She was recently awarded the 2020 NSGC Natalie Weissberger Paul National Achievement Award, the organization’s most distinguished honor. Ralph W. Muller is Executive Chairman of Seminal Health Fund (Philadelphia), National Advisor to Manatt, and Senior Fellow at LDI of Penn Medicine and Wharton (University of Pennsylvania). Accessed Jan. 6, 2016. Lead, Lipid Clinic, Universal Cholesterol Screening Program, Slovenia He is the retired chief executive officer, University of Pennsylvania Health System, where he served from 2003-2019. Duquette received her Masters of Science in Genetic Counseling from Northwestern University. The sooner you detect it, the easier it will be for you to manage the disorder. Founders President’s Distinguished Professor, Harvard School of Medicine/ Harvard Schools of Public Health Mayo Clinic is a not-for-profit organization. Dr. McGowan is the Co-Director of the Lipid Clinic at Dartmouth Hitchcock Heart and Vascular Center. Dr. McPherson’s laboratory research is centered on understanding of the genetic and genomics of two complex phenotypes, obesity and coronary artery disease. She has previously served on the National Lipid Association Board of Directors, the NH Affiliate of the American Heart Association Board and was the first Chief Medical Officer of the Familial Hypercholesterolemia Foundation. Seattle, Wash.: University of Seattle, Washington; 1993-2016. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1116. This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Goldman L, et al., eds. Dr. Ahmad has published a number of scholarly articles and delivered many invited lectures. Patients with an identical FH mutation can have completely different prognoses. Dana Farber Cancer Institute/ Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She was the Inaugural Food and Drug Administration’s Genomic Medicine and Minority Health Fellow and was recognized as a thought leader in minority health and precision medicine by the National Minority Quality Forum in 2017, as a top 10 under 40 rising stars in Business and Academia by Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology on 2018 and an American Society of Human Genetics, Human Genetics Scholar in 2019. Dr. Ahmad’s clinical and investigative focus is lipid metabolism disorders, including dyslipidemia, chylomicronemia, and familial hypercholesterolemia (FH). She remained at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center for both internship and residency. We who DO have it live in fear especially for our sons. As a result, people with familial hypercholesterolemia have a higher risk of heart disease and a greater risk of early heart attack.The gene that causes familial hypercholesterolemia is inherited. 2013;19:139. http://www.amcp.org/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=16222. He has developed expertise in epidemiology, clinical medicine, and human genetics. Pagon RA, et al., eds. People who have this condition are born with it. He is a 2017 recipient of the National Lipid Association Junior Faculty Award and the 2019 recipient of the Douglas P. Zipes Distinguished Young Scientist Award from the American College of Cardiology. Associate Professor in the Division of Endocrinology. Ruth McPherson, MD, PhD, FRCPC, FACP, FRCS. She is certified by the American Board of Genetic Counselors. He completed both a residency (internal medicine) and a fellowship (endocrinology and metabolism) at UT Southwestern Medical Center – training in cholesterol metabolism and genetics with mentors Drs. He is also the Division Chief of Health Policy for the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy and a special advisor to the CEO of Penn Medicine and the Dean/EVP. from Weill Cornell Medical College, his Ph.D. from the Rockefeller University, and his MPH from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She has provided education to FHF advocates for awareness on topics including FH genetics, genetic counseling, and genetic testing. This helped motivate a career-long interest in lipids. As a result, people with familial hypercholesterolemia have a higher risk of heart disease and a greater risk of early heart attack. Veganism is almost 100% carbs. We can discuss more over email. (Learn more through our blogs about Lynch syndrome.) Treatments including medications and healthy lifestyle behaviors can help reduce the risks. Thanks, 2 months ago I had a calcium score of 982.25 my doctor put me on statin drug for lowering my bad ldl which was a little high.But two months ago I became a Vegan total vegetables.I think this is all I can do? I am assuming since you know you have FH, you have had lipid panels conducted and a family history? Dr. Lane-Fall received her AB degree with High Distinction from the University of California at Berkeley. In fact, individuals with FH can lead full, healthy lives free from pain, sickness and heart disease, but the trick is knowing how to manage the condition. All the best to you! Dr. McPherson received her PhD from the University of London (UK) and MD and subspecialty training in internal medicine and endocrinology and metabolism at the University of Toronto. Accessed Jan. 6, 2016. She directs the Lipid Clinic, Atherogenomics Laboratory & Ruddy Canadian Cardiovascular Genetics Centre at the Ottawa Heart Institute and is a key Canadian opinion leader in the area of clinical lipidology and cardiovascular risk reduction. Scientists now know that in the elderly an elevated cholesterol is beneficial, but to find a doctor that concurs would be miraculous. Chloe currently holds a clinical faculty position with the Heart and Vascular Institute of Tulane University School of Medicine. Remember that we all have to be proactive about maintaining our health, and just about everybody has some kind of condition or sensitivity. On Keto you take hardly any carbs. Dr. Lane-Fall is also interested in building research capacity in health services research; she mentors junior faculty, research fellows, and health professions students and co-directs Penn’s graduate level implementation science courses. Dr. Tsimikas is Professor of Medicine and Director of Vascular Medicine at the University of California San Diego. This content does not have an Arabic version. Chloe Villavaso, MN, APRN, ACNS-BC, CMC, FPCNA is an individual with FH and Adult Health Clinical Nurse Specialist. Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy. The FH Foundation works in partnership with patients, clinicians, scientists and all participants in the healthcare ecosystem to develop inno- vative solutions that will overcome barriers to diagnosis, treatment and access. Dr. Rader is Associate Director of Penn’s Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics and directs the Penn Medicine BioBank, an integrated resource to support human genetics and translational research. Kathy Thompson is a volunteer FH Foundation Advocate for Awareness. High cholesterol is a common medical condition, but it's often the result of unhealthy lifestyle choices, and thus preventable and treatable. FH isn’t a death sentence; it’s a challenge that is manageable. In addition to her academic duties, she provides genetic counseling services at Howard University Hospital for a variety of referral reasons, in areas including prenatal (primary), pediatric, and adult genetics. This collaborative is focused on developing tools and best practices for the identification and genetic testing of at-risk relatives of those diagnosed with three Tier 1 conditions: Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer, Lynch syndrome, and FH. Mayo Clinic does not endorse companies or products.