William H. Frishman, M.D., has received national recognition for excellence in teaching. He is a recipient of the Medical Humanism Award from the Association of American Medical Colleges and a Mastership of the American College of Physicians. Dr. Frishman is a practicing internist and cardiologist with a research interest in cardiovascular pharmacology, clinical epidemiology and geriatrics. He has authored and co-authored more than 900 original articles, reviews and book chapters. He has also edited, co-edited, authored and co-authored twelve full-length textbooks, including a major text, Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapeutics (McGraw-Hill) now in its second edition. He published three books: Complementary and Integrative Therapies for Cardiovascular Disease (Elsevier 2005), Cardiovascular Regeneration and Stem Cell Therapy (Blackwell Futura, 2007) and Hypertension: A Clinical Guide (Lippincott, 2007). He is also the supplements editor for the American Journal of Medicine and a co-editor of the journal Cardiology in Review and the Yearbook of Medicine.

Areas of Expertise

• Cardiovascular pharmacology
• Clinical epidemiology 
• Geriatrics

Education

• M.D., Boston University School of Medicine

Honors and Awards

• Teaching Scholar Award of the American Heart Association
• The Preventative Cardiology Academic Award from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
• The Distinguished Teacher Award from the Association of American Medical Colleges and Alpha Omega Alpha
• The National Medical Honor Society

Research

Dr. Frishman has served as a principal investigator in multiple NIH funded studies including the "Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly" (SHEP) Trial, the "Studies of Left Ventricular Dysfunction" (SOLVD), the "Womens Health Initiative Trial" (WHI) and the "Bronx Longitudinal Aging Study."

Publications

• Krinsky D, Marcucci A, Mullally JA, et. al. "Oral GLP-1 Receptor Agonists for Weight Loss." Cardiology in review, (), (2024) . doi: 10.1097/CRD.0000000000000833
• Eng S, Aifuwa E, Frishman WH, et. al. "Cardiovascular Effect of Drugs Used to Treat Alzheimer's Disease." Cardiology in review, (), (2024) . doi: 10.1097/CRD.0000000000000831
• Pillai AA, Melo L, Frishman WH, et. al. "The Effects of Metformin on Weight Loss, Cardiovascular Health, and Longevity." Cardiology in review, (), (2024) . doi: 10.1097/CRD.0000000000000832
• Amin T, Rasool MHU, Ozkan BI, et. al. "Leukocytosis as a Risk Factor for Coronary Artery Disease: Pathophysiology and Epidemiology." Cardiology in review, (), (2024) . doi: 10.1097/CRD.0000000000000824
• Frishman WH, Killip S. "Thomas Killip III: A Tribute to a Leader in Academic Cardiology and a Pioneer of the Acute Coronary Care Unit." Cardiology in review, 33(1), (2025) 1-3. doi: 10.1097/CRD.0000000000000821
• Whiteson HZ, Jaishi PP, Frishman WH, et. al. "Implementing a Comprehensive CPR Education in New York State Public High Schools: Ideas, Drawbacks, & Future Directions." Cardiology in review, (), (2024) . doi: 10.1097/CRD.0000000000000813
• Agrawal SP, Desai D, Maheta D, et. al. "Comprehensive Guide to Paravalvular Leak: Symptoms, Effects, and Treatments." Cardiology in review, (), (2024) . doi: 10.1097/CRD.0000000000000815

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