FRANKLIN B. SAKSENA, M.D., C.M., F.A.C.P., F.R.C.P.(C), F.A.C.C., is a senior attending physician in Adult Cardiology at Cook County Hospital, an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Northwestern University and has a part time private practice in Cardiology and Internal Medicine. He was educated in England and Canada. He obtained his medical degree at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada and currently lives in the Chicago area. He enjoys teaching physical diagnosis to medical students and residents and endeavors to apply Holmesian deductions to bedside diagnosis. Doyle reminds us of the importance of simple observation as well the importance of the absence of findings (e.g. the failure of the dog to bark in Silver Blaze).

Dr. Saksena became a member of the Criterion Bar Association in 1981 and has been devising Sherlockian crossword puzzles since 1992.