FacsRichard Furman, MD, FACS, spent more than thirty years as a vascular surgeon. The author of Prescription for Life, Take Charge of Your Cholesterol, and Winning Your Blood Sugar Battle, Furman is past president of the North Carolina Chapter of the Ameican College of Surgeons, past president of the North Carolina Surgical Society, and a two-term governor of the American College of Surgeons. He is cofounder of World Medical Mission, the medical arm of Samaritan's Purse, and is a member of the board of Samaritan's Purse. He lives in North Carolina. Read More Read Less