Dr. Ken Franklin is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology at Cornell Medical School (Weill Cornell Medical College). He is a member of the Palm Beach Civic Association Health Care Committee. Dr. Franklin's research background includes work on embryonic heart development, the immediate effects of coronary artery bypass surgery on cardiac function, and medication for heart failure. Dr. Franklin graduated from Amherst College and the Harvard Medical School. The Heart Failure Center at New York-Presbyterian Hospital Cornell Medical 

Center was dedicated in his honor. He lives in Palm Beach and New York City.