Foundation Update

September is National Cholesterol Education Month. In recognition of this, the Foundation of the NLA has supported an important campaign called “ARE YOU THE ONE?” To help call attention to familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), the Foundation has provided two copies of a poster and handout to all NLA members and more than 40,000 members of the American Academy of Family Physicians. This campaign furthers one of our priorities: to educate clinicians— especially primary care providers—on FH and other cholesterol disorders to facilitate proper diagnosis and treatment of patients.

Additional FH awareness efforts for National Cholesterol Education Month include a series of FH-themed broadcasts on ReachMD, an FH content area on the newly created Clinical Lipidology Resource Center (http://nlaresourcecenter.lipidjournal.com), FH specialist member highlights on lipid.org, and public relations outreach to local and regional media affiliates. Other Foundation highlights include:

• Hosting a food tour in the historic Fell’s Point Neighborhood of Baltimore at our Fall Clinical Lipid Update in Baltimore, MD. Thank you to everyone who supported the Foundation of the NLA through this event. Please stay tuned for more information about the Foundation event in Maui, which will be inspired by the traditional luau, perfect for our Pacific location during this meeting!
• Lifetime Membership has been a successful membership campaign and it is not over yet! Remind your colleagues that Lifetime Membership to the NLA is only available through December 2013. To show your support, please visit lipid.org/membership/lifemember and register today!
• Foundation members assisted with a patient survey to launch a new registry for patients with high triglycerides. Go to http://connect.patientcrossroads.org/?org=fnla for more information on the registry.

As always, we are extremely grateful for your support of the Foundation!