Dr. Michota is Director of Academic Affairs in the Department of Hospital Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Michota graduated from The Ohio State University College of Medicine and completed his postgraduate work at the Cleveland Clinic. Upon completion of his chief resident year he established and developed the Hospital Medicine Program at the Cleveland Clinic. For 11 years, Dr. Michota was the Section Head of Hospital Medicine in the Department of General Internal Medicine. He has extensive clinical experience in both acute and subacute patient settings.

Dr. Michota has been an active teacher for colleagues, fellows, residents, and students, and he is currently an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and the Society of Hospital Medicine. He has worked closely with the National Board of Medical Examiners, participating as well as Chairing test material development and review committees. Dr. Michota was a Charter Member of the Society of Hospital Medicine, and has served on both the National Education and Research Committees. He participated in the development of the Hospitalist Core-Competencies position paper and he has spoken frequently at the annual Society of Hospital Medicine national meeting. He has directed and co-directed multiple symposia and continuing medical eduation (CME) courses, including the annual Cleveland Clinic Intensive Review of Internal Medicine and annual Perioperative Summit. He is a former Associate Program Director of Internal Medicine as well as Director of the Cleveland Clinic Hospital Medicine Fellowship Program.

Dr. Michota has also been very active in local as well as national Quality Improvement Initiatives. Dr. Michota is a member of the Coalition to Prevent Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), helping to establish March as DVT Awareness Month. He has worked with the American Public Health Association, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the US Surgeon General's Office to make DVT prophylaxis a national health priority. Dr. Michota is a past member of the The Joint Commission/National Quality Forum Technical Advisory Panel for the development of national voluntary consensus standards for the prevention and care of venous thromboembolism.

Dr. Michota is a Section Editor for a new reference text for hospitalists—Comprehensive Hospital Medicine—and remains a co-editor of The Cleveland Clinic Intensive Review of Internal Medicine textbook, now in its 5th Edition. He is Medical Editor-in-Chief of Hospitalist News. In summary, Dr. Michota has authored or co-authored over 30 articles and book chapters, and has given over 300 CME presentations across the United States, on the topics of venous thromboembolism, congestive heart failure, laboratory testing, preoperative evaluation, and perioperative care.

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.

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 Soceity of Health-System Pharamcists 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.