Preventive Medicine Center

Good Health For All

1000 Asylum Avenue, #2109
Hartford, CT 06105
(860) 549-3444 or (800) 789-PREV
[email protected]

H. Robert Silverstein, MD

Always recognized as cutting edge, I became aware of the very simple Natural Human Design Rules, called biologic principles, which allow disease prevention and/or reversal where possible of diabetes, high cholesterol, stroke, high blood pressure and even cancer, etc. I am not perfect, or said another way, like most of the people who will read or hear this, I have no holes in my hands nor desire to have any. My philosophy is “let he who is without sin cast the first stone” but also do tell the truth and serve others regardless of the high personal price which often results when one does tell the truth. I am, in fact, one of you and look forward to the opportunity to meet you.

“Bobby was a fat little kid who got all C’s and D’s until the 3rd grade when his teacher took him aside and told him he was smart and could get better grades. Thereafter he became a straight A student. In the 7th grade he was both shocked and depressed when he met two other kids who were twice as smart as he was. Fortunately, this was also when his teenage growth spurt helped him out grow most of his baby fat improving his mood.”

It is a privilege to tell you something about my personal and professional life…
I was born in Bellefontaine, a small town of 10,000 in western Ohio. I graduated fourth in my high school class, was editor of the school newspaper, HiLife, and received a varsity football letter my senior year-only because I stuck it out, not because of ability. I was the 1957 Logan County Ping Pong champ, but was beaten several years ago by my children, Steven and Mark.


H. Robert Silverstein, MD
Fellow of the American College of Cardiology
Fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine

Education

  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1961, B.A.
  • Ohio State University, Columbus, 1965, M.D. Alpha Omega Alpha academic medical honorary
  • Internship: Ohio State University Hospital Columbus, 1965 – 1966 Straight Internal Medicine
  • Residency: Ohio State University Hospital Columbus, 1966 – 1968 Straight Internal Medicine
  • Fellowship: Grady Memorial Hospital of Emory University NIH Cardiology Fellowship, 1968 – 1970

Certifications

  • American Board of Internal Medicine, 1971
  • Cardiovascular Disease, 1973
  • American Board of Preventive Medicine Fellowship, 1981
  • Fellow American College of Cardiology
  • Fellow American College of Preventive Medicine

Academic Appointments

  • Westover Air Force Base, Regional Hospital, Director of Medical Education, 1970 – 1972.
  • Cardiology Consultant to New England Air Force Area hospitals, 1970 – 1972.
  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, 1980 – present.
  • Active staff, Department of Medicine, St. Francis Hospital, 1972 – present.
  • Active staff, Department of Medicine, Hartford Hospital, 1993 – present.
  • Medical Director, Preventive Medicine Center, 1980 – present.

Medical Societies, Positions, and Awards

  • American College of Cardiology, 1976 – present.
  • American Heart Association, 1976 – 1978, 1986 – present.
  • Alpha Omega Alpha – Medical School Scholastic Honorary, 1965.
  • Connecticut Heart Association, 1974 – 1976. Board of Directors; Chairman Professional Education Committee, 1974; Executive Committee, 1975; Task Force on Hypertension. Chairman; Task Force on Hypertension, 1981.
  • American Heart Association of Hartford, 1974 – 1980. Chairman, Subcommittee on Professional Education, 1975; Chairman, Task Force of Hypertension, 1976; Public Education Committee, 1974 – 1975; Board of Directors, 1974.
  • Hartford County Medical Association. Community Health Committee, 1974 – 1975. Alternate Delegate to the Connecticut State Medical Society, 1989 – 1992; Delegate to the Connecticut State Medical Society, 1994-Present; Committee on Legislation, 1992.
  • Connecticut State Medical Society, Aetna Claims Review Committee, 1977 – 1981.
  • Connecticut Nutrition Council, Executive Committee, 1980 – 1982.
  • Governor’s Medical Advisory Board of Motor Vehicle Department, State of Connecticut, 1980 – 1984.
  • House of Delegates, Connecticut State Medical Association, 1993 – present.
  • Advisory Committee, School of Allied Health Professions, University of Connecticut, 1990 – 1992.
  • Judge, McCusker Memorial Scholarship Trust Fund of the Connecticut State Employees Association, 1991 – 1992.
  • Foundation for Advances in Medicine and Science, Inc., 1992 – present.
  • Community Service Award, Hartford County Medical Association, 1993.
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine (England), 1993 – present.
  • Fellow, Section of Comparative Medicine, The Royal Society of Medicine, 1994 – present.
  • Member, International Society on Hypertension in Blacks, 1995-present.
  • Council on Epidemiology and Prevention of the American Heart Association, 1993 – present.
  • New York Academy of Sciences, 1986 – present.
  • The Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine, 1992 – present.
  • Holistic Health Advisory Board, Northwestern Connecticut Technical College 1999 – present.
  • Connecticut Holistic Health Association Board of Directors, 1999 – present.
  • Alternative Medical Institute, Vice President, 2000 – 2002.
  • Connecticut Holistic Heath Association, Outstanding Achievement Award, 2001.
  • Connecticut Holistic Health Association Board of Directors, 1999 – present.
  • International Society of Hypertension In Blacks, Community Service Award, 2002.
  • Consultant to the American College of Preventive Medicine Preventive Practices Committee, 2003.

Publications

  • Differential Reflex Vascular Response in Specific Tissues with Stimulation of Reflexogenic Areas, N. S. Skinner, Jr., H. G. Hanley, T.V. Inglesby, J.C. Costin, R. G. Sachs, H. Robert Silverstein and A. Raizner, 1969.
  • Physicians Guidelines: Connecticut High Blood Pressure Program, Connecticut Heart Association Publication, H. Robert Silverstein, MD, Arnold Fieldman, M.D., Adrian Ostfeld, M.D., 3/74.
  • Defibrillation First, CPR Second in Cardiac Arrest, Connecticut Medicine, 39:618, 1975.
  • Exercise in the Prevention of Coronary Artery Disease, Samuel M. Fox III, M.D., C. Gunnar Blomquist, M.D., Myrin H. Ellestad, M.D., Herman K. Hellerstein, M.D., H. Robert Silverstein, MD The American Journal of Cardiology, 1976.
  • Focus on Clinical Experience with Metoprolol in Hypertension, proceedings from a panel discussion, Excepta Medica, 6/26/79.
  • Eleventh Bethesda Conference on the Prevention of Coronary Artery Disease: The Physician in the Hospital, L. Gillespie, J. H. Hall, C. L. Curry, S. M. Fox, J. O’Neill Humphries, R. E. Hurley, J. Litvak, M. J. Pontius, E. Rappaport, E. Richman, R. C. Schlant, H. Robert Silverstein, S. L. Yenney, American Journal of Cardiology, 3/81.
  • Physicians Guidelines: Connecticut High Blood Pressure Program, Connecticut Heart Association Publication, H. Robert Silverstein, MD, Arnold Fieldman, M.D., Adrian Ostfeld, M.D., 3/74.
  • Cooklet, Preventive Medicine Center Cookbook, 1982.
  • Differences in Diet Recommendations, Hartford Courant, 10/15/84.
  • Introduction to Michio Kushi’s book, Diet for a Strong Heart, 1985.
  • Cooklet, Preventive Medicine Center Cookbook, 1985.
  • Allowing the Dying to Die, Medical World News, 6/8/87.
  • Allowing the Dying to Die, Ethical Physician’s Role is to Help Dying Patients Die, Connecticut Medicine, 52:560, 1988.
  • Whole Grains, Low Cholesterol, Hartford Courant Northeast Magazine, 6/12/88.
  • Preventing Heart Disease, The Lancet, 335:227, 1/27/90.
  • More on Lowering Cholesterol and Risk of Colon Cancer – Second Opinion, Internal Medicine World Report, 5:7, 8/90.
  • A Diet You Can Live With – interview by Linda Guica, The Hartford Courant, 11/7/90.
  • On Exercise, Hartford County Medical Association monthly column in the Manchester Journal Inquirer, 4/91.
  • Avoid Stress by Facing Consequences of Actions, The Hartford News, 4/10-24/91.
  • Road to Health Paved with Fiber – interview by Robin Hornbuckle, The New London Day, 4/24/91.
  • Heed these 10 Tips to Better Health – interview by Garrett Condon, Newsday release in The Columbus Dispatch, distributed by the Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Service, 10/28/91.
  • Kill and Tell Revisited – Second Opinion, Internal Medicine World Report, 6:7, 10/1-14/91.
  • How to Live to be 100 – interview by Mara Braverman, The Hartford Monthly, 12/91.
  • It’s What You’re Not Doing that can Kill You – interview by Garrett Condon, The Hartford Courant, 7/2/92.
  • Hiccups: Surefire Remedies, Cortland Forum, 115, 7/92.
  • The Great Diet Debate: Is a cholesterol level of 150 mg/dl hazardous to your health? – interview by Laura Bruck, Modern Medicine, 60:10-17, 9/92.
  • Coronary Disease Virtually Entirely Preventable, Letter to Editor, Journal of Myocardial Ischemia, pp. 53-54, 7-8/93.
  • The Five-Five’s (Exercise Program), Connecticut Medicine, 57:500, 7/93.
  • The Living Autopsy, Podium-Journal of The Medical Speakers Association, Fall 1993.
  • Reforming American Health Care Through Preventive Medicine, Podium, Summer 1994.
  • Reforming American Health Care Through Preventive Medicine, The Journal of the National Committee for Alternative Medicine, 1:5, Winter, 1994.
  • Better American Health Care Through Preventive Medicine: Controlling the Five Basic Errors, Progress Notes, Hartford Hospital Department of Medicine Newsletter, Summer, 1994.
  • Coronary Artery Disease Virtually Preventable, Guest Editorial Medical Tribune, Vol 35:Issue 17, p 17, 9/8/94.
  • Chest Pain? Consider Costochondritis, Cortlandt Letters Cortlandt Forum, March 1995.
  • A Low-Fat Diet?, Opinion/Editorial Medical Tribune, Vol. 36:20, 9/95.
  • Dietary Sources of “Healthful” Vitamins, Cancer Forum, Vol. 14:8, No. 3/4 Winter 1996.
  • How The Body Works, The Hartford News, January 3-10, 1996.
  • Why Brown Rice?, Self-Health Networker, April 1996.
  • Why Beans?, Self-Health Networker, May 1996.
  • Versatile Veggies, Self-Health Networker, May 1996.
  • Profile: Follows the Rules of Biology, Interviewed in Hospital News, page 7, September 1996.
  • Healthy & Delicious: Before Frost Finds the Pumpkin, Self Health Networker, pages 14-15, September 1996.
  • Vegetarian Holiday Menu, Self Health Networker, page 9 & 11, December 1996.
  • The Solution to Pollution is Dilution, Self Health Networker, June 1997.
  • Low-Fat Vegetarian Facts, Cortlandt Forum, page 114, July 1997.
  • Problems in Paradise?, Self Health Networker, page 4, September 1997.
  • A Question of Attitude, Hartford Advocate, “Life & Leisure”, October 2, 1997.
  • Why and How to Meditate, Macrobiotic Today, page 19, November/December 1997.
  • Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), Self Health Networker, page 4, November 1997.
  • How the Mind Heals, Macrobiotic Today, page 23, January/February 1998.
  • Natural Network, Editorial Advisor, April/May 1998.
  • National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III Guidelines and the Abolition of Symptomatic Coronary Artery Disease, American Journal of Cardiology, 2003; 90:654.
  • Re: Call To Action on Use and Reimbursement for Home Blood Pressure Monitoring: Executive Summary, Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 2008; 10 (6):1-2.
  • Research Recommendations During the Writing of White Papers., Silverstein HR, Guy JT.  Journal of the American College Cardiology 2010;55:1884
  • Potent Patient Protection Publication. In press (accepted for publication), American Journal of Cardiology 2010. Silverstein HR