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Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2018 Nov 10;139(25):e1082–e1143. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000625

Appendix 1.

Author Relationships With Industry and Other Entities (Relevant)–2018 AHA/ACC/AACVPR/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/ADA/AGS/APhA/ASPC/NLA/PCNA Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol* (August 2018)

Committee Member Employment Consultant Speakers Bureau Ownership/ Partnership/ Principal Personal Research Institutional, Organizational, or Other Financial Benefit Expert Witness
Scott M. Grundy (Chair) VA North Texas Health Care System and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas–Professor of Internal Medicine None None None None None None
Neil J. Stone (Vice Chair) Northwestern Medicine/Northwestern University–Bo now Professor of Medicine, Cardiology None None None None None None
Alison L. Bailey Erlanger Health System/University of Tennessee College of Medicine– Program Director, Cardiovascular Diseases Fellowship; Director, Preventive cardiology and Cardiac Rehabilitation None None None None None None
Craig Beam CBRE–Managing Director; National Cultivation/Strategic Investments Leader None None None None None None
Kim K. Birtcher University of Houston College of Pharmacy–Clinical Professor None None None None None None
Roger S. Blumenthal Johns Hopkins University, Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease–Professor of Medicine None None None None None None
Lynne T. Braun Rush University Medical Center– Professor of Nursing and Medicine None None None None None None
Sarah De Ferranti Boston Children's Hospital–Assistant Professor of Pediatrics None None None None None None
Joseph Faiella- Tommasino Touro College, School of Health Sciences–Chairman and Assistant Dean of Physician Assistant Programs None None None None None None
Daniel E. Forman University of Pittsburgh–Chair, Geriatric Cardiology None None None None None None
Ronald Goldberg University of Miami, Diabetes Research Institute–Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes None None None None None None
Paul A. Fleidenreich Stanford University, Department of Medicine–Professor, Vice Chair for Quality None None None None None None
Mark A. Hlatky Stanford University, School of Medicine– Professor of Health Research Policy, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine None None None None None None
Daniel W. Jones University of Mississippi Medical Center–Professor of Medicine and Physiology; Director, Clinical and Population Science None None None None None None
Donald Lloyd-Jones Northwestern University–Eileen M. Foe 11 Professor; Chair, Department of Preventive Medicine None None None None None None
Nuria Lopez-Pajares Temple University–Physician None None None None None None
Chiadi Ndumele Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine–Robert E. Meyerhoff Assistant Professor of Medicine None None None None None None
Carl E. Orringer University of Miami, Soffer Clinical Research Center–Associate Professor None None None None None None
Carmen Peralta University of California, San Francisco– Associate Professor of Medicine; Kidney Health Research Collaborative–Executive Director None None None None None None
Joseph Saseen University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus–Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Clinical Pharmacy; Professor, Department of Family Medicine None None None None None None
Sidney C. Smith, Jr University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill–Professor of Medicine None None None None None None
Laurence S. Sperling Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health–Professor of Medicine, Cardiology; Professor of Global Health None None None None None None
Salim S. Virani Baylor College of Medicine–Professor, Section of Cardiovascular Research and Director, Cardiology Fellowship Training Program; Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center–Staff Cardiologist and Investigator, Health Policy, Quality & Informatics Program, Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety None None None None None None
Joseph Yeboah Wake Forest Baptist Health– Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular None None None None None None

This table represents the relationships of committee members with industry and other entities that were determined to be relevant to this document. These relationships were reviewed and updated in conjunction with all meetings and/or conference calls of the writing committee during the document development process. The table does not necessarily reflect relationships with industry at the time of publication. A person is deemed to have a significant interest in a business if the interest represents ownership of ≥5% of the voting stock or share of the business entity, or ownership of ≥$5000 of the fair market value of the businessentity; or if funds received by the person from the business entity exceed 5% of the person's gross income for the previous year. Relationships that exist withno financial benefit are also included for the purpose of transparency. Relationships in this table are modest unless otherwise noted. According to the ACC/

AHA, a person has a relevant relationship IF: a) the relationship or interest relates to the same or similar subject matter, intellectual property or asset, topic, orissue addressed in the document; or b) the company/entity (with whom the relationship exists) makes a drug, drug class, or device addressed in the document ormakes a competing drug or device addressed in the document, or c) the person ora member of the person's household, has a reasonable potential for financial,professional or other personal gain or loss as a result of the issues/content addressed in the document.

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The Cholesterol Guideline began in September 2016. Over the initial years of the CMS Open Payment System, understandably, there have been manyissues related to the accurate reporting of food and beverage payments. For this reason, the ACC and AHA have not considered these minor charges relevant relationships with industry.

AACVPR indicates American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation; AAPA, American Academy of Physician Assistants; ABC, Association ofBlack Cardiologists; ACC, American College of Cardiology; ACPM, American College of Preventive Medicine; ADA, American Diabetes Association; AGS, American Geriatrics Society; AHA, American Heart Association; APhA, American Pharmacists Association; ASPC, American Society for Preventive Cardiology; PCNA, Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association; and VA, Veterans Affairs.