William Peter Castelli

Background

Castelli, William Peter was born on November 21, 1931 in New York City. Son of Rudolph Edward and Alma Veronica (McNeil) Castelli.

Education

Bachelor of Science Zoology, Yale College, 1953; Doctor of Medicine, Catholic U. Louvain, Belgium, 1959; D honoris causa, Framingham State College, 1993.

Career

Intern, Kings County Hospital Center, Brooklyn, 1958-1959; assistant resident medicine, Lemuel Shattuck Hospital, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, 1959-1961; senior resident medicine, Lemuel Shattuck Hospital, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, 1961-1962; fellow Rheumatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1960-1962; research fellow Preventive Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1962-1965; director laboratories, Framingham (Massachusetts) Heart Study, 1965-1979; director, Framingham (Massachusetts) Heart Study, since 1979; lecturer preventive medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, since 1962; lecturer medicine, U. Massachusetts Medical School, Worster, since 1982; Adjunct Professor medicine, Boston University Med School, since 1979. Chairman Council Epidemiology American Heart Association, Dallas, 1988-1989. President New England Hypertension Council, since 1982.

Achievements

• William Peter Castelli has been listed as a noteworthy Cardiovascular epidemiologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Good Fat, Bad Fat - How To Lower Your Cholesterol And Reduce The Odds Of A Heart Attack by Castelli, William P., M.D.; Griffin, Glen C., M.D. published by Fisher Books (1997) Paperback

    (Good Fat, Bad Fat - How To Lower Your Cholesterol And Red...)

  • Good Fat Bad Fat (The New)...Lower your cholesterol & reduce your odds of a heart attack.

    (Title: Good Fat Bad Fat (The New)...Lower your cholestero...)

  • Good Fat, Bad Fat: How to Lower Your Cholesterol by Glen C. Griffin (1989-12-27)
  • Good Fat, Bad Fat: How to Lower Your Cholesterol & Beat the Odds of a Heart Attack by Glen Griffin (1993-01-03)
  • Good Fat, Bad Fat Cookbook

Membership

President Marlborough Friends of the Library., 1965. Trustee Marlborough Public Library., 1966-1983. Medical director United States Public Health Service, Framingham, since 1965.

Fellow Council Epidemiology, American College Epidemiology. Member SociétéMédicale des Hôpitaux de Paris.

Connections

Married Marjorie Irene Fish, July 15, 1961. Children: Laurence Edward, William Alton, Allyson Irene.

Father:

Rudolph Edward Castelli

Mother:

Alma Veronica (McNeil) Castelli

Spouse:

Marjorie Irene Fish

child:

Allyson Irene Castelli

child:

William Alton Castelli

child:

Laurence Edward Castelli