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Professor & Vice Chair
Clinical Pharmacy
Professor of Family Medicine
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, Colorado
President
National Lipid Association
Adjunct Professor
Indiana University School of Public Health
Bloomington, Indiana
Chief Scientist
Midwest Biomedical Research
Chicago, Illinois
President-Elect
National Lipid Association
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This activity is intended for cardiologists, primary care physicians, diabetologists and endocrinologists, nurses, and pharmacists.
The goal of this activity is to inform clinicians regarding clinical data that support statin use in geriatric patients, as well as to discuss effective lipid-lowering strategies for challenging patients to improve lipid management.
Upon completion of this activity, participants will:
As an organization accredited by the ACCME, Medscape, LLC, requires everyone who is in a position to control the content of an education activity to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest. The ACCME defines "relevant financial relationships" as financial relationships in any amount, occurring within the past 12 months, including financial relationships of a spouse or life partner, that could create a conflict of interest.
Medscape, LLC, encourages Authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration, at first mention and where appropriate in the content.
Professor & Vice Chair
Clinical Pharmacy
Professor of Family Medicine
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, Colorado
President
National Lipid Association
Adjunct Professor
Indiana University School of Public Health
Bloomington, Indiana
Chief Scientist
Midwest Biomedical Research
Chicago, Illinois
President-Elect
National Lipid Association
Medscape, LLC staff have disclosed that they have no relevant financial relationships.
Peer Reviewer
This activity has been peer reviewed and the reviewer has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships:
Served as an advisor or consultant for: Abbott Labs.
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CME / ABIM MOC / CE Released: 8/26/2020
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The goal of this activity is to inform clinicians regarding clinical data that support statin use in geriatric patients, as well as to discuss effective lipid-lowering strategies for challenging patients to improve lipid management.
Before you begin this activity, please assess your clinical knowledge by completing this brief survey. Answering these questions again after the activity will allow you to see what you learned and to compare your answers with those of your peers.
