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Carol Mason, ARNP
Carol Mason, ARNP
    Carol M. Mason, ARNP, CLS, FAHA Diplomate, Accreditation Counsel for Clinical Lipidology Clinical Director, Division of Preventive Cardiology USF Heart Health University of South Florida College of Medicine Tampa, Florida Ms. Mason is presently working at the University of South Florida College of Medicine Heart Health Program as Clinical Director of the Division of Preventive Cardiology. She has been involved in preventive cardiology research, lipid management and general cardiology as a nurse practitioner as well as an educator in the arena of lipid clinic development and management for more than two decades. After graduating from the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, Minnesota, Ms. Mason joined the St. Paul Heart Clinic where she spent 13 years as a nurse practitioner establishing the Division of Preventive Cardiology and managing patients with lipid disorders. As the Clinical Administrator of the St. Paul Heart Clinic Lipid Clinic, Ms. Mason served as Clinical Preceptor for nurse practitioner students as well as nurses and physicians interested in initiating lipid clinic programs. In September of 2002 she transferred her practice to the Heart & Lipid Institute of Florida where as Clinical Director she oversaw administration of cardiovascular risk reduction programs and tutorials as well as providing direct patient care in both preventive cardiology and internal medicine. Since 1995, she served as principal investigator, sub-investigator, and clinical coordinator of many large, national lipid-management clinical trials. Ms. Mason is a Fellow in the Cardiovascular Nursing Council of the American Heart Association, remains active in the AHA Council of Cardiovascular Nursing and is Past President of the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA). She has served on the Board of Directors of PCNA since 1991 and was President of PCNA in 1999. In addition she presently serves as President-Elect of the Southeast Lipid Association. She is also Vice President of the Accreditation Council for Clinical Lipidology, a national certifying board credentialing clinical lipid specialists. Ms. Mason lectures frequently and serves as a consultant on lipid management, diabetes and dyslipidemia, organizational management of heart disease prevention programs, as well as women’s heart health issues. She has authored many articles on lipid management and lipid clinic organization and administration including a chapter in the book entitled; A Guide to Risk Reduction Management as well as a chapter in a book entitled; Reducing Cardiovascular Risk in the Insulin Resistant Patient. A chapter she authored on “Lipid Clinic Development” will appear fall of 2007, released edition of Clinical Lipidology.
    Schedule28 Mar 2024