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Study Group: Cardiologists in Private Practice who Specialize in Lipid Management (US)(?)

Council Members in this Study Group: 61

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

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...

Joshua Feuer, MD
Owner
Joshua M. Feuer, MD

Joshua Feuer, MD, FACC, is a board certified Cardiologist in solo 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....

Samuel Butman, MD, Interventional Cardiologist, Verde Valley Heart LLCSamuel Butman, MD
Interventional Cardiologist
Verde Valley Heart LLC

Samuel Butman, MD, is an Interventional Cardiologist at Verde Valley Medical Center. Dr. Butman is also a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at University Medical Center in Tucson, Arizona. He has also served as the Director of Cardiology Interventional Fellows Program and Director of Cardiac...

Jesse Sethi
Cardiologist/ Electrophysiologist
Cardiac Solutions

Jesse Sethi, MD, FACC, is a Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist at Cardiac Solutions, a private practice in Arizona. Dr. Sethi has expertise in electrophysiology procedures such as pacemakers, defibrillators (ICDs), biventricular ICDs, cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), atrial and ventricular...

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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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