Non-Invasive Cardiologist | Montana’s only Lipidologist | Billings Clinic Heart & Vascular at Community Medical Center | views my own
Missoula, MT
Joined August 2015
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More work to do! #cvprevention
LDL reduction lowers #ASCVD risk, yet population control remains poor & most high-risk adults miss guideline targets. Statins & other lipid-lowering therapies are underused, w/ persistent racial/sex disparities in Tx. jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.…
#JACC #JACCStats #HealthDisparities
Well said. Always wonderful (and not surprising) to see this repeatedly reiterated. Still too many deniers out there! 🫀
Proud to have trained here too! 🙌🫀
We are proud to announce that the Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital at The Mount Sinai Hospital is ranked No. 2 in the nation for Cardiology, Heart and Vascular Surgery by U.S. News & World Report® for 2025-26.
#WeFindAWay
Thankful everyday to have learned from some of the best!
We’re proud to share that @nyulangone is ranked #1 in the U.S. for Cardiology, Heart & Vascular Surgery by @usnews! It’s a testament to our integrated teams, system-wide collaboration, and commitment to delivering the best outcomes for our patients.
Proud to have helped the first patient in Montana receive olezarsen (#tryngolza), an ASO apoC-III inhibitor for Familial Chylomicronemia Syndrome (#FCS).
#triglycerides #lipids #preventivecardiology 🫀
@BillingsClinic
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Was a pleasure to give a talk last night on “What’s New in Cholesterol in 2025” as part of the Montana Physicians Assistants State Conference.
#lipids #cardiology #knowyourlpa 🫀@BillingsClinic
Agreed. Excellent summary of what’s on the horizon for Lp(a) 🫀
#KnowLpa
Great review on @Medscape featuring @DrM_ODonoghue and @ProfSNicholls!👇🏻
Drugs to Target Lp(a): What’s Coming medscape.com/viewarticle/dru…
@FamilyHeartFdn @nationallipid @ASPCardio @ABCardio1 @HeartNurses @aafp @ACPIMPhysicians @SethJBaumMD @kcferdmd @KAWilemon
We did it! So proud of our team and what we’ve accomplished as we grow high quality cardiac care in western MT! The best is yet to come! 🩺🫀
@BillingsClinic
Community Medical Center in Missoula opens new Heart Center missoulacurrent.com/communit… @missoulacurrent
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First no- HDL is raised by many foods like fish, nuts,berries, legumes and second some sat fat can raise HDL but more effect on LDL - don't believe what a math major wrote in a book
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Nice to see some press about Lipidologists! 🫀
For those unfamiliar with "Lipidologist," This short review in Health Central by Clarissa Brincat can help healthcentral.com/condition/…
DYK 1 in 5 adults have an Lp(a) level that is too high? Use the #CardioSmart’s Lp(a) infographic with your patients to help them understand what can make Lp(a) more likely and why knowing matters: bit.ly/3x8OHyV #NationalTriglyceridesDay
Lower cholesterol 🫀💊 = less dementia 🧠. – at Montana, USA
A meta-analysis of 46 observational studies evaluating the association between statin therapy and the incidence of neuro-cognitive diseases showed that the use of statins not only did not increase the risk of f neurocognitive disorders, but rather was associated with a significant risk reduction of 20% of dementia and 32% reduction of AD. @nationallipid @society_eas Open access at pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3487…
Well said.
In the presence of additional, currently non-modifiable risk such as Lp(a), modifiable targets (LDL-C) need to be more aggressively driven lower. 🫀 – at Montana, USA
Happy to have discussed #cholesterol and taken caller questions on #KGVO radio this week. 🎙️ 🫀
Episode 2/1/24. Discussion starts at 1:05:00
#missoula #bitterroot #cardiology #lipidology
newstalkkgvo.com/podcast/pop… – at Montana, USA
Hopefully this makes bempedoic acid (#Nexletol) more available for patients. Insurance has been all too difficult to date. 🫀 💊 🩺 #lipids #knowyourlipids
medscape.com/viewarticle/fda… – at Montana, USA
Here we go!
This is going to be fabulous for our patients and our community. 👏
👨🏻⚕️ 🫀
kpax.com/news/missoula-count… – at Missoula, MT
😬 Not a great look for MT.
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Montana is also leading the nation in the per capita rate of new hospitalizations due to COVID-19, according to the most recent federal data. missoulian.com/news/local/mo…
🇩🇰 I thought it’d be easy to find #Danish #kringles in #Copenhagen and there’d be room for an obvious Lp(a) joke…
But these daily treats aren’t too bad while I keep looking!
#lipids #Lpa 🫀 – at Copenhagen, Denmark
In selecting your 🏥’s new laboratory protocol for calculating/ measuring LDL-C, which #lipid analysis would be best to implement? 🧪 🫀
Please don’t say apoB since that’s a different form of assessment! :) – at Missoula, MT
46%Friedewald
46%Martin Hopkins
8%Sampson
24 votes • Final results@Drlipid @lipiddoc @Lpa_Doc @EugeniaGianos @DrMarthaGulati @DBelardoMD @AnumSaeedMD @dan_soffer
Thanks for your thoughts!