Frank J. Sapienza

Frank J. Sapienza, award-winning author and practicing dentist since 1985, was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York.

The youngest of five children, he began assisting in his father’s dental office at the age of sixteen. He quickly developed in interest in technology in the healthcare setting, writing a dental practice management software package at the age of twenty. Later, he published a computer tutorial for dentists.

Advances in technology, both in his practice and in the larger healthcare arena, continue to be his main professional passions. The proliferation of commercial DNA testing enterprises inspired an examination of the potential for abuse of this sensitive information, should the genetic databases be breached.

In his spare tim

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