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Dr. Frink's CV
CURRICULUM VITAE
RICHARD JAMES FRINK, B.S., M.S., M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.C., F.A.H.A.
Date of Birth: March 20, 1929
Marital Status: Married, four children
B.S.: Iowa State University, 1951
U.S. Army: 1951-3
M.D.: University of Iowa, 1958
Intern: San Joaquin General Hospital, French Camp, CA, 1958-9
Locum Tenens: R.O. Spittler, M.D. (dec.), Lodi, CA, 1959
Resident: Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN, 1960-3
M.S.: University of Minnesota, 1964; (Thesis: Significance of Coronary Artery Calcification)
Private Practice: Internal Medicine, Sacramento, CA, 1963-8
Teaching appointment as staff physician, Sacramento County Hospital; Practicing privileges at Sutter Community Hospitals and Mercy Hospital, Sacramento, CA
Research Fellow: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Alabama Medical Center, 1968-70
Instructor: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Alabama Medical Center, 1970-1
Associate Scientist: Cardiovascular Research and Training Center, University of Alabama Medical Center, 1970-1
Private Practice: Invasive/interventional consulting cardiologist, Sacramento, CA, 1971-Present
Practicing privileges at Sutter Community Hospitals, Mercy General Hospital, Mercy San Juan Hospital and Mercy Folsom Hospital
Associate Director: Cardio pulmonary Department, Mercy General Hospital, Sacramento, CA, 1971-81
Consultant: Sacramento County Coroner, 1972-present
Principal Investigator: Heart Research Foundation of Sacramento, 1977-present
Director of Cardiovascular Services: Mercy General Hospital, Sacramento, CA, 1984-5
MEMBER:
Sacramento County Medical Society
California Medical Association
American Medical Association
American Federation for Clinical Research
Fellow of the American College of Physicians
Fellow of the Council on Clinical Cardiology
Fellow of the American College of Cardiology
CERTIFIED BY:
American Board of Internal Medicine
Subspecialty in Cardiovascular Disease
HONORS:
President, Sacramento Society of Internal Medicine, 1967-8
James D. Bruce Traveling Scholarship, American College of Physicians, 1970
President, Golden Empire Chapter, American Heart Association, 1975-6
Chief of Staff, Mercy General Hospital, 1981-3
PUBLICATIONS:
1. Frink, R,J., Achor, R.W.P., Brown, A.L. Jr., Kincald, O.W. and Bradenbert, R.O. Significance of calcification of the coronary arteries. Am J Cardiol 1970;26:241-248.
2. James, T.N., Bear, E.S., Frink, R.J., Lang, K.F. and Tomlinson J.C. Selective stimulation, suppression or blockade of the AV node and His bundle. J Lab Clin Med 1970;76:240-256.
3. Frink, R.J. and James, T.N. The intracardiac route of the von Bezold Jarisch reflex. Am J Physiol 1971;221:1464-1469.
4. James, T.N., Bear, E.S., Frink, R.J. and Urthaler, F. Pharmacologic production of atrioventricular block with and without initial bundle branch block. J Pharmacol Exper Ther 1971;179:338-346.
5. Frink, R.J. Arrhythmias and heart block. Sacramento Med Nov. 1972;23(10):6, Dec. 1972;23(11):6.
6. James T.N., Urthaler, F., Isobe, J.H., Frink, R.J. and Lang, K.F. Chemoreceptors of the heart. Clin Res 1972;20:620.
7. Frink, R.J. and James, T.N. Normal blood supply to the human His bundle and proximal bundle branches. Circ 1973;27:8-18.
8. Frink, R.J. and James, T.N. Position of the H spike in selective pharmacologic production of A V block or A V junctional rhythm. J Lab Clin Med 1973;81:506-519.
9. Frink, R.J. and Merrick, B. The sheep heart: coronary and conduction system anatomy with special reference to the presence of an Os Cordis. Anat Rec 1974;179:189-199.
10. Frink, R.J., Merrick, B. and Lowe, H.M. Mechanism of the bradycardia during coronary angiography. Clin Res abstr 1974;22(190A). Am J Cardiol 1975;35:17-22.
11. Frink, R.J. Non obstructive mural coronary thrombosis in sudden death. Adv Exp Med Biol 1977;82:124-126.
12. Frink, R.J., Trowbridge, J.O. and Rooney, P.A. Non obstructive coronary thrombosis in sudden cardiac death. Am J Cardiol 1978;42:48-51.
13. Frink, R.J. Non occlusive coronary thrombosis in acute myocardial infarction. Throm Haemostasis abstr 1981;46:436.
14. Frink, R.J., Merrick, B.A., Hambly, M.H. and Rose, J.P. Long term follow up of patients having cardiac catheterization and cardiac operation. Small community hospital results before and after surgery program. Western J Med 1985;142:773-776.
15. Frink, R.J., Rooney, P.A., Trowbridge, J.O. and Rose, J.P. Coronary thrombosis and platelet/fibrin fragments in death associated with acute myocardial infarction. British Heart J 1988;59:196-200.
16. Frink, R.J., Ostrach, L.H. and Shiba, K. Coronary thrombosis and platelet/fibrin microemboli in a large autopsy population: Relation to cardiac mortality. 1st International Symposium on Heart Failure, May 21, 1989.
17. Frink, R.J. and Ostrach, L.H. Streptokinase in the treatment of an acute cerebral embolus: a case report. Angiology 1990;41(1):66-69.
18. Myler, R.K., Frink, R.J., Shaw, R.E., Bashour, T.T., Hecht, H.S., Ryan, C., Cumberland, D.C., Stertzer, S.H. The unstable plaque: Pathophysiology and therapeutic implications. J Invas Cardiol 1990;2(3):117-128.
19. Frink, R.J., Ostrach, L.H., Rooney Jr., P.A. and Rose J. Coronary thrombosis, ulcerated atherosclerotic plaques and platelet/fibrin microemboli in patients dying with acute coronary disease. A large autopsy study. J Invas Cardiol 1990;2(5):199-210.
20. Frink, R.J. Smoking, coronary thrombosis, ulcerated plaques and platelet/fibrin microemboli in sudden cardiac death. An autopsy study. 9th Annual Symposium on Atherosclerosis, Chicago, Illinois. October 6-11, 1991.
21. Frink, R.J. Chronic ulcerated plaques: New insights into the pathogenesis of acute coronary disease. J Invas Cardiol 1994:6(5):173-185.
22. Frink, R.J., and Rose, J.P. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and direct cardiac injury: Evidence of fractured coronary arteries and HIS bundle hemorrhage. J Invas Cardiol 1997:9(9):578-585.
23. Frink, R.J. Inflammation, chronic ulcerated plaques, and unstable coronary syndromes. Cardiol Rev 1998:6(5):302-311.
24. Frink, R.J. Inflammatory atherosclerosis; Characteristics of the injurious agent. First Edition. Sacramento, California. The Heart Research Foundation of Sacramento, 2002.
25. Frink, R.J. Gender gap, inflammation and acute coronary disease: Are women resistant to atheroma growth? J Invas Cardiol 2009;21:270-277.
26. Frink, R.J. Parallel cholesterol crystals: A sign of impending plaque rupture? J Invas Cardiol 2010;22:406-411.
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