Faculty Bio

Dr. Frank Sacks is Professor of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, in the Cardiovascular Division and Channing Laboratory, and senior attending physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital where he has a specialty clinic in hyperlipidemia. He is involved in research and public policy in cholesterol disorders, nutrition, hypertension, obesity, and cardiovascular disease. His research program is a combination of laboratory research on human lipoproteins, and clinical trials in hyperlipidemia, nutrition, obesity, and cardiovascular disease. Dr. Sacks has over 130 publications of original research, and over 60 reviews, editorials, and chapters. He is member of the American Heart Association Nutrition Committee.