Franklin David Nash
May 2, 1932 - February 28, 2018

Franklin David Nash, M.D. of Indianapolis passed away last week. Born May 2, 1932 in Brooklyn, New York, he was the son of Dr. David Nasanow and Frances Stich.

A retired Professor of Medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicine and Professor of Physiology and Biophysics in the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Dr. Nash specialized in Nephrology, with emphasis on hypertension research and teaching. He established and directed an interdisciplinary Specialized Center of Research in Hypertension, one of five so designated and funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health.
He received his Bachelor of Science Degree from Indiana University in 1954, and his M.D. from Indiana University School of Medicine in 1957.

In his initial retirement from academic medicine, he served as an insurance company Medical Director, but then returned to academia as Vice President for Academic Affairs at the Robert M. Palmer, M.D. Institute of Biomechanics. He consulted for Social Security Disability, Medicare, Medicaid, and for the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine on a NASA contract during the Apollo Moon flights and landings. He was a frequent Visiting Professor at other teaching and research institutions in the U.S. and abroad.

Aware of partisan misuses of STEM in crafting laws detrimental to the American people, he founded the Center for Scientific Analysis of Policy to focus on healthcare policy, biomedical research policy, and water-energy nexus policy.

In recent years, he collaborated closely with Aethlon Medical, developer of the Hemopurifier. He was passionate about the potential for a non-pharmacological reduction of pathogenic agents circulating in the blood as a means of treating such diseases as cancer, HIV, HCV, Ebola, sepsis, and Zika, and as a tool in the diagnosis of CTE.

A lover of the arts, he played double bass to finance his education and continued playing professionally on occasion thereafter. He was also an extremely dedicated and loving father and grandfather.

Frank Nash will be greatly missed by his daughter, Jennifer (Tony) Page of Carmel; son, David (Susan) Nash of Pittsburgh; his three beloved grandchildren, Cody Page, Dylan Page, and Rachel Nash; and former wife, Nancy Wise Nash of Indianapolis; and former wife Julie Slaymaker, of Indianapolis, mother of Jennifer and David.

A Celebration of Life will be held on Friday from 4pm to 8pm. For more information, contact FrankNashMemorial@icloud.com.

Online condolences may be given at www.crownhill.org


Frank's family requests memorial donations to the Indiana University School of Medicine Medical School Memorial Fellowship and Scholarship Fund in lieu of flowers. Please make memorial gifts payable to "IU Foundation - School of Medicine" and mail to the IU School of Medicine, c/o IU Foundation, P.O. Box 7072, Indianapolis, IN 46207-7072. Please indicate "In memory of Frank Nash - Memorial Fellowship and Scholarship Fund" on your gift.

CURRICULUM VITAE
FRANKLIN DAVID NASH

MANAGING PRINCIPAL
Center for Scientific Analysis of Policy, LLC 7500 Hoover Road
Indianapolis, Indiana 46260 844.870.7870

EDITOR
International Journal of Complementary & Alternative Medicine,
MedCrave Publications


POSITIONS AT TIME OF 2007 RETIREMENT
VICE PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
The Robert M. Palmer, M.D. Institute of Biomechanics, Inc. Elwood, Indiana

PRINCIPAL
Disability Medicine
Indianapolis IN and Pittsburgh, PA

CONSULTANT
Just Answer, Inc.
San Francisco, California

BOARD of DIRECTORS
Physicians for America, Inc. Washington, D.C.


EDUCATION
M.D., 1957 [Alpha Omega Alpha] 1
Indiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis, Indiana

A.B., 1954, Anatomy and Physiology [Phi Eta Sigma] Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana

ZBT Fraternity


TRAINING
U.S.P.H.S. FELLOW (Nephrology), 1961-1962 New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center New York, New York

RESIDENT (Surgery), 1960-1961
State University Health Sciences Center at Brooklyn Brooklyn, New York

RESIDENT( Surgery), 1959-1960
Indiana University Medical Center Hospitals Indianapolis, Indiana

RESEARCH FELLOW (Surgery), 1957-1959
Indiana University Medical Center Hospitals Indianapolis, Indiana
Indiana, 1958 New York, 1960


ACADEMIC POSITIONS AND APPOINTMENTS
FOUNDER and CO-DIRECTOR, 1970-1977 Specialized Center of Research in Hypertension of the National Heart. Lung & Blood Institute
Indiana University Medical Center Hospitals Indianapolis, Indiana

FOUNDER and DIRECTOR, 1969-1977 Renal-Hypertension Laboratory Indiana University Medical Center Hospitals Indianapolis, Indiana

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR (Medicine), 1969-1977 Indiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis, Indiana

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR (Physiology), 1968-1977 Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR (Physiology), 1967-1977 Indiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis, Indiana

INSTRUCTOR, (Orthopaedic Surgery), 1967-1973
Indiana University School of Medicine & Medical Center Hospitals Indianapolis, Indiana

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (Physiology), 1963-1968 Indiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis, Indiana

INSTRUCTOR (Physiology), 1962-1963 Indiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis, Indiana

INSTRUCTOR (Anatomy, Physiology, and Biochemistry), 1957-1958 Indiana University School of Nursing
Indianapolis, Indiana

RESEARCH and TEACHING ASSISTANT (Physiology), 1953-1955 Combined Medical Degree Program
Indiana University School of Medicine
Bloomington, Indiana


OTHER RELEVANT POSITIONS
PRINCIPAL, 1997-2002
Independent Forensic MedicineTM Indianapolis, Indiana
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

CONSULTING EXAMINER, 1994-1997
Disability Determination Service
Indiana Department of Children & Families Indianapolis, Indiana

MEDICAL DIRECTOR, 1996-1998
Social Security Disability Representatives, Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana
Denver, Colorado

CONSULTING PHYSICIAN, 1994-1996 Meridian Medical Clinic, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana

MEDICAL CONSULTANT, 1994-2002 American Theater Safety Council Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

MEDICAL DIRECTOR, 1993-1997 CardioMeterics©
Indianapolis, Indiana

SENIOR MEDICAL DIRECTOR, 1983-1996 Golden Rule Insurance Company Indianapolis, Indiana

MEDICAL DIRECTOR, 1986-1994
Medicaid Nursing Home Inspections Indiana Peer Review Organization, Inc. Indianapolis,

REVIEWING PHYSICIAN, 1984-1986 Medicare Hospital Admissions
Indiana Peer Review Organization, Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana

PROGRAM PHYSICIAN, 1983-1993
Disability Determination Service
Indiana Department of Children & Families Indianapolis, Indiana

MEDICAL DIRECTOR, 1983-1992 Health Insurance Claims
Golden Rule Insurance Company Indianapolis, Indiana Lawrenceville, Illinois

CONSULTANT and CONTRACTOR, 1969-1976 School of Aerospace Medicine
Brooks Air Force Base
San Antonio, Texas
(NASA Contract, "Man in Space")

CONSULTANT (Nephrology and Hypertension), 1967-1974 Roudebush USVA Medical Center
Indianapolis, Indiana

CONSULTING MEDICAL DIRECTOR, 1964-1983 Golden Rule Insurance Company Lawrenceville, Illinois

EXTERN (Psychiatry), 1957-1958 USVA Medical Center
Indianapolis, Indiana

RESIDENT TECHNICIAN (Radiology and Clinical Laboratory), 1955-1957 USVA Medical Center
Indianapolis, Indiana

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