Speaker
Prof.
Dirk Blom
Head of the Division of Lipidology
University of Cape Town and Lipid Clinic at Groote Schuur Hospital
South Africa
Presentations
Associate Professor Dirk Blom is the Head of Division of Lipidology at the University of Cape Town and heads the Lipid Clinic at Groote Schuur Hospital. The lipid clinic serves as a referral centre for patients with severe, unusual or difficult-to-manage dyslipidaemia and participates in numerous clinical trials exploring novel lipid-modifying or anti-atherosclerotic therapies. Professor Blom’s personal research interests include genetic disorders of lipoprotein metabolism with a particular emphasis on dysbetalipoproteinaemia and familial hypercholesterolaemia.
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