Mark Houston

Dr. Mark Houston is an internist, and hypertension and a cardiovascular specialist at St. Thomas West Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee. He is also the co-founder and Director of the Hypertension Institute. Founded in 1995, the Hypertension Institute immediately received national acclaim as one of the leading institutes in the U.S. for the treatment of hypertension and related cardiovascular disorders.

Dr. Houston is triple boarded in hypertension as an American Society of Hypertension (ASH) specialist and Fellow of the American Society of Hypertension (FASH), Internal Medicine (ABIM), and Anti-aging medicine (ABAARM). He also has a Master’s in Human Nutrition from the University of Bridgeport, Connecticut, and a Master of Science degree in Functional and Metabolic Medicine from the University of South Florida in Tampa.

Dr. Houston has published more than 150 articles and scientific abstracts, and authored more than 70 clinical research studies in hyperlipidemia and cardiovascular disease. As a world-renowned physician and member of numerous medical societies, Dr. Houston promotes a version of healthcare with his mantra: "A wise healer uses that which works."