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Dr. Mark C. Houston serves as a member of the editorial board and chair of the medical advisory board of the American Nutraceutical Association (ANA). He is also an associate clinical professor of medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, medical director at Hypertension and Vascular Biology Institute and the Life Extension Institute at Saint Thomas Hospital and Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. [CR-LF][CR-LF]Houston has written several books including, The Handbook of Antihypertensive Therapy, Vascular Biology for the Clinician and What Your Doctor Does Not Tell You About Hypertension: The Revolutionary Nutrition and Lifestyle Program to Help Fight High Blood Pressure. Houston was a full time internal medicine professor at Vanderbilt University Medical School where he served as medical director of the executive physical program, medical director of the Cooperative Care Center, co-director of the Medical Intensive Care Unit, and the Chief Clinical Section of the Division of General Internal Medicine and assistant - and later associate - professor of medicine. [CR-LF][CR-LF]Houston was elected as a Fellow in the American College of Physicians in 1984 (FACP), Fellow of the National Council on High Blood Pressure, Fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA) and is a member of numerous medical societies. Dr. Houston is member of the Trust and Executive Board for the Consortium of Southeastern Hypertension Control (COSEHC). [CR-LF][CR-LF]Dr. Houston graduated from Vanderbilt Medical School, completed a medical internship and residency at the University of California at San Francisco. In addition to his medical degrees, he also holds a master of science degree in clinical human nutrition from the University of Bridgeport, Connecticut.

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