A Message from Dr Tom Barringer, Newly Elected President of the Southeast Lipid Assocation

It is an honor and a privilege to serve as the President of the Southeast Lipid Association (SELA) for the next 12 months. I can only hope to emulate the energy, enthusiasm, and leadership skills of those persons preceding me. But also, I would like to bring a fresh perspective as a full-time practicing lipidologist, hoping to guide our regional chapter in making contributions of knowledge and practical resources to clinicians who see patients on a regular basis. Our creativity and productivity however, can only be as effective as the ideas and efforts of the individual SELA representatives and members, whom I solicit to help me in this task.  

Since I became involved in the organization around 2003, the National Lipid Association has greatly matured as a professional medical society, now regularly providing guidance to academicians, clinicians, administrators and the public, standing right alongside much older organizations within cardiology, endocrinology, and primary care. We have much of which to be proud, but also much more to accomplish, with the ultimate goal of improving the quality and accessibility of medical care for our patients.

I look forward to an exciting year of work with a great group of colleagues within SELA in particular, and within the NLA in general. Let's get the dialogue started right away!

Tom Barringer, MD, FNLA