Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Biography

John M. Flack, MD, MPH has been named professor and chair of the Department of Internal Medicine at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield. He also is a member of SIU HealthCare, the medical school’s group practice. Dr. Flack is a renowned hypertension specialist. Flack is board certified in internal medicine and is an ASH-certified clinical hypertension specialist. He completed an NIH post-doctoral fellowship in cardiovascular epidemiology from the University of Minnesota (1990). He completed an internal medicine residency and received his medical degree from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (1985, 1982) where he also served as Chief Medical Resident in 1985-86. He received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Langston University (1978). Among his many honors, Flack has been named a “Top Doctor” from the Who’s Who Global Directory, was named one of Detroit’s “Super Doctors” and was Academic Physician of the Year from Oklahoma University School of Medicine.

Research Interest

Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Clinical trial design, Hypertension in African-Americans, Vascular and Hemodynamic determinants of resistant hypertension and the effects of Vitamin D on blood pressure and body composition.