“Does my patient need a statin?  How measurement of subclinical disease can help guide the decision”

Learning objectives: Understand the strengths and limitations of the 2013 ACC/AHA Cholesterol guidelines.

Understand how measurement of coronary artery calcium can identify patients who would and would not benefit from statin therapy. 

“A genetic basis for Chronic Kidney Disease: the APOL1 gene”

Learning objectives: Understand how APOL1 mutations explain much of the racial disparity in CKD and ESRD prevalence.

Understand the emerging clinical role for genetic testing for APOL1.