About Samuel J. Mann, MD | Hypertension Specialist & Author

Samuel J. Mann, M.D.

Nationally Known Hypertension Specialist

Specialist on the management of unexplained or difficult to control hypertension.

Dr. Mann is a physician, researcher, author and specialist in the management of hypertension. He focuses his career on improving the management of hypertension by getting patients onto the drugs, combinations and dosages, that are right for them. Different patients need different medications depending on what is driving their hypertension. His main interests are the treatment of resistant hypertension and paroxysmal (episodic) hypertension. He also has a keen interest in, and pioneering perspective on, the mind/body connection in hypertension and other medical conditions.

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About Dr. Mann

Dr. Mann is the author of two books. “Hypertension and You: Old Drugs, New Drugs and the Right Drugs for Your High Blood Pressure” presents readers with information they should know about the variety of excellent blood pressure medications available, and how they could be prescribed much more wisely to greatly reduce the persisting common problems of uncontrolled hypertension and medication side effects. His other book “Healing Hypertension: A Revolutionary New Approach” focuses on the mind/body connection in hypertension. This book explains why the usual suspects – stress, anger, and anxiety – are not a cause of hypertension.

Dr. Mann currently holds the position of Professor of Clinical Medicine in the division of Nephrology and Hypertension at New York Presbyterian – Weill Cornell Center, New York, NY. He combines his clinical practice with research on the treatment of resistant hypertension and emphasizes the need to prescribe treatment that targets the mechanisms causing an individual’s hypertension. His papers have been published in leading hypertension, medicine, and psychology journals and he has been featured on The New York Times and other publications.

He has also written extensively about “mind-body” hypertension, offering a very different view of the link between emotions and hypertension, and has pioneered new approaches to treatment. It will be the subject of his next book, tentatively titled: A Radical New Understanding of the Mind/Body Connection.

He lives with his wife in NYC. He stays in shape running in Central Park and was one of 2000 who ran the first New York City Marathon.

Current Position

Professor of Clinical Medicine
New York Presbyterian Hospital – Weill Cornell Medical Center
January 1984 – present

American Board of Internal Medicine Certification, 1975
Specialist in Clinical Hypertension, American Society of Hypertension, 1999

Education:

New York University
BA, Biology
1964 – 1968

SUNY, Downstate Medical Center
MD
1968 – 1972

Medical Residency: St. Luke’s – Roosevelt Hospital, NY

1972-1975

Hypertension Fellowship: Mt Sinai Hospital, NY.

1981-1983

Published Articles, Books and Book Chapters

Abbreviated list of medical articles, books and book chapters by Dr. Mann

Published Articles: Hypertension

Mann SJ, Krakoff LR, Felton K, and Yeager K. Cardiovascular responses to infused epinephrine: Effect of the state of physical conditioning. J. Cardiovasc Pharm. 6:339343, 1984.
Krakoff LR, Dziedzic S, Mann SJ, Felton K, and Yeager K. Plasma epinephrine concentration in healthy men: Correlation with systolic pressure and rate pressure product. J. Amer. Coll. Cardiol. 5:352-356, 1985.
Mann SJ, Pickering TG, Alderman MH, Laragh JH. Assessment of the effects of alpha and beta blockade in hypertensive smokers. Amer. J. Med. 86 (1B): 79-81, 1989.
Mann SJ, Pickering TG, Sosa TA, Uzzo R, Sarkar S, Friend K, Rackson M, and Laragh JH. Captopril renography in the diagnosis of renal artery stenosis: accuracy and limitations. Amer. J. Med. 90:30-40, 1991.
Mann SJ, Pickering TG. Diagnosing renovascular hypertension: state of the art: 1992. Ann. Intern. Med. 117:845-853, 1992.
Mann SJ. Systolic hypertension in the elderly: pathophysiology and management. Arch. Intern. Med. 152:1977-184, 1992.
Mann SJ, Callaway H, and Warren R. Lacunar infarct in a hypertensive football player. Implications for treatment of hypertension in athletes. Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine, 7:69-72, 1997.
Blank SG, Mann SJ, James GD, West JE, and Pickering TG. Isolated elevation of diastolic blood pressure: real or artifactual? Hypertension 26:383-389, 1995.
Mann SJ. Severe paroxysmal hypertension (pseudopheochromocytoma): understanding its cause and treatment. Archives of Internal Medicine, 159:670-674, 1999.
Mann SJ. Neurogenic essential hypertension revisited: the case for increased clinical and research attention. American Journal of Hypertension 16:881-888, 2003.
Mann SJ. Combined alpha/beta-blockade: an underused approach to the treatment of resistant hypertension. J Clin Hypertens 2007; 9:663-666.
Mann, SJ. Severe paroxysmal hypertension (pseudopheochromocytoma). Curr Hypertens Reports 2008; 10:12-18.
Mann SJ. The silent epidemic of thiazide-induced hyponatremia. J Clin Hypertens 2008; 10:477-484.
Mann SJ. The clinical spectrum of labile hypertension: a management dilemma. Journal of Clinical Hypertension 2009; 11:491-497.
Mann SJ, Sos TA. Misleading results of randomized trials: the example of renal artery stenting (editorial). J Clin Hypertens; 2010; 12: 1-2.
Mann SJ, Gerber LM. Estimation of 24-hour sodium excretion from spot urine samples. J Clin Hypertens 2010; 12:174-180.
Mann SJ. Drug therapy for resistant hypertension: a simplified mechanistic approach. J Clin Hypertens 2011; 13:120-130.
Ernst ME, Mann SJ. Diuretics in the treatment of hypertension. Sem Nephrol 2011; 31:495-502.
Gerber LM, Mann SJ. Inaccuracy of self-reported low sodium diet. American Journal of Human Biology 2012; 24:189-91.
Sos TA, Mann SJ. Did renal artery stent placement fail in the cardiovascular outcomes with renal atherosclerotic lesions (CORAL) study or did the CORAL study fail renal artery stent placement? The CORAL roll-in experience and the CORAL trials. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2014; 25:520-3.
Mann SJ, Ernst ME. Personalizing the diuretic treatment of hypertension the need for more clinical and research attention. Curr Hypertens Reports 2015; 17:30.
Mann SJ. Labile and paroxysmal hypertension: common clinical dilemmas in need of treatment studies. Curr Cardiol Reports. 2015 17 (11). doi: 10.1007/s11886-015-0646-0.
Levy J, Gerber LM, Wu X, Mann SJ. Nonadherence to recommended guidelines for blood pressure measurement. Journal of Clinical Hypertension 2016; 18: 1157-1161.
Malha L, Mann SJ. Loop diuretics in the treatment of hypertension. Curr Hypertens Reports 2016 Apr; 18(4):27.
Mann, SJ. Redefining beta-blocker use in hypertension: selecting the right beta-blocker and the right patient. Journal of the American Society of Hypertension. 2017; 11:54-65.
Mann SJ. Neurogenic hypertension: pathophysiology, diagnosis and management. Clin Auton Res 2018; 28:363-374.
Malha L, Mueller FB, Pecker MS, Mann SJ, August P, Feig PU. COVID-19 and the Renin-Angiotensin System. Kidney Int Rep. 2020 Mar 27. doi:0.1016/j.ekir.2020.03.024. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available. PMID:32292865.

Published Articles: Mind / Body Medicine

Mann SJ. Stress and hypertension: the role of unintegrated emotions. Integrative Psychiatry, 8:191-197, 1992.
Mann SJ, Delon MA. Case Report: improved hypertension control following disclosure of decades-old trauma. Psychosomatic Medicine 57:501-505, 1995.
Mann SJ. Severe paroxysmal hypertension: an autonomic syndrome and its relationship to repressed emotions. Psychosomatics 37:444-450, 1996.
Mann SJ and James GD. Defensiveness and hypertension. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 1998; 45:139-148.
Mann SJ. Severe paroxysmal hypertension (pseudopheochromocytoma): understanding its cause and treatment. Archives of Internal Medicine, 159:670-674, 1999.
Mann SJ. The mind-body link in hypertension: time for a new paradigm. Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine 6:39-45, 2000.
Mann SJ. Joseph and his brothers: a biblical paradigm for the optimal handling of traumatic stress. Journal of Religion and Health 40:335-342, 2001.
Mann SJ and Gerber LM. Psychological characteristics and responses to antihypertensive drug therapy. Journal of Clinical Hypertension 4:25-33, 2002.
Mann SJ. The enigma of hypertension and psychosomatic illness: lessons for psychoneuroimmunology from beyond the conscious mind. In social and cultural lives of immune systems. Wilce JM (ed.), Routledge. London 2003. Pp. 191-204.
Mann SJ. Job stress and blood pressure: a critical appraisal of reported studies. Current Hypertension Reviews 2006; 2:127-138.
“Hypertension and the Mindbody Connection: a new paradigm,” to Dr. John Sarno’s The Divided Mind. Harper Collins e-books; 1st Edition (October 13, 2009), p 185-226.
Mann SJ. Psychosomatic research in hypertension: the lack of impact of decades of research, and new directions to consider. J Clin Hypertension 2012; 2012; 14:657-664.
Mann SJ, Solanki KV. Paroxysmal hypertension: Cause and treatment. (submitted for publication, 2021).

Book Chapters

Mann SJ, Atlas SA. Hypertensive Emergencies. In: Hypertension: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management. JH Laragh and BM Brenner (eds). Raven Press. New York, 1990. pp. 2275-2289.
Mann SJ, Atlas SA, Laragh JH. Hypertensive Emergencies. In Surgical Intensive Care. PS Barie and GT Shires (eds). Little Brown and Co. 1992.
Pickering TG, Mann SJ, Pecker MS. Hypertension. In Current Nephrology. Vol. 16 (HD Gonick (ed.). Mosby-YearBook, Inc. St. Louis, MO, 1993. pp.177-148.
Atlas SA, Mann SJ. Hypertensive Emergencies. In: The Principles and Practice of Nephrology (Second Edition). HR Jacobson, GF Striker and S Klahr (eds.) Mosby-YearBook, Inc., St. Louis, 1995.
Pickering TG, Mann SJ. Renovascular Hypertension: Medical Evaluation and Nonsurgical Treatment. In: Hypertension: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management. JH Laragh, BM Brenner (eds.) Raven Press, New York, 1995. pp. 2039-2054.
Mann SJ, Blumenfeld JD, Laragh JH. Issues, Goals and Guidelines for Choosing First Time and Combination Antihypertensive Drug Therapy. In: Hypertension: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management. JH Laragh, BM Brenner (eds.) Raven Press, New York, 1995. pp. 2531-2542.

Mann SJ. The Engima of Hypertension and Psychosomatic Illness: Lessons for Psychoneuroimmunology from Beyond the Conscious Mind. In Social and Cultural Lives of Immune Systems. Wilce JM (ed.), Routledge. London 2003. pp. 191-204.
Mann SJ. Hypertensive Emergencies. In Therapy in Nephrology and Hypertension. HR Brady, CS Wilcox (eds.) WB Saunders. Philadelphia, 2008; pp. 624-634.
“Hypertension and the Mindbody Connection A New Paradigm,” to Dr. John Sarno’s The Divided Mind. Harper Collins e-books, 1st Edition (October 13, 2009), p 185-226.
Mann SJ. Paroxysmal Hypertension: Pseudopheochromocytoma. In A Berbari, G Mancia, eds, Disorders of Blood Pressure Regulation: Phenotypes, Mechanisms, Therapeutic Options. Springer 2017.
Mann SJ. Labile Hypertension. Post TW, ed. UpToDate. Waltham, MA: UpToDate Inc. https://www.uptodate.com/
Mann SJ. Paroxysmal Hypertension (Pseudopheochromocytoma). Post TW, ed. UpToDate. Waltham, MA: UpToDate Inc. https://www.uptodate.com/ Accessed Feb. 5, 2020.

Books

Healing Hypertension book by Samuel J Mann

Healing Hypertension: A Revolutionary New Approach

Mann SJ. Wiley, New York, 1999.

A pioneering approach to overcoming high blood pressure. If you are one of the millions of people diagnosed with high blood pressure, this groundbreaking book can change your life.

This book explains:

how you can tell whether or not your high blood pressure is related to emotions
how to find the medication best suited for you, and when to reduce or eliminate unnecessary medication
how exploring “hidden” or repressed emotions can reduce your blood pressure and the need for medication

This book helps you make sense of your high blood pressure while offering new choices for controlling it.

Hypertension and You: Old Drugs, New Drugs, and the Right Drugs for Your High Blood Pressure

Mann SJ. Rowman & Littlefield, New York, 2012.

In this book, Dr. Mann identifies the drugs most likely to have side effects and those that can be used in their place. He describes the shortcomings of some of the new drugs, while also introducing readers to some excellent old drugs that are woefully underused as a result of the publicity blitz surrounding the new, expensive ones.

This book shows how medications can be prescribed more wisely to achieve better results, by individualizing drug selection to best match the causes of the patient’s hypertension. It provides patients with the knowledge they need to capably discuss their medications with their health care providers, and, working with their physician, get onto the medications that are right for them.

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