04/19/2026
This month, we shine our Patient Spotlight on Kate, an FH patient who has been able to pursue her PhD, thanks to treatment with LIPOSORBER:
"Several years into working towards my PhD in Microbiology and Immunology at the Medical College of Wisconsin, my health took a sudden and devastating turn. For years I searched desperately for an explanation while my health continued to decline, eventually leaving me partially paralyzed.
Losing my health was crushing – but losing my career in the sciences was a loss to the core of who I was. Research wasn’t just my job; it was my greatest passion, my proudest achievement, the thing that ignited my brain… and when I had to step away, it felt like my future had been canceled.
In 2023, after years of uncertainty, I was diagnosed with a chronic autoimmune neurodegenerative disease followed by familial hypercholesterolemia (FH). Then the real work began. With a team of medical professionals, I began a comprehensive treatment plan including lipoprotein apheresis.
Trying to capture how lipoprotein apheresis has impacted me personally is no trivial task!
• It allows me to avoid medications that come with nasty side-effects and drug interactions.
• It reduces inflammation, which boosts my day-to-day energy levels.
• It gives me reassurance - a sense that I am actively protecting my long-term cardiovascular health and reducing my risk of heart attack or stroke.
Most remarkably: consider my career uncanceled. Indeed, I am back in pursuit of my PhD at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
From a patient’s perspective, my advice is lipoprotein apheresis is a potential tool that may aid you in reclaiming the life you want to live. Take the time to explore it as an option. You are worth it!"
For LIPOSORBER Indications for Use and other safety information, please visit: liposorber.com/liposorber-safety-info