Arthur P. Wheeler, MD, FCCP

Dr. Wheeler is an Associate Professor in the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine at Vanderbilt University. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland School of Medicine and completed training programs in internal medicine, pulmonary disease, and critical care at Vanderbilt University.

Dr. Wheeler is a member of the American Thoracic Society, Society of Critical Care Medicine, and American Federation for Clinical Research, and is a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians. His research in sepsis, thromboembolic disease, and acute lung injury has resulted in more than 100 publications. He is the co-author of a successful textbook, Critical Care Medicine: The Essentials, now in its fourth edition. Dr. Wheeler has delivered hundreds of national and international lectures and is the recipient of numerous teaching awards. He currently serves as the Director of the Vanderbilt ICU.

Lynn B. Oertel, MS, ANP, CACP

Ann K. Wittkowsky, PharmD, CACP, FASHP, FCCP

Ann K. Wittkowsky, PharmD, CACP, FASHP, FCCP, is Clinical Professor of Pharmacy at the University of Washington School of Pharmacy and Director of Anticoagulation Services at the University of Washington Medical Center. As a clinician and educator in the field of antithrombotic pharmacotherapy, she has contributed extensively to the care of patients and the education of healthcare providers regarding antithrombotic pharmacotherapy. She is the author of over 100 scientific papers, book chapters, and abstracts, and co-editor of the textbook Managing Oral Anticoagulation Therapy: Clinical and Operational Guidelines. She has lectured widely throughout the United States and Canada, maintains an active clinical research program, and is board certified as an anticoagulation care provider.

Dr. Wittkowsky serves as an Editorial Board Member for Pharmacotherapy and the Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis, as a reviewer for numerous medical and scientific journals, and as a member of the Board of Directors of The Anticoagulation Forum, a multidisciplinary organization of anticoagulation care providers. She is the Director of the Northwest Anticoagulation Consortium, a preceptor for the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Research and Education Foundation's Antithrombotic Pharmacotherapy Traineeship, a member of the American College of Chest Physicians' 8th Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy, and was recently selected as a member of the 9th Conference. She is an Elected Member of the Board of Regents of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy.

Kenneth A. Bauer, MD

Dr. Kenneth Bauer is Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. His hospital positions include Director, Thrombosis Clinical Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Chief, Hematology Section, VA Boston Healthcare System. Dr. Bauer received his medical degree from Stanford University School of Medicine in Stanford, California. He completed his residency in medicine at the University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics in Illinois. He was a Fellow in Medical Oncology and a Clinical/Research Fellow in the Division of Thrombosis and Hemostasis at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and was also a Clinical/Research Fellow in the Hematology-Oncology Division at Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

Dr. Bauer's research interests include development and clinical evaluation of sensitive new assays for the detection of hypercoagulable states, definition and elucidation of the mechanisms leading to the development of a prethrombotic state, and clinical evaluation of new antithrombotic drugs. Dr. Bauer served as Immediate Past Chairman of the Council of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) and was previously Chairman of the Subcommittee on Predictive Haemostatic Variables in Vascular Diseases of the ISTH. Dr. Bauer has published over 200 original reports, reviews, and book chapters.