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15th Anniversary
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. I decided to... more
Featuring "Emerging Technologies And Therapeutics In Clinical Lipidology" and "Letters from the Editors – Past & Present" more
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. First, I... more
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.... more
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... more
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... more
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... more
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... more
The basic mission of the NLA is to stimulate and guide improvement in clinical lipidology in all appropriate medical settings. To accomplish our goals, we would need resources for: 1) Those entering the field, 2) Practical updates on research findings with immediate and relevant clinical... more
Lipid therapeutics over the past three decades have focused on oral drugs that targeted lipid metabolism through mechanisms that regulate clearance of apoprotein B-containing lipoproteins (through the LDL receptor, such as statins, bile acid resins and ezetimibe) or the synthesis/clearance of... more