William Peter Castelli (born November 21, 1931) is an American physician, epidemiologist and former director of the Framingham Heart Study.
William P. Castelli | |
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| Born | November 21, 1931 New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Physician |
Castelli was born at New York City.[1] He graduated B.S. in zoology from Yale College in 1953 and received his MD from Université catholique de Louvain in 1959.[1]
Castelli completed his internship at Kings County Hospital Center in 1959 and completed a residency in medicine at Lemuel Shattuck Hospital.[2] He did his post-doctoral fellowship with David Rutstein at the Department of Preventive Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He joined the Framingham Heart Study in 1965.[2] He was the director of the Framingham Heart Study 1979–1995.[1][3][4] He has credited data from the Framingham Heart Study to lower cholesterol levels as saving his own life.[5]
He established the Framingham Cardiovascular Institute for which he was medical director.[1][6] Castelli taught epidemiology and prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease at Harvard Medical School, Boston University School of Medicine and University of Massachusetts Medical School.[2] He advocates a diet low in saturated fat to reduce heart disease risk.[5]
He married Marjorie Irene Fish, they have several children.[1]
Selected publications edit
- Incidence of Coronary Heart Disease and Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels: The Framingham Study (1986)
- Cholesterol and Mortality: 30 Years of Follow-up From the Framingham Study (1987)
- How to Lower Your Cholesterol & Beat the Odds of a Heart Attack (1989)
- Lipids and risk of coronary heart disease: The Framingham Study (1992)
- Epidemiology of triglycerides: A view from Framingham (1992)
- Lipids, risk factors and ischaemic heart disease (1996)
- The New Good Fat Bad Fat: Lower Your Cholesterol and Reduce Your Odds of a Heart Attack (1997)
- Cholesterol Cures: More Than 325 Natural Ways to Lower Cholesterol and Live Longer from Almonds and Chocolate to Garlic and Wine (2002)
References edit
- ^ a b c d e Castelli, W. P. (2004). "William Peter Castelli, MD: A conversation with the Editor". The American Journal of Cardiology. 94 (5): 609–622. doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.05.025. PMID 15342292.
- ^ a b c "William P. Castelli, MD". umc.edu. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
- ^ Mahmood SS, Levy D, Vasan RS, Wang TJ. (2014). "The Framingham Heart Study and the Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Diseases: A Historical Perspective". The Lancet. 383 (9921): 999–1008. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61752-3. PMC 4159698. PMID 24084292.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Deep in the Heart Of Framingham". washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
- ^ a b "Eating Well: A Heart Expert's Rx for the Nation". nytimes.com. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
- ^ "Health Sleuths Assess Homocysteine as Culprit". archive.nytimes.com. Retrieved 3 November 2023.