Lipoprotein Apheresis Centers

Patients with HoFH often take a combination of medications to lower the cholesterol level in their blood. But, there are times when even those medications do not work. In those cases, lipoprotein apheresis can be performed as early as 3 years of age. Lipoprotein apheresis is a one and a half to three hours long procedure that removes LDL-C from the blood.

Since the cholesterol will build up again over time, this procedure is done every week to every other week. It is very safe and most patients are tolerant. However, it can mean that patients might miss school or work and may have to drive a long distance because there are only 60 lipoprotein apheresis centers in the U.S.

The following is a list of lipoprotein apheresis sites in the United States and Canada.

United States

ALASKA

Diabetes and Lipid Clinic of Alaska
2841 DeBarr Road
Building A, Suite 43
Anchorage, AK 99508
907-274-7847
info@diabetesalaska.com
www.diabetesalaska.com

ARIZONA

Mayo Clinic
13400 E. Shea Blvd.
Scottsdale, AZ 85259
480-301-8000
www.mayoclinic.org/patient-visitor-guide/arizona

CALIFORNIA

School of Medicine University of California, Irvine
Heart Disease Prevention Program Division of Cardiology
112 Sprague Hall
Irvine, CA 92697
949-824-5561
www.heart.uci.edu

Transfusion Medicine Associates
24407 Calle De La Louisa. Suite 100
Laguna Hills, CA 92653-7609
949-581-0555
info@TMAservice.com
www.lowercholesterolsafely.net

Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute
127 S. San Vicente Blvd.
Advanced Health Sciences Pavilion, Third Floor, A3600
Los Angeles, CA 90048
1-800-CEDARS-1 (1-800-233-2771)
groupheartcenter@cshs.org
www.cedars-sinai.edu/Patients/Programs-and-Services/Heart-Institute/index.aspx

UC San Diego Medical Center
200 W. Arbor Drive
San Diego, CA 92103
619-543-5977
health.ucsd.edu/specialties/apheresis/Pages/ldl-apheresis.aspx

Transfusion Medicine Associates SF
851 Burlway Road, #308
Burlingame, CA 94010-1720 (San Francisco Area)
650-347-9200
info@TMAservice.com
www.lowercholesterolsafely.net

Transfusion Medicine Associates
24445 Hawthorne Blvd. Suite 206
Torrance, CA 90505-6562
310-373-5700
info@TMAservice.com
www.lowercholesterolsafely.net

COLORADO

University of Colorado Hospital
Ana Tandberg, RN
Aurora/Denver, CO
720-848-6515
ana.tandberg@uch.edu
www.uchealth.org/Pages/Services/Weight-and-Metabolism/LDL-Apheresis.aspx

CONNECTICUT

Hartford Hospital
80 Seymour Street
Hartford, CT 06102
860-545-0594
www.harthosp.org/heart/LDL/default.aspx?cHT=apheresis

DELAWARE

Nemours/A.I. duPont Hospital for Children
1600 Rockland Rd.
Wilmington DE 19803
302-651-4426
www.nemours.org/locations/nemours-dupont.html

FLORIDA

Boca Raton Regional Hospital
Preventive and Integrative Cardiology
Seth J. Baum, MD, FACC, FACPM, FAHA, FNLA
7900 Glades Road, Suite 400
Boca Raton, Florida 33434
561-488-5535
lipids@preventivecardiologyinc.com
www.preventivecardiologyinc.com/about-us/dr-seth-j-baum/

Florida LDL Apheresis Center
2300 Glades Rd, East Tower, #200
Boca Raton, FL 33431
561-338-8884
www.floridaapheresis.com

Millenium Physician Group
Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Center
John Diaz, M.D.
671 Goodlette Road N, Ste. 200
Naples, FL 34102
239-263-8222
www.millenniumphysician.org

Florida Blood Services
9900 Dr. MLK Jr. St. N
St. Petersburg, FL 33716
(727) 568-2101
www.oneblood.org

GEORGIA

Emory University
1365 Clifton Road, NE
2nd Floor Bldg A
Atlanta, Georgia 30322
404-778-7777
www.emoryhealthcare.org

Emory University
550 Peachtree Street NE
6th floor
Atlanta, Georgia 30308
404-686-4411
www.emoryhealthcare.org

ILLINOIS

Evanston Hospital
2650 Ridge Ave.
Evanston, IL 60201
847-570-2000
www.northshore.org/locations/our-hospitals/evanston-hospital/

Loyola University Medical Center
Binh An P. Phan, MD, and Phillip J. DeChristopher, MD, PhD
2160 S 1st Ave
Maywood, IL 60153
888-584-7888
www.loyolamedicine.org/heart-vascular/ldl-apheresis

ITxM Diagnostics
Life Source
Chicago, Illinois
http://www.lifesource.org/us/about-lifesource/itxm/

INDIANA

Indiana University
Amale Lteif, M.D. and Christine Diene
Endocrinology
1120 W. Michigan Street
CL459
Indianapolis, IN 46202
317-274-1339
www.medicine.iupui.edu/endc

IOWA

University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics
Byron Vandenberg, MD
200 Hawkins Drive
Iowa City, IA 52242
800-777-8442
www.uihealthcare.org/content.aspx?id=233899

IDAHO

St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center
1055 N. Curtis Road
Boise, ID 83706
208-367-2121
inquiries@sarmc.org
www.saintalphonsus.org

KANSAS

University of Kansas Medical Center
Patrick M Moriarty, MD, FACC, FACP
3901 Rainbow Boulevard
Kansas City, KS 66160
913-588-6057
913-588-5000
pmoriart@kumc.edu
www.kumc.edu

MASSACHUSETTS

Children’s Hospital Boston
300 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
617-355-6000
www.childrenshospital.org

Massachusetts General Hospital
Corrigan Minehan Heart Center
55 Fruit Street
Boston, MA 02114
866-MGH-8910
www.massgeneral.org/heartcenter/services/treatmentprograms.aspx?id=1235

MAINE

Metabolic Leader
71 US Route 1, Suite J
Scarborough, ME 04074-9375
207-396-6433
www.metabolicleader.com

MICHIGAN

University of Michigan/Cardiovascular Medicine at Domino’s Farms
Domino’s Farms
24 Frank Lloyd Wright Drive
Reception: Lobby A
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
734-647-7321
1-888-287-1082
www.med.umich.edu/cvc/services/site_preventive/index.html

Huron Valley Sinai Hospital
1 William Carls Drive
Commerce, MI 48382
248-937-3440
hvraddept@dmc.org
www.hvsh.org/cardiology

Healthy Heart Cardiology
3181 Prairie Street SW, Suite 112
Grandville, MI 49418
616-780-7015
ask@healthyheart.md
healthyheart.md/healthy_heart/contact.htm

William Beaumont Hospital
3601 W. Thirteen Mile Road
Royal Oak, MI 48073
800-328-8542
https://www.beaumont.edu/heart/about-heart-vascular-services/

MINNESOTA

Mayo Clinic
200 First St. SW
Rochester, MN 55905
507-284-2111
www.mayoclinic.org/departments-centers/laboratory-medicine-pathology/minnesota/overview/appointments

MISSOURI

Washington University
660 South Euclid Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63110
314-362-3500
www.endo.wustl.edu

Canada