Lipid Management Program
Manage lipids & reduce your risk of heart disease.
Personalized management for healthy cholesterol levels.
What is a lipid?
Lipids are fatty, waxy, or oily compounds essential to many bodily functions. Part of your cell membranes, they help control what enters and leaves your cells. They help regulate hormones, transmit nerve impulses, absorb vitamins, cushion organs, and move and store energy in body fat. Lipids include cholesterol and triglycerides. Your blood carries lipids throughout your body. However, having excessive amounts of lipids is harmful. A lipid panel can tell you if you have normal levels.
Our Approach
Our team consists of physicians with training and education in the prevention and/or management of lipids imbalance (dyslipidemia), as well as dietitians, genetic counselors and pharmacists to provide the best possible care for patients. We use a comprehensive approach to diagnose and treat dyslipidemia that includes:
- Personalized lipid testing
- Genetic lipid disorders testing
- Nutrition education and counseling
- Blood pressure control
- Exercise
- Weight management
- Smoking cessation
- Diabetes
Who we treat
St. Luke’s Lipid Program treats patients with:
- Statin intolerance
- Severe hypertriglyceridemia
- HDL cholesterol, disorders
- Lipid disorders associated with kidney and or liver disease
- Genetic disorders including familial hypercholesterolemia, familial combined hyperlipidemia, familial hypertriglyceridemia or high lipoprotein(a).
