Drs. Scott Grundy and Margo Denke served on a 2001 National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute panel of experts who formulated new cholesterol guidelines, aimed at preventing coronary artery disease. Dr. Grundy chaired the 2001 panel as well as a 1993 panel. The executive summary of the panel’s recommendations was published in the May 16, 2001 issue of the “Journal of the American Medical Association.” In 2001, Dr. Grundy was Director of the Center for Human Nutrition and Dr. Denke was a senior research scholar at the Center.