Mark Pettus

Mark Pettus, MD, is a board-certified internist and nephrologist who has been practicing for more than 25 years. He serves as director of medical education, wellness, and population health at Berkshire Health Systems and associate dean of medical education at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He is author of The Savvy Patient: The Ultimate Advocate for Quality Health Care and It’s All in Your Head: Change Your Mind, Change Your Health, and Change Your Life. Mark has been featured on numerous television and radio programs nationally, including Good Morning America, The 700 Club, NPR, and PBS.

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Preventing and Reversing Heart Disease with Mark Pettus


Resources

  • Anti-Aging for the Brain

    We’re a nation fixated on youth—perhaps because our country isn’t even a quarter of a century old yet. Our anti-aging obsession has morphed into a...

  • What's Your Allostatic Load?

    What is allostatic load? The phrase is relatively unfamiliar to most of us, but it’s well worth learning what yours is, pondering how to reduce it, and then...

  • Turning Point Q&A with Mark Pettus, MD

    Mark Pettus, MD, is a board-certified internist and nephrologist who has been practicing for more than 25 years. He currently serves as Chief of Medicine at...

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