CCMD™ Mission Statement


The Committee on Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases™ (CCMD™) is a multifaceted educational initiative comprising continuing medical education (CME) programs that focus on the management of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases to prevent or reduce global cardiovascular risk. Launched in 1996 as Lipid Management in Clinical Practice, the initiative evolved into the widely recognized and respected National Lipid Education Council^® (NLEC^®) and in 2006 has expanded into the CCMD. The CCMD stands as a premier, independent initiative guided by a multidisciplinary panel of experts in cardiology, endocrinology, and primary care.

Since its inception, the CCMD has focused on educating physicians and other healthcare professionals about the rationale for aggressive cholesterol-lowering therapy, specifically to achieve LDL-C targets, in order to prevent or manage adverse cardiovascular events. Given that its curriculum is based on the evolving landscape of clinical-trial data and therapeutic guidelines, the content is continually adjusted and refined to reflect the latest clinically relevant findings. Recognizing that elevated LDL-C and other types of dyslipidemia encompass only one component of cardio­vascular disease, the CCMD incorporates a global cardiovascular risk focus and highlights other conditions affecting the vasculature, including—but not limited to—inflammation, hypertension, diabetes, and obesity.

Acknowledging the vast array of education preferences among adult learners, the CCMD reaches out to its audiences through both traditional and state-of-the-art education venues. Proven program formats include live, interactive meetings; audioconferences; webcasts; newsletters; and online CME activities through its website, CCMDweb.org, formerly the award-winning lipidhealth.org.

Co-chaired by Antonio M. Gotto, Jr, MD, DPhil and Robert H. Eckel, MD, and led by an Education Council of esteemed thought leaders, the CCMD draws on the expertise of 50 faculty members.

The CCMD is sponsored by Professional Postgraduate Services^® (PPS), Secaucus, NJ. PPS is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.





CCMD FACULTY

Ezra A. Amsterdam, MD Benjamin J. Ansell, MD Christie M. Ballantyne, MD Thomas C. Blevins, MD Roger S. Blumenthal, MD Eliot A. Brinton, MD W. Virgil Brown, MD Robert J. Chilton, DO Luther T. Clark, MD Michael B. Clearfield, DO Jerome D. Cohen, MD Stephen R. Crespin, MD Michael H. Criqui, MD, MPH Daniel Eisenberg, MD John A. Farmer, MD Kenneth R. Feingold, MD Edward A. Fisher, MD, PhD, MPH Richard J. Flanigan, MD Theodore G. Ganiats, MD Henry N. Ginsberg, MD Nieca Goldberg, MD Ronald B. Goldberg, MD Robert E. Heinig, MD

Judith A. Hsia, MD Peter H. Jones, MD Leonard M. Keilson, MD, MPH Robert H. Knopp, MD Alexandra J. Lansky, MD R. Preston Mason, PhD Patrick E. McBride, MD, MPH Dervilla M. McCann, MD James M. McKenney, PharmD Patrick M. Moriarty, MD Lori Mosca, MD, MPH, PhD Steven E. Nissen, MD Jorge Plutzky, MD Daniel J. Rader, MD William C. Roberts, MD Ernst J. Schaefer, MD Sidney C. Smith, Jr., MD Neil J. Stone, MD Robert A. Vogel, MD Karol Watson, MD, PhD Francine K. Welty, MD, PhD Nanette Kass Wenger, MD Peter W. F. Wilson, MD

The CCMD website is supported by educational grants from AstraZeneca and Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc.