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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
Please give us a little introduction about yourself. I am currently working as a Dean of the School of Pharmacy and Health Profession at Creighton University. This is my 13th year in this position. Because I am more involved in administrative side of the academics and not too involved in the... more
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... 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