Mr. Edwards is an adult nurse practitioner who co-owns and operates a family practice in Amherst, New Hampshire. Lane started his career in healthcare as an orderly; became licensed as an LPN; completed professional nurses training and worked in critical care for 10 years. He continued his education to enable licensure as an ARNP, working initially in cardiology and cardiac surgery. Lane went back into internal medicine after about 8 years where he practices now.

Lane has participated in educational offerings at the local, district, regional, national, and international levels. Combining computer enhancement and educational training, he presents frequently on lipids, hypertension, and various cardiovascular diseases.

Mr. Edwards is a faculty member on Medscape's "Ask the Expert Nurse Practitioner Web Site" and was recently appointed by the Illinois Academy of Family Physicians to a 6 member expert panel on lipids. Lane was instrumental in publishing national guidelines for risk assessment of lipid disorders from this panel. In 2004, Lane participated on a similar expert panel on Restless Legs Syndrome for the IAFP.

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Employment:

Wright and Associates Family Healthcare, PLLC. Amherst, NH
Associates in Internal Medicine, Lee Physician Group, Lee Memorial Health Systems, Ft. Myers, Florida
     Role: Primary Care - Internal Medicine with emphasis on the Insulin Resistance Syndrome
Partner - Partners in Healthcare Education, LLC

Education:

1974 Diploma - Professional Nursing - St Luke's Hospital School of Nursing
Kansas City, Missouri
1983 Bachelor of Science in Nursing - University of South Alabama - Mobile, Alabama
1986 Master of Science in Nursing - University of South Alabama - Mobile, Alabama
1992 NASPE Exam, Subspecialty Exam in Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology
North American Society for Electrophysiology and Pacing
1999 Certification in Advanced Lipid Management
University of Southern Illinois, Graduate School

Lectures:
Mr. Edwards has been invited recurrently to present at the following conferences:

National, Regional, and State Conferences:

American Academy of Nurse Practitioners - National
National Conference for Nurse Practitioners - National
American College of Nurse Practitioners - National
New York Association of Nurse Practitioners - State
California Association of Nurse Practitioners - State
Mid Atlantic Association of Nurse Practitioners - Regional
American Association of Acute Care Nurse Practitioners - National

Mr. Edwards participates annually as faculty on the following National and Regional Pharmaceutical Speaker Bureaus.

Industry Speaking:

Merck & Company - National Faculty
Kos Pharmaceuticals - National Faculty
AstraZeneca - National Faculty
Eli Lilly - Regional Speaker
Pfizer - Regional Speaker
Merck Schering Plough - National Faculty
Schering Plough - National Faculty
Aventis - Regional Speaker
Novartis - Regional Speaker
Bristol-Myers Squibb - National Speaker
Illinois Academy of Family Physicians - National Speaker
Abbott - Regional Speaker