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Lipid Management: Approaches to and Implications of Elevated Lipid Profiles
ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION
This activity consists of a recorded presentation from the "34th Annual National Conference" held in Minneapolis, Minn., May 13-15, 2025.
This activity will focus on the latest approaches to managing elevated lipid profiles, emphasizing the importance of tailoring treatment to individual risk profiles as per the latest American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) guidelines. We will discuss the role of both statin and non-statin lipid-lowering therapies in the primary and secondary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), with a focus on the potential benefits of newer agents and the implications of Lipoprotein A (Lp(a)) for cardiovascular risk and emerging treatments targeting Lp(a).
Provided by
This activity is provided by Optum Health Education.
Commercial support
There was no commercial support received for this activity.
Target Audience
This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of dietitians, dietetic technicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, PAs, physicians, psychologists, social workers and other health care professionals.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this educational activity, participants should be able to:
- Review the current guidelines for the primary and secondary prevention of ASCVD.
- Discuss the use of non-statin therapies in both primary and secondary prevention.
- Describe Lp(a) and its implications in cardiovascular (CV) risk and explain emerging treatments targeting Lp(a).
Faculty
Dean G. Karalis, MD, FACC, FNLA
Cardiologist and Lipidologist
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Dr. Karalis is an expert in the field of cardiology and lipidology and has conducted over 30 clinical trials in cardiology, including many trials in cholesterol lowering. He has written over 150 articles, book chapters, and abstracts. He has been a guest lecturer on a wide variety of topics related to cardiovascular health, with a focus in the areas of preventive cardiology and lipid lowering. Dr. Karalis serves on several editorial boards and reviews manuscripts for several leading medical journals, including Circulation, the American Journal of Cardiology, the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Annals of Internal Medicine and the Journal of Clinical Lipidology.
Dr. Karalis is a member of several professional associations, including the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, the American Medical Association and the National Lipid Association. Since 2005, he has served as a board member, secretary, treasurer, president and past-president of the Northeast Chapter of the National Lipid Association. He is currently the chair of the National Lipid Association Health Quality and Research committee. Since 1987, he has served as a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and in 2006 was awarded diplomate status with the American Board of Clinical Lipidology.
After earning his medical doctorate from Albany Medical College, Dr. Karalis completed his residency in The Cornell Hospitals, North Shore University Hospital and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. He subsequently completed a fellowship in cardiology at the Likoff Cardiovascular Institute at Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia.
Planners
Elizabeth Albert, MD
Clinical Activity Manager
Optum Health Education
Sarah Chart, RN
Vice President
Optum Health Education
Sara Fleszar, PharmD, BCOP
Senior Clinical Pharmacist
Optum Health Solutions
Rebecca Gleason, RN, CCM
Activity Manager
Optum Health Education
Lisa Latts, MD, MSPH, MBA, FACP
Chief Medical Officer
Optum Behavioral Health Solutions & Optum Health Solutions
Optum Health Clinical Excellence
Optum
Disclosures of relevant financial relationships
In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education's (ACCME) Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, Optum Health Education (OHE) requires all those in control of educational content to disclose their financial relationships with ineligible companies within the prior 24 months. Ineligible companies are defined by the ACCME as companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care products used by or on patients. Individuals must disclose all financial relationships, regardless of the amount, with ineligible companies and regardless of their view of the relevance of the relationship to the education. OHE ensures that the content is independent of commercial bias.
Dr. Karalis has disclosed the following financial relationships: Novartis (Advisory Board, Consultant, Grant/Research Support or Funding); Amgen (Grant/Research Support or Funding, Speakers’ Bureau); Regeneron (Grant/Research Support or Funding); NewAmsterdam Pharma (Advisory Board)
The planners have no financial relationships to disclose.
All financial relationships have been mitigated.
Method for calculating CE credit
CE credit was calculated by the complexity of content.
Accreditation statement
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Optum Health Education. Optum Health Education is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Credit designation statements
This activity was planned by and for the health care team, and learners will receive 0.75 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.
Physicians
Optum Health Education designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
PAs
The American Academy of PAs (AAPA) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME.
Pharmacists/Pharmacy technicians
This activity is approved for 0.75 contact hours (0.075 CEUs) in states that recognize ACPE.
Attending the full program will earn 0.75 contact hours (0.075 CEUs).
Unique activity number: JA0007123-0000-25-039-H01-P/T
Nurses
The participant will be awarded up to 0.75 contact hours of credit for attendance and completion of supplemental materials.
Nurse practitioners
The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Program (AANPCP) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME and ANCC.
Dietitians
Completion of this RD/DTR profession-specific or IPCE activity awards CPEUs (One IPCE credit=One CPEU).
If the ac
tivity is dietetics-related but not targeted to RDs or DTRs, CPEUs may be claimed which are commensurate with participation in contact hours (One 60 minute hour=1 CPEU).
RD's and DTRs are to select activity type 102 in their Activity Log. Performance indicator selection is at the learner's discretion.
Psychologists
Optum Health Education is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to offer continuing education for psychologists. Optum Health Education maintains responsibility for this program. 0.75 CE hours.
Social workers
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Optum Health Education is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Optum Health Education maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive up to 0.75 enduring continuing education credits.
Attendance
A certificate of attendance will be provided to learners upon completion of activity requirements, enabling participants to register with licensing boards or associations that have not been preapproved for credits. To apply for credit types not listed above, participants should use the procedure established by the specific organization with which they wish to obtain credit.
Available Credit
- 0.75 ACPE - Pharmacists
- 0.75 ACPE - Pharmacy Technicians
- 0.75 AMA - Physicians
- 0.75 ANCC - Nurses
- 0.75 APA - Psychologists
- 0.75 Attendance - General Attendance
- 0.75 CDR - Dietitians
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