Mary Dan Eades MD., was born and raised in Arkansas, where she attended the University of Arkansas graduating magna cum laude. In 1981 she received her M.D. and in 1982, along with her husband, Michael Eades, M.D., she opened the first I a chain of Medi-Stat clinics that specialize in family medicine. She is the author of If It Runs in Your Family: Breast Cancer. Dr. Eades makes her home in Little Rock with her husband and three sons.
Along with husband Michael, Mary is best known for the bestselling book, "Protein Power." The true secret of their success is the enormous amount of time both she and her husband invest contributing to and reviewing the scientific literature and in consultation with other leading medical professionals. Mary Dan Eades is a skilled chef, a skier, and an antiquities collector, and both doctors share a love of literature, film and the arts and are entrepreneurs.