Patrick M. Moriarty, MD, is a Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. He is the Director of Clinical Pharmacology and the Atherosclerosis/ Lipid Apheresis Center.
His research activities include atherosclerosis, Lipid-Apheresis, vascular inflammation and hemorheology. He has participated in over 100 clinical trials related to dyslipidemia, obesity, hypertension, and diabetes. His clinical activities involve the treatment and diagnosis of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease. The Kansas University Lipid-apheresis center, for the treatment of Familial Hypercholesterolemia, is one of the largest in North America.