John Paul Blass

Who is John Paul Blass?

John P. Blass is a physician, biochemist and neurochemist who was born on February 21, 1937 to Gustaf Blass and Jolan Wirth Blass in Vienna, Austria. Both his parents were physicians; his father was a prominent Viennese radiologist and his mother, a student of Sigmund Freud among others, was a psychoanalyst originally from Budapest. In his infancy, John, his older sister Ingeborg and his mother fled Austria for the United States to join Gustaf who had preceded them and established a medical practice in Oklahoma, where they settled for several years. The family then moved to Stamford, Connecticut. Both parents practiced psychiatry, Gustaf in a private sanitarium in Stamford and Jolan as a child psychiatrist in New York City and Connecticut.

Blass' most prominent professional achievements are in the area of aging and Alzheimer's disease, in particular relating to brain metabolism. He holds patents based on decades of scientific research, including a neutraceutical "metabolic enhancer" which has been under study in a large-scale, controlled, "multicenter" clinical trial. Preliminary results have led to its being made available commercially.

He has written and contributed to a number of books, both professionally and for pleasure. Currently he is developing a work on the historical statements of Jesus from a Jewish perspective.