Richard Bradley Sack (October 25, 1935 – April 24, 2017) was an American physician and researcher noted for his contributions to the treatment of

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Early years

Sack was born in Le Sueur, Minnesota to Wilma Mary (Hyink) and Rev. Nobel V. Sack. He grew up in Iowa and graduated from Lewis & Clark College, then attended the University of Oregon School of Medicine where he graduated in 1960.

Career

He did his residency at the

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, followed by a fellowship with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Sack joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 1962. Sack's lab first identified Enterotoxigenic ''Escherichia coli'', a bacterium that is a major cause of

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. He established two research centers funded by the NIH, one in

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and one in the White Mountain Apache Reservation in

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. He co-authored over 350 peer-reviewed publications.

Family

He was the brother of Robert L. Sack.

References

1935 births 2017 deaths Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health faculty Lewis & Clark College alumni Oregon Health & Science University alumni People from Le Sueur, Minnesota People from Lutherville, Maryland {{US-med-bio-stub