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

cholera Cholera () is an infection of the small intestine by some Strain (biology), strains of the Bacteria, bacterium ''Vibrio cholerae''. Symptoms may range from none, to mild, to severe. The classic symptom is large amounts of watery diarrhea last ...

Early years

Sack was born in

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to Wilma Mary (Hyink) and Rev. Nobel V. Sack. He grew up in Iowa and graduated from

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. He then attended the University of Oregon School of Medicine, where he graduated in 1960.

Career

Sack did his residency at the

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, followed by a fellowship with the

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. 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