Rizack, Martin A.

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John Sholtis

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1988

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Martin Rizack, 1988. Photo by John Sholtis

Rizack, Martin A. (1926-2005) was an American distinguished internist, pharmacologist, and biochemist.

Rizack was a professor and associate dean of graduate studies at The Rockefeller University, where for many years he headed the Laboratory of Cellular Biochemistry and Pharmacology. One of the first people in medicine to understand the importance of drug interactions, he was the author of The Medical Letter Handbook of Adverse Drug Interactions, the first book on the subject to be widely read by physicians.

Years at The Rockefeller University: 1960-1990; emeritus 1990 - 2005