William C. Rader

William C. Rader
Education	State University of New York (M.D., 1967)
Occupation	Physician
Spouse(s)	Sally Struthers (m. 1977–83) divorced

William C. Rader (born 1938) is an American psychiatrist. After an early career treating eating disorders, he founded several offshore clinics administering injections of human fetal stem cells claiming clinically-unproven therapeutic benefits for a variety of illnesses. Rader's assertions about the effectiveness of his injections, coupled with high-pressure sales tactics, aroused intense criticism. Complaints by patients led to the revocation of his medical license in California.

Rader graduated with an M.D. from the State University of New York in 1967. He did his psychiatric fellowship at the University of Southern California Medical Center. He was a psychiatrist for the Navy's alcoholism treatment program from 1971 to 1973.

Rader was married and had three children prior to marrying Sally Struthers, with whom he had a daughter. He co-wrote a 1977 episode of the television sitcom All in the Family and became involved with Struthers' negotiations with television executives. The couple divorced on January 18, 1983 in Los Angeles.

Rader was a medical expert for KABC Eyewitness News in Los Angeles from 1977 to 1991.Newsweek described Rader as "a highly telegenic Beverly Hills psychiatrist" and called his five-part debut on KABC about compulsive overeating "riveting". In 1981, Rader published a book titled No Diet Program For Permanent Weight Loss. In 1984 he started The Rader Institute to treat eating disorders.

In 1992, he started the Survivor Program to help victims of sexual abuse. He founded the Immune Suppressed Institute in 1993, an HIV/AIDS treatment center, in Mexico City.

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