Roger S. Blumenthal, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Director of Preventive Cardiology
The Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
• Dr Blumenthal reports receiving grants and/or research support from Merck, Pfizer, Wyeth-Ayerst, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Novartis; and has received honoraria from Merck, Pfizer, Medcom, and Physician's World.

Peter O. Kwiterovich, Jr, MD
Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Director, Johns Hopkins University Lipid Clinic
Chief, Lipid Research
Johns Hopkins University Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland
• Dr Kwiterovich reports receiving grants and/or research support from AstraZeneca, Merck, Kos, and Pfizer; serving as a consultant to and receiving honoraria from Merck, Sankyo Pharma, and Kos.

PARTICIPATING FACULTY

Bassem El-Masri, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine and Cardiology
Director, Cardiac Prevention and Intervention Center
Weill Medical College of Cornell University and New York Presbyterian Hospital
New York, New York
• Dr El-Masri reports serving as a consultant to Merck, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Pfizer, Novartis, GlaxoSmithKline, Sankyo, KOS, AstraZeneca, Bayer, Atherotec, and Lipomed; serving on the speakers bureau for KOS, GlaxoSmithKline, and Sankyo; and receiving grant/research support from Amgen, AstraZeneca, Bayer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Liposome, Merck, Novartis, and Schering-Plough.

Sherita Hill Golden, MD, MHS
Assistant Professor of Endocrinology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
• Dr Golden reports receiving grants and/or research support from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Howard Knapp, MD, PhD
Executive Director
Deaconess Billings Clinic
Billings, Montana
• Dr Knapp reports receiving grants and/or research support from Pfizer, Merck, Novartis, Knoll, Amgen, Bayer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, SmithKline Beecham, Pharmacia, Aventis, Wyeth-Ayerst, Schering-Plough, and Sankyo Pharma; and receiving honoraria from Roche, Bayer, and Sankyo Pharma.

William C. Little, MD
Chief, Cardiology Section
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
• Dr Little reports receiving grants and/or research support from Merck; and serving as a consultant to Merck and Sankyo.

James J. Maciejko, MD, PhD
Director of Preventive Cardiology
St. Johns Hospital
Detroit, Michigan
• Dr Maciejko reports receiving grants and/or research support from Merck, Pfizer, Beckman-Coulter, and Roche; and receiving honoraria from Sankyo Pharma, Pfizer, Merck, Kos, DuPont, and Abbott.

David G. Robertson, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Emory University School of Medicine
Physician, Atlanta Diabetes Associates
Atlanta, Georgia
• Dr Robertson reports serving as a consultant for Kos and Abbott; and receiving honoraria from Pfizer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Sankyo Pharma.

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