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Minifellowship
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Minifellowships
Subjects discussed during this two-and-a-half-day course include lipid treatment guidelines, diagnosis of various dyslipidemias, dietary and pharmacologic treatments for lipid disorders, features influencing treatment, and results of recent clinical trials. A unique feature of the minifellowship is a demonstration clinic in which course participants see Gladstone Lipid Clinic patients and analyze their treatment.
Minifellowship Agenda
Thursdays (8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.)
Continental Breakfast and CME Registration
Structure, Composition, and Metabolism of Plasma Lipoproteins
Primary Hypercholesterolemia Disorders
Triglyceride Disorders and Secondary Hyperlipidemia
The Rationale for Treatment: Epidemiology and Clinical Trials
Lunch (included)
Nutrition Recommendations for Dyslipidemia
Pharmacologic Treatment of Hyperlipidemia and Review of Treatment Guidelines
Atherogenesis
Fridays (8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.)
Continental Breakfast
Demonstration Clinic
Lunch (included)
Basic Dietary Assessment Techniques
Discussion of Clinic Patients
Saturdays (8:30 a.m. - noon)
Continental Breakfast
Additional Lifestyle Therapies
Special Populations: Patients with Low HDL Cholesterol Levels, Elderly, and Women
Case Presentations
Course lectures will all be held at The Gladstone Institute (1650 Owens Street, San Francisco, CA 94158).
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