About the Author Frank Meissner, MD is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Cardiology. He is an Assistant Professor of Medicine-USUHS and Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine -UTHSC at San Antonio. He is the primary forum administrator of the AMIA Medical Forum (Go MedSig). He has designed a number of cardiology decision support systems and is very interested in computer applications in medicine and cardiology. He can be reached by e-mail: 71333.3377@compuserve.com; Cardon@phantom.com; Cardon@delphi.com or fmmd@well.sf.ca.us.