Dinesh Kalra, MD, MBA, FNLA

President-Elect, National Lipid Association
Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Vice Chair, Department of Medicine
Jewish Hospital Distinguished Chair in Cardiovascular Innovation
Director of Advanced Cardiac Imaging, Lipid Clinic
& Infiltrative Heart Disease Program
Louisville, KY

 

Kaye-Eileen Willard, MD, FNLA

President, National Lipid Association
Medical Director Lipid Clinic
Physician Advisor, Ascension SE Wisconsin
Chief of Staff Ascension All Saints
Chair Joint Chiefs of Staff Ascension SE Wisconsin
Racine, WI

Planners

Zahid Ahmad, MD, FNLA

Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
Lipid Section, Division of Endocrinology
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX

Christie M. Ballantyne, MD, FNLA

Immediate Past President, 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

 

Anne Carol Goldberg, MD, MNLA

Chief Science Officer, National Lipid Association
Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipid Research
Department of Medicine
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO

Benjamin J. Hirsh, MD, FNLA

Director of Preventative Cardiology, Northwell Health
Co-Director of the Center for Prevention
& Wellness Northwell Cardiovascular Institute
New York, NY

Carol F. Kirkpatrick, PhD, MPH, RDN, CLS, FNLA

Clinical Scientist
Midwest Biomedical Research
Addison, IL
Adjunct Faculty, Kasiska Division of Health Sciences
Idaho State University
Pocatello, ID

 

Anandita Kulkarni, MD

Medical Director, Cardiovascular Disease Prevention & Cardio-Obstetrics
Clinical Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University College of Medicine
Baylor Scott & White Health - The Heart Hospital Baylor
Plano, TX

Seth S. Martin, MD, MHS

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiology
Department of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Director, Advanced Lipid Disorders Program Ciccarone Center for
 the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
Baltimore, MD

Diane Osborn, ANP, CLS, FNLA

Assistant Professor, School of Medicine
Center for Preventive Cardiology
Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR
 

 

Natalia Pyslar, MD, FNLA

Cardiovascular Disease Specialist
Cook County Health Department
Chicago, IL

Daniel E. Soffer, MD, MNLA

Past President, National Lipid Association
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Internal Medicine/Clinical Lipidology
Perelman School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA

James A. Underberg, MD, MS, MNLA

Past-President, National Lipid Association
Past-President, American Board of Clinical Lipidology
President, Foundation of the National Lipid Association
Lipidology & Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
NYU Medical School & NYU Center for CV Prevention
Director, Bellevue Hospital Lipid Clinic
New York, NY

Michael J. Wilkinson, MD, FNLA

Associate Professor
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA

 

Scientific Sessions Faculty

Dinesh Kalra, MD, MBA, FNLA

President-Elect, National Lipid Association
Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Vice Chair, Department of Medicine
Jewish Hospital Distinguished Chair in Cardiovascular Innovation
Director of Advanced Cardiac Imaging, Lipid Clinic
& Infiltrative Heart Disease Program
Louisville, KY

 

Katsuyuki Nakajima, PhD

Professor, Nutrition Clinic
Institute of Nutrition Science
Kagawa Nutrition University
Takamatsu, Japan

Scientist, Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine 
Gunma University, Graduate School of Medicine
Maebashi, Japan
 

Prof Kausik Ray MD, FMedSci

Immediate Past President, European Atherosclerosis Society
Professor of Public Health
Imperial College London
London, England

Michelle Routhenstein, MS, RD, CDCES, CDN

Cardiology Dietitian
Preventive Cardiology Nutritionist
Owner of Entirely Nourished, LLC
New York, NY

 

Ernst J. Schaefer, MD, FNLA

Chief Medical Officer and Laboratory Director
Boston Heart Diagnostics 
Framingham, MA

Dr. Schaefer's presentation is informed by his extensive history of service within the NLA. While this lecture is educational, it is presented from the perspective of a long-time member of the NLA whose opinion does not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of the NLA's Board of Directors.

Jeanie B. Tryggestad, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Diabetes/Endocrinology
CHF Paul and Ruth Jonas Chair in Pediatric Diabetes/Endocrinology
Oklahoma City, OK

Kaye-Eileen Willard, MD, FNLA

President, National Lipid Association
Medical Director Lipid Clinic
Physician Advisor, Ascension SE Wisconsin
Chief of Staff Ascension All Saints
Chair Joint Chiefs of Staff Ascension SE Wisconsin
Racine, WI

Justin Zachariah, MD, MPH

Associate Professor, Pediatric Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Staff Cardiologist, Director of Cardiology Research, and Co-Chair of Research Operations
Texas Children’s Hospital Heart Center 
Houston, TX