Thomas Dayspring

Thomas Dayspring, who resides in the Richmond, VA area is a Fellow of both the American College of Physicians (FACP) and the National Lipid Association (FNLA) and is certified in internal medicine, and clinical lipidology. After practicing in New Jersey for 37 years, in 2012 he moved to Virginia and served as an educational director for a nonprofit cardiovascular foundation and later as a Chief Academic Advisor for two major CV laboratories until mid-2019. Since then he has served as a virtual cardiovascular educational research assistant & clinical lipid specialist at Early Medical, the prestigious national practice of Peter Attia MD. Career-wise he has given over 4000 domestic (all 50 states) and several international lectures, including over 600 CME programs on atherothrombosis, lipids/lipoproteins (and their treatment), vascular biology, biomarker testing, and women’s cardiovascular issues. He has authored several manuscripts and lipid textbook chapters and performed several podcasts. For several years, until 2019 he was an Associate Editor of the Journal of Clinical Lipidology. He was the recipient of the 2011 National Lipid Association’s Presidents Award for services to clinical lipidology and the 2023 Foundation of NLA Clinician/Educator Award. He has over 40K followers on his educational Twitter feed (@Drlipid). He has Gold Heart Member status as a professional member of the American Heart Association and serves as a Social Media Ambassador for the European Atherosclerosis Society and for the National Lipid Association. He was the first physician to be certified in both Lipidology (ABCL) and as a Menopause Practitioner by the Menopause Society