Dr William Rader

For over 15 years, William C. Rader has been researching the therapeutic applications of fetal stem cell therapy. In 1995 he founded Stem Cell of America, an international corporation dedicated to the research and development of the clinical application of fetal stem cells. He currently serves as chairman of the board and chief scientist.

William C. Rader earned his medical degree with honors from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1967, and was first in his psychiatric residency class at the University of Southern California Medical Center in 1971.

William C. Rader served as chief psychiatrist for the U.S. Navy's alcoholic treatment program from 1971 to 1973. He developed a widely used training program for alcoholism counselors.

His family system approach, a successful mental health treatment model that empowered individuals to achieve and then maintain their recovery from addiction, was adopted as an integral part of the Betty Ford recovery program at the Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, California.

He is recognized as a pioneer in the fields of alcoholism, drug addiction, eating disorders (bulimia, anorexia, and compulsive overeating), codependency, sexual addiction, sexual abuse and most recently stem cell clinical research.

William C. Rader's accomplishments include:

Founded

* The Rader Institute (1984). The world's largest eating disorder treatment program. Not focused on weight loss, it was specifically tailored for patients suffering from anorexia, bulimia and compulsive overeating.

* The Survivor Program (1992). Identifying sexual abuse victims as having a distinct disorder requiring specialized treatment. Helping victims of sexual abuse become empowered survivors.

* The Immune Suppressed Institute Mexico City, Mexico (1993) one of the first HIV/AIDS treatment centers in Latin America.

* Stem Cell of America (1995), an international corporation dedicated to the research and development of the clinical application of fetal stem cells.

Research

* Chief International Research Consultant for Columbia Laboratories, one of Mexico's largest pharmaceutical companies. His research included a project involving a benign combination of amino acids which significantly reduced atherosclerotic plaque (beginning 1993).

* State University Medical School at Buffalo. In vivo preparation of kidneys for transplantation.

Featured lecturer

* The American Psychiatric Association.

* The Annual Symposium on Addictive Disorders.

* The National Eating Disorders Association Annual Conference.

Publications

* The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

Awards

* Honors. State University at Buffalo Medical School (1967).

* The Sandoz Award (first in his psychiatric residency class, USC,1971)

* Naval Commendation for his service as the chief psychiatrist of the Naval alcohol treatment program.

* Overeaters Anonymous (1982 Man of the Year).

* The National Council on Alcoholism.

* Emmy Los Angeles "Rape The Hidden Crime."

Media

* Appearances - William C. Rader appeared on television as a medical expert for more than a decade.

o Serving as a medical expert for ABC television's "Good Morning America.".

o Appeared twice weekly from 1977 to 1991 as a medical expert for KABC Eyewitness News in Los Angeles.

o Served as a medical expert for WABC Eyewitness News in New York.

o Appeared weekly as their medical expert on the nationally syndicated television programs "Hour Magazine," and "The Home Show".

o He was a regular guest on "Donahue," "Jenny Jones," "Leeza,", "Montel Williams" and "The Sally Jesse Raphael Show," shedding new light on important medical, psychological, and social issues, some of which had never before been explored on television

* Producer

o Produced television shows, selecting the guests and co-hosting programs for "Geraldo," "The Mike Douglas Show," "The Merv Griffin Show," and "The Tomorrow Show" with Tom Snyder. When TV Guide reviewed "The Tomorrow Show," they cited William C. Rader's program as one of the two best episodes in the program's history. When Newsweek reviewed all TV talk shows of that period, they praised the episodes of "The Merv Griffin Show" that William C. Rader had co-hosted and produced.

* Writer

o Wrote an episode of "All In The Family" in which Archie Bunker become addicted to diet pills. The groundbreaking episode demonstrated that diet pills, easily available by prescription, had a very serious addictive potential. The episode was submitted for an Emmy

o Wrote, produced and hosted numerous health-related documentaries for ABC.

o Book Dr. Rader's No Diet Program For Permanent Weight Loss

* Consultant

o Technical advisor for television movies dealing with socially relevant issues.

o NBC's "Sarah T: Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic" (1975). It was the highest-rated TV movie of its season.

o CBS's "Intimate Strangers" (1977) exposed the true nature of spousal abuse.

He also served as medical technical consultant for Paramount Studios, Tandem Productions and Universal Television.