DR. STEVEN BLOCK has practiced cardiology for nearly 40 years. He received his medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine in 1971, continuing with a two-year medical residency at UCLA, where he obtained his specialty credentials in internal medicine. Dr. Block completed his training with a two-year fellowship in cardiology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. In 1976, Dr. Block left Los Angeles for Lodi, a small town in Northern California, where he served as Director of the Coronary Care Unit at Lodi Community Hospital. He founded the Lodi Heart Center in 1980, where he currently remains as a solo practitioner. Encouraged by his patients to share his unique teaching style with the general public, Dr. Block conceived this guide.