Blum Center Program: High Cholesterol
Linda Hemphill, MD, discusses the role of high cholesterol in heart attack and stroke, as well as ways to manage cholesterol levels.
About Linda Hemphill, MD
Linda Hemphill, MD is Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Director of the LDL Apheresis Unit at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Hemphill is an active clinical consultant in lipid management including high LDL cholesterol, high triglycerides, low HDL cholesterol, combined hyperlipidemia, elevated Lp(a) and metabolic syndrome.
Dr. Hemphill is a Fellow of the American Heart Association Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology as well as a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and Fellow of the National Lipid Association. She is on the editorial board of the Journal of Clinical Lipidology. She has published on familial hypercholesterolemia and atherosclerosis regression.
Departments, Centers, & Programs:
Clinical Interests:
- Elevated cholesterol and/or triglycerides
- Elevated Lp(a)
- Familial hypercholesterolemia
- LDL apheresis
- Metabolic syndrome
- Reduced HDL
Treats:
- Adult
Locations
Mass General Heart Center
55 Fruit St.
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 866-644-8910
Medical Education
- MD, Boston University
- Residency, Carney Hospital
- Fellowship, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center****
American Board Certifications
- Cardiovascular Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine
- Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
- Cigna
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Coventry
- Fallon Health
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Humana
- Maine Community Health Options
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan
- MassHealth
- Medicaid ME
- Medicaid NH
- Medicaid RI
- Medicaid VT
- Medicare
- Medicare ACO
- Multiplan
- Railroad Medicare
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- United Health Care
- Wellpoint
- WellSense
- WellSense NH
Note: This provider may accept more insurance plans than shown; please call the practice to find out if your plan is accepted.
Publications
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Select Publication:
- Hemphill LC. Familial Hypercholesterolemia: Current treatment options and patient selection for low-density lipoprotein apheresis. J Clin Lipidol 2010;4:346-349