I have always been fascinated by the intersection between technology, economics, culture, and religion. I wrote Grendels as an outgrowth of my lifelong enjoyment of world building stories, such as Frank Herbert’s Dune series, the Lord of the Rings, and Asimov’s Foundation books, along with my love of character driven sci-fi and fantasy, most often by women writers like Ursula LeGuinn, N.K. Jemisin, Margaret Atwood, Octavia Butler, and Mary Doria Russell.

Robert Wack is an author, pediatrician, former local elected official, and public health leader from Westminster, MD.  He graduated from the University of Notre Dame and attended Georgetown University for Medical School. After serving in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, he worked as a hospital pediatrician, in health informatics, and as a local public health official. He also served 16 years on the Westminster City Council. He has one published novel, Time Bomber, and is a prolific writer in local newspapers and magazines, as well as publications in the medical literature.

Professional Publications

Telehealth Promises to Transform U.S. Healthcare; Broadband Communities Magazine · Jul 1, 2019

America runs on data. Let’s make sure everyone gets it;  Biden Forum · Oct 24, 2018

Congressional Testimony: The Westminster Fiber Network;  House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology · Jun 21, 2017 

No Municipal Utility? No problem;  Broadband Communities Magazine · Mar 1, 2017

Houses with Tails; Next Century Cities blog · Feb 6, 2017 

The Westminster P3 Model;  Broadband Communities Magazine · Nov 1, 2015 

Wack RP. An Outbreak of Varicella Despite Vaccination.  N Engl J Med 2003; 348:1405-1407. (letter)

Wack RP. Race, Ethnicity, and Genetics. J Ped 1999; 134:122. (letter)

Wack RP. More on Varicella Immunization. N Engl J Med 1998; 338:1927. (letter)

Wack RP, Lien EL, Taft D, and Roscelli JR. Electrolyte Composition of Human Breast Milk Beyond the Early Post-Partum Period. Nutrition 13:774-777 1997.

Wack RP and Roscelli JR. Chloride Deficiency Syndrome in Older Breast-feeding Infants. Arch Pediatr Adol Med 148:438-441 1994.

Wack RP, Demers DM, and Bass JW. Immature Neutrophils in the peripheral blood smear of children with viral infections. Pediatr Inf Dis J 13:228-230 1994.

Vincent JM, Wack RP, et al. Pertussis and Recurrent Bradycardia in Infants. Ped InfDis J 10:340 1991.

Koller WC, Herbster G, and Wack RP. Investigations of quinpirole. a potential anti­parkinsonism drug. Amer. Acad. of Neurol. Ann. Meeting, 1986. Abstract.

Occasional Op-Ed columnist for the Carroll County Times, 12/02 – present

Contributing Columnist, Op-Ed Writers Group, 10/01 – 12/02