John Flack, MD
Internist, specializing in hypertension
Internal Medicine
About me
Professional Service
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Vice President, American Society of Hypertension (ASH) Specialist Board 2014 – present
- Member, AHA Scientific Statement Writing Group on Resistant Hypertension 2016 – 2017
- Member, AHA Research Strategic Outcomes Committee 2017 – present
- Member, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Institutional Training Mechanism Review Study Section 2014 – 2018
- Member, Psychosocial Risk and Disease Prevention Study Section, Office of Behavioral and Social sciences Diseases (NIH) 2007 – 2011
- President, International Society on Hypertension in Blacks (ISHIB) 2001 – 2001
- Past member, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Cardio-renal Advisory Panel
Editorial Boards
- Associate Editor, American Journal of Hypertension 2016 – present
- Associate Editor, Cardiorenal Medicine
- Editorial Board member, Metabolic Syndrome and Drug Therapy
- Editorial Board member, Journal of Endocrine Disorders
- Editorial Board member, Journal of Clinical Nephrology and Research
- Annals of Clinical and Experimental Hypertension
- Journal of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity
- British Biotechnology Journal
- Advances in Combination Treatments for Hypertension
- Journal of Diabetes Research and Clinical Metabolism (JDRCM)
- Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology
- Kidney and Blood Pressure Research
- CardioRenal Medicine
- Integrated Blood Pressure Control
- Therapeutic Advances in Cardiovascular Disease
- Journal of Clinical Hypertension
- Current Cardiovascular Reports
- Current Hypertension Reviews
- Internal Medicine/Cardiology News
Videos
Gender
Male
Education & training
Positions
Professor and Chair, Department of Internal Medicine
Board Certifications
Clinical Hypertension
Internal Medicine
Medical School
University of Oklahoma School of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK
Undergraduate Degree
Langston University, B.S., Chemistry (Math Minor),1978
University of Oklahoma School of Public Health, MPH, 1988
University of Minnesota School of Public Health, MPH Epidemology, 1990
Residency
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma Memorial Hospital, Oklahoma City, OK
Chief Resident, 1985-1986
Fellowship
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, (Cardiovascular Epidemiology) National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, 1990
American Society of Hypertension (FASH), Fellow - 2012
Specialties
Treatments & procedures
Appointments
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Clinical locations
Locations
Hospital privileges
- HSHS St. John's Hospital, Springfield, IL
- Memorial Health, Springfield IL
Research
Research Interests
Hypertension
Clinical trials
Trial
Trial
Trial