Kilmer Mccully MD

Dr. McCully is internationally recognized for discovering a link between homocysteine and heart disease -- a major scientific breakthrough of the 20th Century -- and further development of the homocysteine theory of arteriosclerosis. In 1997 Dr. McCully authored his first book, The Homocysteine Revolution, which became the subject of much media attention with articles appearing in The New York Times, Newsweek, Time, and several national health newsletters. He has authored several book chapters and 85 research articles. His second book, The Heart Revolution, was authored by his daughter, Martha McCully, and was published in 1999. This third book, Pioneer of the Homocysteine Theory, was published in 2013.

From 1981 until 2001 Dr. McCully served as Pathologist at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Providence, Rhode Island. Prior to this position, Dr. McCully was an Associate Pathologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and Assistant Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School. He was also appointed Visiting Professor of Laboratory Medicine at the University of Connecticut and Associate Professor of Pathology at Brown University. He is presently a Consultant in Pathology and the former Chief of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Director of the Boston Area Consolidated Laboratories at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in West Roxbury, and Medical Director of the Network Consolidated Laboratories for all Veterans Affairs Medical Centers in New England. He also serves as Associate Clinical Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. McCully is a graduate of Harvard Collete and Harvard Medical School, where he earned degrees in chemistry, biochemistry, and medicine. He received fellowship training in biochemistry, molecular biology, and genetics at the National Institutes of Health, Massachusetts General Hospital, Glasgow University in Scotland, and Harvard University.