Margo Minissian, PhD, ACNP, on Non-Statin Therapies for Lowering Cholesterol

Margo Minissian, PhD, ACNP, from the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute discusses her session about non-statin therapies for lowering cholesterol, which she will be presenting at Consultant's Cardiometabolic Risk Summit.

Margo Minissian, PhD, ACNP, is a nurse scientist, cardiology nurse practitioner, and clinical lipid specialist at the Barbra Streisand Women's Heart Center at the Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute in Los Angeles, California.

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