Franklin B. Saksena, M.D., C.M., F.A.C.C., F.A.H.A., F.A.C.P., F.R.C.P.C.C. is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Northwestern University and Rush Medical School. He served as a Senior Attending Physician at Cook County Hospital from 1973 until 2005 in the division of cardiology. Currently, he is also a volunteer attending at Cook County Hospital.

His publications include:

• Hemodynamics in Cardiology 1983, Praeger, NY
• 101 Sherlock Holmes Crossword Puzzles, Battered Silicon box press, Canada 2000
• The Art & Science of Cardiac Physical Examination. Ranganathan. N, Sivacyan V, Saksena F, Kymana Press, NJ
• Color Atlas of Local and Systemic Signs of Cardiovascular Disease, Blackwell, Oxford 2000