Background

Sax, Frederic L. was born on May 24, 1955 in New York City. Son of Karl and Alice (Fisher) Sax.

Education

Bachelor summa cum laude, Yale College, 1977; Doctor of Medicine, Columbia University, 1981.

Career

Intern, resident, New York Hospital/Cornell Univercity Medical Center, New York City, 1981-1984; staff fellow, National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland., 1984-1988; cardiology fellow, Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, 1987-1988; assistant professor medicine, Cornell Univercity, 1988-1991; from associate director to director clinical cardiovascular research, Merck Research laboratories, West Point, Pennsylvania, since 1991. Adjunct assistant professor of University Pennsylvania Medical School, Philadelphia, since 1992. Bioethics consultant committee National Institutes of Health, 1986-1988.

Achievements

• Diplomate American Board Internal Medicine.

Membership

Fellow American College Cardiology, American College Physicians. Member American Heart Association, American Federation Clinical Research.

Connections

Married Karen Lynn Lichtman, May 10, 1981. Children: Emily Caroline, Jonathan Samuel.

Father:

Karl Sax

Mother:

Alice (Fisher) Sax

Spouse:

Karen Lynn Lichtman

child:

Emily Caroline Sax

child:

Jonathan Samuel Sax