Peter P. Toth, MD, PhD is Director of Preventive Cardiology at the CGH Medical Center in Sterling, Illinois, USA. He is Professor of Clinical Family and Community Medicine at the University of Illinois School of Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the Cicarrone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Toth is a past president of the National Lipid Association, the American Board of Clinical Lipidology, and the American Society for Preventive Cardiology. He is the immediate past chair of the American Heart Association’s Council on Lipids, Lipoproteins, and Thrombosis and is a member of the American College of Cardiology’s Board of Councilors. Dr. Toth has authored and co-authored over 500 publications in medical and scientific journals and textbooks. He is Series Editor of Springer’s textbook collection in Contemporary Cardiology. He has edited and written 23 textbooks on various aspects of cardiovascular medicine. He has lectured on many topics in cardiovascular medicine throughout the world.

Dr Andrew Black, BMedSci (Hons), MBBS (Hons), FRACP, FCSANZ Interventional Cardiologist, Royal Hobart Hospital Clinical Senior Lecturer, School of Medicine, University of Tasmania Senior Adjunct Researcher, Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania

Dr Andrew Black, BMedSci (Hons), MBBS (Hons), FRACP, FCSANZ Interventional Cardiologist, Royal Hobart Hospital Clinical Senior Lecturer, School of Medicine, University of Tasmania Senior Adjunct Researcher, Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania