Mission
The Agatston Research Foundation is dedicated to improving the heart health and wellness of the nation through research, education, and prevention.

Goals

• Conduct and fund research that contributes to reducing the incidence of heart attacks and strokes
• Educate and empower the public to take an active part in managing their health
• Promote innovative health-care programs oriented towards prevention
• Advance and promote a greater focus on prevention among the medical community

Background
The Agatston Research Foundation is a nonprofit center founded in 2004 by Dr. Arthur Agatston, preventive cardiologist and author of best-selling The South Beach Diet ^®. For more information about Dr. Agatston, click here.