Cardiometabolic & Advanced Lipid Clinic
The Cardiometabolic & Advanced Lipid Clinic Program at CU Anschutz is a multidisciplinary practice focused on helping individuals with lipid disorders and those at high risk for cardiovascular disease.
You can help us improve outcomes. Our providers are involved in research studies in body weight regulation and metabolism and in clinical trials of new lipid modifying therapies.
Better Heart Health, Expert Care.
Meet the Team
Shannon Christen RD, CDCES, CCHP
Dietitian and Diabetes Specialist
- Medicine - Endocrinology/Metabolism/Diabetes
Email Address:shannon.christen@uchealth.org
What Drives Our Work
Because the management of lipid disorders and cardiovascular risk is an area of medicine that is truly multidisciplinary, our clinic provides education to a range of healthcare professionals including medical students, medical residents, dietitians, physician assistants, and endocrinology and cardiology fellows."
David Saxon
MDThe most exciting part of my job is when a patient reaches their health and wellness goals! Our team approach to patient care and shared decision making allows for all members to provide support and care when it comes to heart health."
Shannon Christen
RD, CDCES, CCHPFounding the Lipids Clinic at CU Anschutz
Robert
Eckel MD, FAHA, FACC, FNLA
Emeritus - Professor of Physiology and Biophysics
Charles A. Boettcher Endowed Chair in Atherosclerosis Medicine
The team is grateful for the considerable contributions of Dr. Eckel as the founder of the Cardiometabolic & Advanced Lipid Clinic. Dr. Eckel's translational research has incorporated data from populations, human subjects in the Clinical Translational Research Center, genetically-modified mice and tissue culture to pursue mechanistic relationships between metabolic disorders such as obesity/metabolic syndrome/diabetes and cardiovascular disease.