr. Daniel pursued an interest in the developing medical specialty of Geriatric Medicine and was among the first physicians in the United States to be certified in the specialty in 1988. About that time, he also received accreditation in vascular ultrasound which he still maintains. Within geriatrics, he developed a special interest in dementia and Alzheimer's Disease and participated in the clinical trials of Cognex, the first medicine ever to be approved for the treatment of AD. He later participated in the clinical trials of Exelon and the experimental agent milameline. As a result of his activities, he was invited to write to textbook chapters on Alzheimer's Disease. He recorded three educational CD's on the topic of AD and geriatric medicine and wrote a paper relating to the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease. For various activities, Dr. Daniel was recognized by the Alzheimer's Association's Santa Barbara Chapter with their 2001 Leadership Award. A few days before the death of President Reagan, he also received a letter from Nancy Reagan in recognition of the chapter he wrote on Alzheimer's Disease for the 2004 edition of Conn's Current Therapy. At the time of President Reagan's death, he was interviewed on a radio station in Sacramento, CA. Beginning in 1993, Dr. Daniel has lectured widely in the United States on Alzheimer's Disease, dementia, and geriatric medicine topics.

In addition to his full-time practice, Dr. Daniel has worked with the Vascular Laboratory at the Sansum Clinic and the Wellness Program. He was named Medical Director of the Transitional Care Unit at Cottage Hospital and later was Medical Director at Mission Terrace Convalescent and currently at Vista Del Monte Convalescent home. His is on the medical and scientific advisory board of the Center for Cognitive Fitness and Innovative Therapies (CFIT) of Santa Barbara.

Over time, his interest evolved into the important and critical topic of how medical diagnoses are missed or made, especially how hidden infections cause various conditions which give no overt sign of infection. In the fall of 2008, Dr. Daniel published his first book, Stealth Germs in Your Body, which highlights the practical clinical application to the diagnosis and treatment of discoveries for which the 2005 and 2008 Nobel Peace Prizes in Medicine were awarded.

Dr. Daniel is author of the book, Stealth Germs in Your Body, and textbook chapters in Conn's Current Therapy and Lippincott's Dermatology. HIs major review paper on the Cronkhite Canada Syndrome, written in 1983, has served as the basis of most gastroenterology textbook chapters on the subject. While in graduate school, Dr. Daniel published basic science papers in magnetic resonance and chemical engineering topics.

Books and Publications

“Use of Particles of Boron Nitride in Measurement of the Velocity Distribution in Laminar Flow in an Argon Plasma Jet” S.V. Desai. E.S. Daniel, W.H. Corcoran; Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol 39, No. 4, 612-614, 1968.

“Magnetic Resonance Measurements of Proton Exchange in Aquaeous Urea” R.L. Vold, E.S. Daniel, S.P. Chan, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol 92, No. 23, 6771-6776, 1970.

“Magnetic Resonance Measures in Aqueous Urea Solutions: E.S. Daniel, Ph.D Thesis, University of California San Diego, Dissertation Abstracts International B, 1972 Vol 32, No. 9, 5128.

“The Cronkhite-Canada Syndrome: An Analysis of Clinical and Pathologic Features and Therapy in 55 Patients” E.S. Daniel, S.L. Ludwig, K.J. Lewin, R.M. Ruprecht, G.M. Rajacich, A.D. Schwabe, Medicine, Vol. 61, No. 5, 293- 309, 1982.

“Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging - How It Works” E.S. Daniel, Proceedings of the Santa Barbara Medical Foundation Clinic, Vol. 1, 27-33, 1983.

(Abstract) “Recent Advances in Gerontology and the Biology of Aging”, E.S. Daniel, Journal of Medicine, Supplement One, 25, 1984.

(Abstract) “Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A New Diagnostic Tool” E.S. Daniel, Journal of Medicine, Supplement One, 25, 1984.

“Recent Advances in Gerontology and the Biology of Aging” E.S. Daniel, Proceedings of the Santa Barbara Medical Foundation Clinic, Vol. 4, 29-39, 1986.

“The Cronkhite Canada Syndrome” E.S. Daniel, Ch. 84 in Clinical Dermatology. Edited by D. Joseph Demis, Lippincott 1986.

“The Canada Cronkhite Syndrome” E.S. Daniel, Problems in General Surgery, Vol 10(4) 699-707, 1993.

“Approach to the Patient with Possible Dementia of the Alzheimer Type” E.S. Daniel, Medical Tribune, p. 14, March 23, 1995.

“Alzheimer’s Disease”, Erno S. Daniel, Chapter in Conn’s Current Therapy, edited by Rakel and Bope W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, PA, 2001 Edition.

Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Dementia Presenting as Transient Global Amnesia, Erno S. Daniel, Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, Primary Care Companion, Vol 6, No 6, p. 248-51, 2004

Alzheimer’s Disease, Erno S. Daniel, Chapter 14 in Conn’s Current Therapy, edited by Rakel and Bope, W. B. Saunders, Co Philadelphia, PA 2004

Inferences of Clinical Diagnostic Reasoning and Diagnostic Error, Anton Lawson and Erno Daniel, Journal of Biomedical Informatics accepted for publication 2010

“Stealth Germs in Your Body” Erno Daniel M.D. Sterling Publishing, New York and London, November 2008

“Check Out These Codes” Erno S. Daniel, The Best of Health Professions Humor, Colleen Kenefick, Hanley & Belfus, Inc. Philadelphia, PA 2001 p. 131-2

Conn's Current Therapy (chapter)

Others

Newspaper Columns

The Santa Barbara News Press

The Valley Voice

The Jamaica Gleaner

Television

Senior Forum - a series of 52 shows on Santa Barbara's Cable Network, channel 3

1964 California Savings and Loan League Outstanding Student at Santa Barbara High School

Rayonier Foundation and George H. Mayr Scholarships to Caltech

Conger Prize for Public Speaking, Caltech

National Science Foundation Undergraduate Research Fellowship

Outstanding Young Men of America Award

Fellowship, American College of Physicians

International Research and Exchanges Board Travel Grant

Santa Barbara Medical Foundation Clinic Chairman's Award

Listed in Who's Who in California

Listed in Best Doctors in America, Pacific Region

Listed in International Who's Who of Professionals

Alzheimer's Association Leadership Award

Distinguished Alumnus of Santa Barbara High School

Listed in Consumer's Research Conci's Guide to America's Top Physicians