Brendan Prast is a Family and Preventive Medicine physician at MaineHealth Primary Care in Sanford, Maine, and is appointed as clinical faculty at MaineHealth Institute for Research. In addition, he is an Assistant Professor of Family Medicine for Tufts University School of Medicine. 

He graduated from the University of Rochester School of Medicine, and completed his family medicine residency and general preventive medicine fellowship at MaineHealth Maine Medical Center Portland. In addition, he completed a Masters of Public Health at the University of New England. His career interests include disease prevention, substance use disorders, immigrant healthcare, and population-based research. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Maine Academy of Family Physicians and is the immediate past president of the American Heart Association in Maine.