2023 Scientific Sessions Agenda

 

Thursday, June 1, 2023
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM NLA Opening Session: The Latest in Lipid Lowering Therapy - It's Not Just a Phase
4:00 PM - 4:10 PM Introduction and Pre-Session Assessment
Christie M. Ballantyne, MD
4:10 PM - 4:25 PM Contemporary Clinical Trials in Familial Hypercholesterolemia
Michael Shapiro, DO, MCR, FNLA
4:25 PM - 4:40 PM Triglycerides Trials
Zahid Ahmad, MD, FNLA
4:40 PM - 4:55 PM Lipoprotein(a) Trials
Alan S. Brown, MD, MNLA
4:55 PM - 5:10 PM Lipid Disorder in The Age of Geonomics: Emerging Non-Statin LDL Lowering Agents 
Maya S. Safarova, MD, FNLA
5:10 PM - 5:35 PM Expert Panel Discussion
5:35 PM - 5:40 PM Post-Session Assessment
5:40 PM - 6:00 PM Questions & Answer Panel
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM Opening Ceremony
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Welcome Reception in Exhibit Hall
7:15 PM - 9:15 PM CME/CE Satellite Symposium 

 

Friday, June 2, 2023
6:45 AM - 8:45 AM Satellite Symposium
8:00 AM - 8:50 AM Breakfast in Exhibit Hall
8:50 AM - 9:00 AM Opening Remarks 
9:00 AM - 10:05 AM Session I: Vulnerable Plaques and Inflammation
9:00 AM - 9:05 AM Pre-Session Assessment
9:05 AM - 9:25 AM Plaque Biology and Acute Thrombotic Complications
Peter Libby, MD
9:25 AM - 9:45 AM Inflammation - Current Treatments and Future Interventions
Paul M. Ridker, MD, MPH
9:45 AM - 10:05 AM Post-Session Assessment and Questions & Answer Panel
10:05 AM - 10:10 AM Intermission
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM NLA Incoming President's Address
Daniel E. Soffer, MD, FNLA
10:30 AM - 11:05 AM W. Virgil Brown Distinguished Achievement Award and Lectureship
11:05 AM - 12:15 PM Lunch in Exhibit Hall
11:05 AM - 12:05 PM Expert Theaters
12:15 PM - 1:55 PM Session II: Integrating Prevention Guidelines in Clinical Practice- Teaching Pearls from the Experts
Jointly Sponsored Session with National Lipid Association and American College of Cardiology

Chairs: NLA - Eugenia Gianos, MD, FNLA | ACC - Eugene Yang, MD, MS, FACC
Expert Panel: Vera Bittner, MD, MSPH, MNLA; Joseph Sassen, PharmD, CLS, FNLA; Karen Aspry, MD, MS, FNLA, Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, FNLA
12:15 PM - 12:20 PM Pre-Session Assessment
12:20 PM - 12:25 PM Young Primary Prevention Patient- To Treat or Not to Treat?
Aneesha Thobani, MD
12:25 PM - 12:45 PM Expert Panel Discussion
12:45 PM - 12:50 PM High Risk Polyvacular Patient- How do I Prioritize Next Secondary Prevention Steps?
Shireen Khoury, MD, MPH
12:50 PM - 1:10 PM Expert Panel Discussion
1:10 PM - 1:15 PM Cardiometabolic Disease Patient- How Do I Approach Residual Risk?
Chad Morreale, DO
1:15 PM - 1:35 PM Expert Panel Discussion
1:35 PM - 1:55 PM Post-Session Assessment and Question & Answer Panel
1:55 PM - 3:20 PM Break and Abstract Author Q&A in Exhibit Hall
3:20 PM - 4:45 PM

2023 NLA Family Feud Game Show
Host: Alan S. Brown, MD, MNLA

6:15 PM - 8:00 PM CME/CE Satellite Symposium: The Evolving Narrative of HDL-C: Contemporary Insights on Quality vs. Quantity for Targeting Cardio Protection
8:15 PM - 9:30 PM The NLA Fun-O-Lympics

 

Saturday, June 3, 2023
6:45 AM - 8:45 AM CME/CE Satellite Symposium: Making a Differential Diagnosis
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Breakfast in Exhibit Hall
9:00 AM - 9:10 AM Opening Remarks
9:10 AM - 9:45 AM Session III: Scientific Statements
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM Break and Abstract Author Q&A in Exhibit Hall
10:45 AM - 11:35 AM Session IV: Oral Poster Presentations
11:35 AM - 12:00 PM NLA Business Meeting and Abstract Awards/Foundation of NLA Update
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM Late Breakers
12:30 PM - 1:40 PM Lunch in Exhibit Hall
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Expert Theaters
1:40 PM - 3:10 PM Session V: Registries of Lipid Management and their Impact on Guidelines and Policy - An Update
Jointly Sponsored Session with National Lipid Association and European Atherosclerosis Society
Chairs: NLA- Kevin C. Maki, PhD, CLS, FNLA; EAS- Professor Kausik K. Ray, BSc (hons), MBChB, FRCP, MD, MPhil (Cantab)
1:40 PM - 1:45 PM Pre-Session Assessment
1:45 PM - 1:55 PM The GOULD Registry
Robert S. Rosenson, MD, FNLA
1:55 PM - 2:05 PM The CASCADE FH Registry
Mary Card, MBA, RD
2:05 PM - 2:15 PM  The EAS FH Studies Collaboration- The Global Registry of FH
Antonio J. Vallejo-Vaz, MD, PhD
2:15 PM - 2:25 PM The SANTORINI/HEYMANS Registries
Kausik K. Ray, BSc (hons), MBChB, FRCP, MD, MPhil (Cantab)
2:25 PM - 2:45 PM Presenter Panel - Disease Registries Discussion
2:45 PM - 2:50 PM Post-Session Assessment
2:50 PM - 3:10 PM Question & Answer Panel
3:10 PM - 3:20 PM Break
3:20 PM - 4:45 PM Session VI: Rare Disorders - Sometimes it IS a Zebra
3:20 PM - 3:25 PM Pre-Session Assessment
3:25 PM - 3:45 PM Lumps and Rings: How the Patient Becomes the Teacher
Anne C. Goldberg, MD, MNLA
3:45 PM - 4:05 PM Brain Fog and Abdominal Pain: How Are these Symptoms of a Lipid Disorder?
Gissette Reyes-Soffer, MD
4:05 PM - 4:25 PM Hypercholesterolemia - Is it Time to Take a Second Look at the Emperor's New Clothes?
Don P. Wilson, MD, FNLA
4:25 PM - 4:45 PM Post-Session Assessment and Question & Answer Panel
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM VIP Fellow of the NLA Mixer
5:30 PM - 6:45 PM Honors and Awards Ceremony
7:15 PM - 9:15 PM Foundation of the NLA Special Event

 

Sunday, June 4, 2023
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Breakfast
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Feeding Georgia Families Volunteer Opportunity
Margit Sample, RDN, LD and Alisha Virani, MS, RD, LD, CDCES
9:00 AM - 9:20 AM Break
9:20 AM - 9:30 AM Opening Remarks
9:30 AM - 10:55 AM Session VII: Triglycerides - NAFLD and NASH
9:30 AM - 9:35 AM Pre-Session Assessment
9:35 AM - 9:55 AM NAFLD/MAFLD - When Liver Lipoprotein Production is Insufficient
Ira Goldberg, MD, FNLA
9:55 AM - 10:15 AM Lifestyle Interventions for the Management of Hypertriglyceridemia in NAFLD/NASH
Carol F. Kirkpatrick, PhD, MPH, RDN, CLS, FNLA
10:15 AM - 10:35 AM Emerging Therapies and Effects of Existing Treatments for NAFLD and Nash
Kevin C. Maki, PHD, CLS, FNLA
10:35 AM - 10:55 AM Post-Session Assessment and Question & Answer Panel
10:55 AM Adjourn