
Family Heart Foundation Chief Medical Officer
@familyheartcmo
🩺 Chief Medical Officer for the Family Heart Foundation, a patient-driven nonprofit focused on advocacy, research, and education of FH and high Lp(a).
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http://FamilyHeart.org 23-02-2023 22:08:33
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Thrilled to welcome Seth J. Baum MD as Chairman of the #FamilyHeart Board. Katherine Wilemon said it best!

This #GivingTuesday, support Family Heart Foundation as they strive to save generations from heart attack and stroke. Your support enables more work like this - Nobel Laureate Round Table - to push our industry and inspire. #GiveTueHeart

More powerful lesion-level data that #LowerIsBetter & combination therapy beats monotherapy (HI statins)👇 Lesion-Level Effects of LDL-C–Lowering Therapy in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction jamanetwork.com/journals/jamac… Family Heart Foundation National Lipid Association ASPC Seth J. Baum MD


Great review of new data from the Family Heart Foundation Database by Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, FACC, FAHA, FNLA on the poor state of LDL-C control in ASCVD patients. <10 mins but packed with insights!👇 LDL-C Management Trends in ASCVD Patients reachmd.com/programs/heart… via ReachMD Association of Black Cardiologists ASPC Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association

👀Important analysis from Family Heart Foundation! ➡️ 61% of ASCVD patients have LDL-C > 70mg/dl ➡️ <7% treated with combination therapy ➡️ Significant disparities in control Association of Black Cardiologists ASPC National Lipid Association Mended Hearts WomenHeart Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association Amgen 🧪🔬🧬 NewAmsterdam Pharma Corporation Novartis

Casey Mulligan Walsh hadn’t paid too much attention to her health. So that’s when she made an appointment for her first, full adult physical exam. #GeneticDiseases #HealthAwareness Hear the full story on Radio Health Journal: ow.ly/XjTe50Ut5gw

Launched! 13-episode yanina yaanina series available to stream: From LDL-C to Lp(a): A Multispecialty Approach to Reducing the Rising Tide of Cardiovascular Disease hcplive.com/peer-exchange/…


Proud to announce Dr. Larry Sperling is Family Heart Foundation's newly appointed Chief Medical Officer.


#HeartMonth Important conversation featuring Thomas Dayspring and Peter Attia! Interested in lipids and their role in cardiovascular disease? ✅ out this great conversation! Family Heart Foundation ASPC National Lipid Association Mended Hearts Association of Black Cardiologists European Atherosclerosis Society WomenHeart Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association

#KnowFH #KnowHoFH Great interview with Josh Knowles from Stanford Medicine on HoFH and the importance of pediatric lipid screening!👇🏻 Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia: a condition that is underdiagnosed medjournal360.com/hofh/homozygou… Family Heart Foundation Regeneron Chiesi Group

#KnowLpa Exciting impact of olpasiran on inflammatory oxidized phospholipids!👏👏 Olpasiran, Oxidized Phospholipids, and Systemic Inflammatory Biomarkers jamanetwork.com/journals/jamac… Katherine Wilemon Family Heart Foundation National Lipid Association ASPC Association of Black Cardiologists J. Antonio G. Lopez, MD, FACC, FAHA, FNLA, FASPC Amgen 🧪🔬🧬

Join us this Thurs for a #FamilyHeart webinar, "From LDL-C to Lp(a): Opportunities to Reduce the Rising Tide of Heart Disease Events" w/ Keith Ferdinand from Tulane Medicine. Our Chief Innovation Officer Hilly Paige Jr will be moderating this #HeartMonth learning event.

Mind boggling data -- Lipoprotein(a) levels in a US population with established atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease - all of these folks had significant ASCVD and very few of their clinicians ever evaluated Lp(a) ahajournals.org/doi/epub/10.11… National Lipid Association European Atherosclerosis Society European Society of Cardiology


Bravo! Kudos to Michelle O'Donoghue, Pam R. Taub, MD❤️💃🏻 & the committee for a significant step forward for lipid guidelines! ✅Non-statins updated ✅ Threshold for >55mg/dl added! ✅ Nonsense about PCSK9is not cost-effective removed! 🤞 for a return of LDL goals in 2026! Family Heart Foundation

🙏🙏 to John Joyce, M.D. and Congressman Don Davis for their leadership on the #MINIAct! The Family Heart Foundation is grateful that this important legislation has been reintroduced in the House. Let's get it passed in 2025! dondavis.house.gov/media/press-re… Speaker Mike Johnson Amputee Coalition HealthyWomen.org


#KnowLpa #LpaAwarenessDay 🙏🏻🙏🏻 to New Hampshire governor Governor Kelly Ayotte for issuing this proclamation for Lp(a) Awareness Day 2025! And thanks to Family Heart Foundation ambassador Bill Klein for making it happen!👏 Katherine Wilemon Jen Farnell Seth J. Baum MD
