NLA Treasurer Dr. James Underberg Awarded 2015 NLA President’s Service Award

Dr. James Underberg, recently elected treasurer of the NLA, was awarded the President’s Service Award at the National Lipid Association’s 2015 Annual Sessions. This award recognizes an individual for service and dedication to the NLA, and advancing the development of the specialty of clinical lipidology. It is presented at the discretion of the NLA president, and multiple awards may be presented annually.

 

Dr. Underberg is a clinical assistant professor of medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine at NYU Medical School and the NYU Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention. He is the director of the Bellevue Hospital Primary Care Lipid Management Clinic and is also a member of the executive committee of the Division of General Internal Medicine. His clinical focus is preventive cardiovascular medicine. He is an American Society of Hypertension certified specialist in clinical hypertension and a Diplomate of the American Board of Clinical Lipidology.

 

Dr. Underberg is the founder and president of the New York Preventive Cardiovascular Society and a founding member of the board of directors of the Northeast Chapter of the National Lipid Association. He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Clinical Lipidology, is the Communications Council Chair of the NLA, chairs the communications committee of the NLA and is the co-editor of the NLA quarterly newsletter LipidSpin. He currently serves on the CME committee of the American Society of Hypertension.

 

He graduated from Yale University with a BS and MS and from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. His internship and residency were completed at NYU Bellevue Hospital Medical Center. He has been elected a fellow of the National Lipid Association, of the American College of Preventive Medicine, the Society of Vascular Medicine, the American College of Physicians and the American Society of Hypertension. He is currently involved in several clinical trials in the areas of hypertension, lipids, diabetes and cardiovascular disease prevention. He sees patients both in a university-based referral practice and in the Bellevue Hospital Lipid Clinic.