Mary Greeley Medical Center Grand Rounds is a multi-disciplinary clinical activity which serves to maintain, develop, or increase the knowledge, skills, and professional performance and relationships that a physician uses to provide services for patients, the public or the profession.  

Target Audience

Physicians, mid-level providers, nurses and healthcare administrators.

Professional Practice Gap

There is considerable confusion on how to implement the new lipid treatment guidelines, especially in view of established practice of treating patients to "lipid goals". This activity will aim to explain the basis for the new approach and how to effectively employ this in everyday clinical practice.

Learning Objectives

1. Understand the basis for new lipid treatment guidelines issued by the AHA/ACC to reduce cardiovascular disease.
2. Understand the advantages & limitations of the new guidelines.
3. Understand how to incorporate these guidelines in everyday clinical practice.

Speaker(s)

A.J. Vinaya Simha, MBBS, MD
Endocrinology & Metabolism, Mayo Clinic

Disclosures

Speaker(s)

Dr. Simha has nothing to disclose regarding financial relationships with any commercial entities, commercial companies providing support for this program, or any commercial manufacturers of products and/ or the providers of services discussed in this presentation.

CME Committee

• Dr. Brenda Burrough discloses she is a principal investigator in an Amgen research trial.
• No members of the Mary Greeley Medical Center CME Committee who planned this activity, including Dr. Burrough, have any financial relationship to disclose relating to the content. 

The content and selection of speaker(s) is the responsibility of the Mary Greeley Medical Center for Continuing Medical Education Committee.

Continuing Education Credit

• DO: Des Moines University is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) and approves this live activity for 1.0 AOA Category 2-A CME credit(s).