Matinas BioPharma Holdings, Inc. announced the appointment of James A. Underberg, M.D., M.S., FACPM, FACP, FNYAM, FASPC, FNLA to its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). Dr. Underberg is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at NYU School of Medicine and the NYU Center for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease. He is also the Director of the Bellevue Hospital Lipid Clinic. Dr. Underberg holds joint appointments in the divisions of General Internal Medicine and Endocrinology at NYU. Dr. Underberg joins Matinas BioPharma’s current MAT9001 SAB members, Christie M. Ballantyne, M.D., John J.P. Kastelein, M.D., Ph.D., FESC, Harold Bays, M.D., and Kevin C. Maki, Ph.D., now representing five of the world’s leading lipid specialists and cardiovascular health experts. Dr. Underberg is a Diplomate of the American Board of Clinical Lipidology and Immediate Past-President of the National Lipid Association. He is a Fellow of the National Lipid Association and President of the American Board of Clinical Lipidology. He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Clinical Lipidology and is a board member of the National Lipid Association, the Foundation of the National Lipid Association, The American Society of Preventive Cardiology and the American Board of Clinical Lipidology. Dr. Underberg also serves on the scientific advisory board of the Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH) Foundation.