Faculty
Scientific Meetings Co-Chairs
Christie M. Ballantyne, MD, FNLA
President-Elect, National Lipid Association
Chief, Section of Cardiovascular Research
Director, Center for Cardiometabolic Disease Prevention
Professor of Medicine, Molecular and Human Genetics, and Integrative Physiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Daniel E. Soffer, MD, FNLA
President, National Lipid Association
Director Clinical Lipidology
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
Program Planners
Faculty
Ira J. Goldberg, MD, FNLA
Director, Endocrinology
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
New York, NY
Michael S. Garshick, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Dermatology
Director, Cardio-Rheumatology Program
Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology
New York University Langone Health
New York, NY
Joshua W. Knowles, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Cardiovascular Medicine
Stanford University
Chief Research Advisor
The Family Heart Foundation
Stanford, CA
Anandita Kulkarni, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Texas A&M College of Medicine
Plano, TX
Marlys L. Koschinsky, PhD
Scientist, Robarts Research Institute
Professor, Depart. of Physiology & Pharmacology
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
The University of Western Ontario
London, ON, Canada
Carol F. Kirkpatrick, PhD, RDN, MPH, CLS, FNLA
Clinical Scientist
Midwest Biomedical Research
Addison, IL
Adjunct Faculty, Kasiska Division of Health Services
Idaho State University
Pocatello, ID
P. Barton Duell, MD, FNLA
Professor of Medicine
Director, Lipid-Atherosclerosis Laboratory
Director, Sterol Analysis Laboratory
Director, LDL Apheresis Unit
Center for Preventive Cardiology and Div. Endocrinology, Diabetes and Clinical Nutrition
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, OR
Harold E. Bays, MD, FNLA
Medical Director/President
Louisville Metabolic and Atherosclerosis Research Center
Clinical Associate Professor
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Louisville, KY
Rachel M. Bond, MD
System Director, Women's Heart Health
Dignity Health Medical Group- Gilbert Cardiology
Gilbert, AZ
Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Creighton University School of Medicine
Omaha, NE
Melissa A. Chambers, DO
Pediatric Endocrinologist
Pheonix Children’s Endocrinology & Diabetes
Clinical Assistant Professor
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Creighton University School of Medicine
Pheonix, AZ
Pradeep Natarajan, MD, MMSc
Director of Preventative Cardiology
Paul and Phyllis Fireman Endowed Chair in Vascular Medicine
Mass General Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Leigh Perreault, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes
Affiliate, Center for Global Health
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Colorado School of Public Health
Westminster, CO
Anum Saeed, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Co-Director of Heart and Vascular Analytics Program
Department of Medicine
University of Pittsburg School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA
Michael D. Shapiro, DO, MCR, FNLA
Fred M. Parrish Professor of Cardiology and Molecular Medicine
Director, Center for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
Section on Cardiovascular Medicine
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston Salem, NC
William R. Short, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Savitha Subramanian, MD
Professor of Medicine
Medical Director, Lipid Clinic
Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology & Nutrition
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Don P. Wilson, MD, FNLA
Director
Pediatric CV Health and Risk Reduction
Prevention Program
Cook Children’s Medical Center
Fort Worth, TX
Calvin Yeang, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
University of California San Diego
San Diego, CA