Harry G. Preuss, M.D., F.A.C.N., C.N.S.

Dr. Preuss received his BA and MD from Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, and New York City, trained for three years in internal medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center under Dr. David E. Rogers, studied for two years as a fellow in renal physiology at Cornell University Medical Center under Dr. Robert F. Pitts, and spent two years in clinical and research training in nephrology at Georgetown University Medical Center under Dr. George E. Schreiner. During his training years, he was a special research fellow of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Following five years as an assistant and associate (tenured) professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center where he became an established investigator of the American Heart Association, he returned to Georgetown Medical Center. He subsequently performed a 6-month sabbatical in molecular biology at the NIH in the laboratories of Dr. Maurice Burg. Dr. Preuss is now a tenured Professor in four departments at Georgetown University Medical Center – Biochemistry, Physiology, Medicine, and Pathology.

His bibliography includes over 240 peer-reviewed, original medical research papers, 200 general medical contributions (chapters, review articles, etc.), seven patents, and more than 260 abstracts. Dr. Preuss has written, edited or co-edited twelve books and three symposia published in well-established journals. He has two recently published books: one co-authored for the lay public entitled The Natural Fat Loss Pharmacy (Broadway Books/Rodale Press) has sold over 150,000 copies. A second co-edited book for the academic community was published entitled Obesity: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Prevention (CRC Press) and received outstanding reviews from the NEJM and JAMA. The second edition has now been published.

In 1976, Dr. Preuss was elected to membership in the American Society for Clinical Investigations and is currently an advisory editor for numerous medical/nutritional journals. His previous government appointments included four years on the Advisory Council for the National Institute on Aging, two years on the Advisory Council for the Director of NIH as representative for the National Institute of Aging, and two years on the Advisory Council for NIH’s Office of Alternative Medicine. He has also served on a variety of peer research review committees for the NIH, the American Heart Association and was recently a member of the National Cholesterol Education Program of the NHLBI and clinical study section JH-07 of the NIH.

Dr. Preuss was elected the ninth Master of the American College of Nutrition (ACN). He is a former chairman of two ACN councils–Cardiovascular/Aging and Dietary Supplements/Functional Foods. After a brief stint on the Board of Directors of the ACN, Dr. Preuss spent three years as secretary-treasurer and three consecutive years as vice president, president-elect, and became president in 1998. In 2008 and 2010, he was twice reelected president of the ACN, the only president-elect to have held this office more than once.

Dr. Preuss is a member of the Board of Directors for the Alliance for Natural Health (ANH-USA) and also served as a member of the ANH’s scientific and Medical collaboration group. Dr. Preuss wrote the nutrition section for the Encyclopedia Americana and is past president of the Certification Board for Nutrition Specialists (CBNS) that awarded CNS certifications. He served as chairman of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at Georgetown University that approves all clinical protocols at the University’s Medical Center for over 20 years.

Dr. Preuss is currently Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board for NutraSpace.com. Dr. Preuss has received the Harold Harper Lectureship Award (ACAM), William B. Peck, James Lind, and Bieber Awards for his research and activities in the medical and nutrition fields. His current research, both laboratory and clinical, centers on the use of dietary supplements to favorably influence or even prevent a variety of medical conditions including those related to obesity, insulin resistance, and cardiovascular disorders. He is currently studying the ability of many natural products to overcome various infections, including those resistant to antibiotics.

His peers voted to award him the coveted Charles E. Ragus Award of the ACN for publishing the best research paper in 2006 and in 2010 received ACN’s 2010 Award for outstanding senior investigator in nutrition. In 2014, he received three Jonathan Emord Awards for his research in the fields of Medicine, Nutrition, and Integrative Medicine and, the same year, received ACN’s Presidential Recognition Award for outstanding service in the field of nutrition.

Preuss博士从康奈尔大学、纽约州伊萨卡和纽约市获得学士和医学博士学位，在David E.Rogers博士领导下的Vanderbilt大学医学中心接受了三年的内科培训，在Robert F.Pitts博士领导下的康奈尔大学医学中心担任了两年的肾脏生理学研究员，并在乔治敦大学医学中心接受了两年的肾脏病临床和研究培训。在他受训期间，他是美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）的一名特别研究员。

在匹兹堡大学医学中心担任助理和副（终身）医学教授五年后，他成为美国心脏协会的资深研究员，回到乔治敦医学中心。随后，他在国立卫生研究院莫里斯·伯格博士的实验室进行了为期6个月的分子生物学休假。普瑞斯博士现在是乔治敦大学医学中心生物化学、生理学、医学和病理学四个系的终身教授。

他的书目包括240多篇同行评议的原创医学研究论文、200篇普通医学论文（章节、评论文章等）、7项专利和260多篇摘要。普瑞斯博士撰写、编辑或共同编辑了12本书，并在知名期刊上发表了3次专题讨论会。他最近出版了两本书：一本是为非专业人士合著的《天然减肥药房》（百老汇图书/罗代尔出版社），销量超过15万册。为学术界联合编辑的第二本书发表了题为《肥胖：流行病学、病理生理学和预防》（CRC出版社），并获得了NEJM和JAMA的杰出评论。第二版现已出版。

1976年，Preuss博士被选为美国临床研究学会会员，目前是众多医学/营养学杂志的顾问编辑。他之前的政府任命包括在国家老龄研究所咨询委员会任职四年，在国家老龄研究所代表的国家卫生研究院院长咨询委员会任职两年，以及在国家卫生研究院替代医学办公室咨询委员会任职两年。他还曾在美国国家卫生研究院（NIH）的多个同行研究评审委员会、美国心脏协会（American Heart Association）任职，最近他还是NHLBI国家胆固醇教育项目和NIH临床研究部JH-07的成员。

普瑞斯博士被选为美国营养学院（ACN）第九届硕士。他曾担任两个ACN委员会的主席——心血管/衰老和膳食补充剂/功能性食品。在ACN董事会短暂任职后，Preuss博士担任了三年的财务秘书，连续三年担任副总裁、当选总裁，并于1998年出任总裁。2008年和2010年，他两次连任全国有色人种协进会主席，是唯一一位不止一次担任这一职务的当选总统。

Preuss博士是自然健康联盟（ANH-USA）董事会成员，也是ANH科学和医学合作小组成员。普瑞斯博士为《美国百科全书》撰写了营养部分的文章，并且是营养专家认证委员会（CBN）的前任主席，该委员会授予CNS认证。他曾担任乔治敦大学的机构审查委员会（IRB）主席，该委员会批准乔治敦大学医学中心的所有临床方案超过20年。

普瑞斯博士目前是科学咨询委员会的主席NutraSpace.com. Preuss博士因其在医学和营养学领域的研究和活动获得了Harold Harper讲师奖（ACAM）、William B.Peck、James Lind和Bieber奖。他目前的研究，包括实验室和临床研究，都集中在使用膳食补充剂来有利地影响甚至预防各种疾病，包括与肥胖、胰岛素抵抗和心血管疾病有关的疾病。他目前正在研究许多天然产品克服各种感染的能力，包括那些抗抗生素的产品。

他的同行投票授予他梦寐以求的查尔斯E拉格斯奖ACN出版的最佳研究论文在2006年，并在2010年获得ACN的2010年奖的杰出高级研究员在营养。2014年，他因在医学、营养学和综合医学领域的研究获得了三项乔纳森·埃默德奖，同年，他还因在营养学领域的杰出服务获得了ACN总统认可奖。

引用：美国自然健康联盟（ANH-USA）Alliance for Natural Health - USA (ANH-USA) 

 Harry G. Preuss, M.D., F.A.C.N., C.N.S.    

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