Brain & Body Things

Basic lipid things you need to know with lipidologist Dr. Anum Saeed.

October 30, 2023 Dr. Natasha Mehta Season 3 Episode 6
Brain & Body Things
Basic lipid things you need to know with lipidologist Dr. Anum Saeed.
Show Notes

Anum Saeed, MD is a Cardiologist & Lipidologist based in Pittsburgh. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and a staff cardiologist at UPMC. She completed a clinical and research fellowship in Atherosclerosis and Lipidology at Baylor College of Medicine followed by her clinical cardiology fellowship training at UPMC. She is a non-invasive cardiologist who is specialized in general cardiology, cardiovascular disease prevention strategies, echo reading and nuclear studies.

She has received numerous local and national awards for her research which currently is focused on investigating the longitudinal association of lipidomic and other novel metabolites with cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases (aka alterations in the Heart-Brain axis). Additionally, Dr. Saeed investigates large healthcare systems based utilization and clinical outcomes for cardiovascular disease prevention.

Dr. Saeed serves on the Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Leadership Council of the American College of Cardiology and the Genomic and Precision Medicine Committee of the American Heart Association. 



In this episode we discuss:

  • The impact of atherosclerotic disease on overall health.
  • How lipids contribute to atherosclerotic disease.
  • Definitions - what is a fat vs lipid vs cholesterol?
  • The Lipid Profile.
  • What you need to know about "good" cholesterol.
  • Additional work up and laboratory values such as Lp(a) and apoB.
  • Target reference ranges.
  • How dietary fats influence the lipid profile.
  • How dietary carbs influence the lipid profile.
  • Lipids and the brain.


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