CCMD™ Mission Statement

The Burden of Cardiovascular Disease

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death worldwide. More people die each year from CVD than from any other cause. Recent estimates indicate that more than 81 million people in the United States have one or more forms of CVD, and while declines in mortality have been noted, CVD remains a significant health and economic burden. Thus, it is increasingly important that physicians and other healthcare professionals remain armed with the latest scientific data and resources that will enable them to decrease risk and improve outcomes among patients at risk for or with CVD.

Where We Come In

The Committee on Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases™ (CCMD™) is uniquely poised to address this need. A multifaceted educational initiative, the CCMD provides programs and resources that focus on the management of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases as a means to prevent or reduce global cardiovascular risk. Through its innovative programs and award-winning website, CCMDweb.org, the CCMD educates physicians and other healthcare professionals about global cardiovascular risk focus, highlighting many conditions that affect the vasculature, including dyslipidemia, hypertension, diabetes, stroke, inflammation, and obesity. Given its curriculum is based on the evolving landscape of clinical-trial data and therapeutic guidelines, CCMD content is continually adjusted and refined to reflect the latest clinically relevant findings.

The CCMD launched in 1996 as Lipid Management in Clinical Practice and quickly evolved into the widely recognized and respected National Lipid Education Council^® (NLEC^®). In 2006, the initiative 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.

Our Distinguished Faculty

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 nearly 50 faculty members.

The CCMD is sponsored by Clinical Bridges™, Secaucus, NJ. Clinical Bridges is a division of KnowledgePoint360 Group, LLC.

The information found on CCMDweb.org is designed to support, not to replace, the relationship between the patient and the physician. 

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 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 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