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When Dr. Maria Lopes-Virella and I took on joint editorship of the first issue of LipidSpin all those years ago, I remember feeling like we were responsible for a newborn baby named clinical lipidology. At that time, the National Lipid Association (NLA) had grown from a local lipid association, the Southeast Lipid Association (SELA) under the guidance and vision of Dr.
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LipidSpin Co-Editor (2004-09)
Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
Diabetes Research Institute
University of Miami
Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL
Diplomate, American Board of Clinical Lipidology
On the 15th Anniversary of the National Lipid Association, it is with some nostalgia and a considerable amount of pride that I remember the beginning of the Association and the birth of LipidSpin. The main function of LipidSpin, created soon after the incorporation of the Southeast Lipid Association (SELA), was to create means of communication with our members and be a resource for them.
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LipidSpin Co-Editor (2004-2009)
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC
Diplomate, American Board of Clinical Lipidology
As a young Lipidologist starting a lipid clinic there were very few colleagues and mentors to turn to. Just as the NLA was young and germinating, so was the internet and a search quickly led me to the Southeast Lipid Association (SELA). I joined as an upstart New Yorker and soon was swept up by the momentum and inertia of the times. As SELA morphed into the NLA, I was asked to join the Northeast Lipid Association (NELA) board and soon met and worked with many of our key founding members.
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LipidSpin Co-Editor (2009-2015)
President-Elect, National Lipid Association
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
NYU School of Medicine & NYU Center for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
Director, Bellevue Hospital Lipid Clinic
New York, NY
Diplomate, American Board of Clinical Lipidology
LipidSpin was the most fun NLA project ever! It’s a win-win.
Educating and being educated at the same time. What a great way to give back to the NLA! During our time, Jamie Underberg and I developed a wonderful tag team. We got to build on each other’s strengths and weaknesses and energies and fill in for each other in the team process!
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LipidSpin Co-Editor (2009-2015)
Professor of OB/GYN
Adjunct Professor, Biostatistics & Epidemiology
Department of Family & Preventive Medicine
Adjunct Professor in Epidemiology
University of Pittsburgh
Adjunct Professor of Nutrition
Oklahoma State University
Oklahoma City, OK
Diplomate, American Board of Clinical Lipidology
When you are new to an organization, it is difficult to have perspective on where it’s been, where it is, and where it is going. As
an ~11-year veteran, the NLA 15-year anniversary is an ideal time to reflect on my own relationship with the NLA and provide some thoughts about the future.
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Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Internal Medicine & Preventive Cardiology
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, PA
Diplomate, American Board of Clinical Lipidology
My journey with the National Lipid Association (NLA) started in 2005. I have always had a focus on cardiovascular risk reduction pharmacotherapy for my patient care and educational and scholarly activities at the University of Colorado, so this was a natural part of my development.
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Professor
Clinical Pharmacy & Family Medicine
University of Colorado Denver
Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, CO
It is my pleasure to interview Dr. Carol Kirkpatrick as a part of the National Lipid Association (NLA) 15th anniversary issue of the LipidSpin. How are you Dr. Kirkpatrick?
I am doing great, thank you. It is a pleasure to be part of the NLA's special anniversary.
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Clinical Associate Professor/Director
Wellness Center
Kasiska Division of Health Sciences
Idaho State University
Pocatello, Idaho
Cardiovascular Diseases Fellow
Department of Medicine
Division of Cardiology
The University of Arizona School of Medicine
Tucson, Arizona
Dr. Ziajka, it is very impressive that you have been an investigator of numerous clinical trials, an author of dozens of journal articles and books, an editorial board member of JCL, as well as running the only medical practice in the state Florida devoted exclusively to lipid disorders. Of all the achievements and responsibilities, what is the most rewarding aspect of being a lipidologist?
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Director, The Florida Lipid Institute
Winter Park, FL
Diplomate, American Board of Clinical Lipidology
Endocrinologist
Clinical Hypertension Specialist
Potomac, MD
Please give us a little introduction about yourself.
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Dean of the School of Pharmacy and Health Professions
Creighton University
Omaha, NE
Assistant Professor of Medicine,
Mayo Clinic School of Medicine and Science,
Hospitalist, Mayo Clinic Health System Mankato
North Mankato, MN
Dr. Don P. Wilson, a Fellow of the National Lipid Association, began his career with the National Lipid Association (NLA) in 2006. Dr. Wilson received his medical degree from the University of Mississippi and completed his internship and pediatric residency training at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. His fellowship training is in Pediatric Endocrinology, completed at the same institute.
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Division of Pediatric Endocrinology & Diabetes
Cook Children’s Medical Center
Fort Worth, Texas
Diplomate, American Board
of Clinical Lipidology
Fellow of Atherosclerosis and Lipidology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas