William Peter Castelli (born November 21, 1931) is an American physician, epidemiologist and former director of the Framingham Heart Study.

William P. Castelli
Born (1931-11-21) November 21, 1931 (age 92)
OccupationPhysician

Castelli was born at New York City.[1] He graduated B.S. in zoology from Yale College in 1953 and received his MD from Université catholique de Louvain in 1959.[1]

Castelli completed his internship at Kings County Hospital Center in 1959 and completed a residency in medicine at Lemuel Shattuck Hospital.[2] He did his post-doctoral fellowship with David Rutstein at the Department of Preventive Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He joined the Framingham Heart Study in 1965.[2] He was the director of the Framingham Heart Study 1979–1995.[1][3][4] He has credited data from the Framingham Heart Study to lower cholesterol levels as saving his own life.[5]

He established the Framingham Cardiovascular Institute for which he was medical director.[1][6] Castelli taught epidemiology and prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease at Harvard Medical School, Boston University School of Medicine and University of Massachusetts Medical School.[2] He advocates a diet low in saturated fat to reduce heart disease risk.[5]

He married Marjorie Irene Fish, they have several children.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c d e Castelli, W. P. (2004). "William Peter Castelli, MD: A conversation with the Editor". The American Journal of Cardiology. 94 (5): 609–622. doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.05.025. PMID 15342292.
  2. ^ a b c "William P. Castelli, MD". umc.edu. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  3. ^ Mahmood SS, Levy D, Vasan RS, Wang TJ. (2014). "The Framingham Heart Study and the Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Diseases: A Historical Perspective". The Lancet. 383 (9921): 999–1008. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61752-3. PMC 4159698. PMID 24084292.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Deep in the Heart Of Framingham". washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Eating Well: A Heart Expert's Rx for the Nation". nytimes.com. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Health Sleuths Assess Homocysteine as Culprit". archive.nytimes.com. Retrieved 3 November 2023.