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Study Group: Cardiologists Specializing in Lipids (US)(?)

Council Members in this Study Group: 162

This study group may include physicians, care providers, and researchers specializing in internal medicine, cardiology, oncology, dermatology, emergency medicine, family medicine, neurology, obstetrics-gynecology, psychiatry, radiology, nursing, optometry, genetics, and mental health. It may also include experts knowledgeable on diagnostic labs, disease management, medical devices, long term care, surgery centers, health management, pharma, and biotechnology, among others.

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Leading Experts in this Study Group

Rohit Arora, MD
Professor of Medicine
Finch University of Health Science-Chicago Medical School

Rohit Arora, MD, FACC, FAHA, FASCI, FACP, is a Professor of Medicine and Professor of Physiology and Biophysics at Chicago Medical School, Illinois. He is also the Chairman of Cardiology and Associate Chairman of Medicine in the Department of Medicine. Dr. Arora is also Chief of Cardiology at the North...

Howard Weintraub, MD
Clinical Director
NYU Medical Center

Howard Weintraub, MD, FACC, is the Clinical Director of Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease at NYU Medical Center. He has been a consultant for several organizations and has been a Cardiologist for the National Football League. Dr. Weintraub has written textbook chapters on evaluation...

Harold Bays, MD, FACP, President and Medical Director, L-MARC Research CenterHarold Bays, MD, FACP
President and Medical Director
L-MARC Research Center

Harold Bays, MD, FACE, FACP, is Medical Director and President of Louisville Metabolic and Atherosclerosis Research Center (L-MARC), a metabolic clinical research facility that has conducted over 400 phase I-IV clinical trials, including studies of all marketed lipid-altering drug treatments, as well...

Hossein Ardehali, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern UniversityHossein Ardehali, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

Hossein Ardehali, MD, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Feinberg Cardiovascular Institute in Illinois. His specialties include lipid metabolism, preventive cardiology, electrophysiology and heart failure. Dr. Ardehali's basic science research interest is in the areas of reperfusion injury...

Daniel Fisher, MD, FACC, FACP
Cardiologist
NYU Medical Center

Daniel Fisher, MD, FACC, FACP, is a Cardiologist at NYU Medical Center. He has a private practice in Cardiology and specializes in non-invasive cardiology. Dr. Fisher is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases, and Nuclear Cardiology. He has lectured frequently on such topics as...

Joshua Feuer, MD
Owner
Joshua M. Feuer, MD

Joshua Feuer, MD, FACC, is a board certified Cardiologist in private practice in Santa Barbara, California. He also serves as a Consulting Cardiologist at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. Dr. Feuer specializes in aggressive preventive cardiology and cardiovascular risk assessment, and reduction. He has...

Dan Streja, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles

Dan Streja, MD, is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is Co-Director of the Lipid Clinic, the Cardiovascular Prevention Clinic and Diabetes Clinic, and the Divisions of Cardiology and Endocrinology at VA Medical Center of West Los Angeles. Dr. Streja has...

Michael Davidson, MD, FACC, Director, Preventive Cardiology, The University of ChicagoMichael Davidson, MD, FACC
Director, Preventive Cardiology
The University of Chicago

Michael Davidson, MD, FACC, is the Executive Medical Director at Radiant Research Inc. and Director of Preventive Cardiology and Atherosclerosis Research and Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago. In addition, he is Founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer of the Chicago...

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Statin therapy for children | 08-06-2008
Author: GLG Expert Contributor

The  potential market for treatment of lipids(cholesterol)continues to grow. Recent recommendations regarding potential for treatment of children as young as 8 are controversial, primarily because of the lack of data to demonstrate efficacy in terms of "hard" endpoints(i.e. mortality/MI)vs. morbidity...

Economic Forces Leading to Use of More Generic Medications | 07-28-2008
Analysis of: Patients Curb Prescription Spending | online.wsj.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor

Given the economic pressures on patients, they are now more likely to ask for generic medications than they were in the past.  Given that there are generic versions of several classes of medications, physicians such as me are more likely to comply with a patient's request for a generic than in...

Tekturna scripts | 05-28-2008
Author: GLG Expert Contributor

I am a heavy user of ARB's and Tekturna.  This article does not really show anything of significance.  Most practicing physicians have seen much better results and much better tolerability with ARB's than diuretics. I do not think this is going to change prescribing habits of anyone. ...

Outsourcing of compassionate use of drugs? | 01-18-2008
Author: Dan Streja, MD, Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles

The Supreme Court has rejected the use of experimental drugs by the dying patients on the grounds that "The framers (of the US constitution) understood that the pursuit of life is an inalienable right that should not be abridged without due process of law." Over the years our patients with terminal...

First Impressions Carry the Day and the Year -Vytorin Loses in ENHANCE | 01-17-2008
Analysis of: Schering releases ENHANCE data today | www.tradingmarkets.com
Author: Samuel Butman, MD, Interventional Cardiologist, Verde Valley Heart LLC

The reality that the actual details of the ENHANCE have not been circulated and that alternate explanations or caveats may be raised is probably unimportant.   The bottom line carries the day and the bottom line is that the trial's title, ENHANCE, was not achieved by the addition of VYTORIN when...

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