William E. Dager, Pharm.D., FCSHP, FCCP received his doctorate in pharmacy from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and served his residency at the University of California, Davis Medical Center (UCDMC) in Sacramento. He also completed a Nephrology Pharmaceutical Care Preceptorship at the University of Pittsburgh, School of Pharmacy.

Dr. Dager currently holds two academic positions, one as Clinical Professor of Pharmacy at UCSF School of Pharmacy and the other as a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the UCD School of Medicine. As a clinical specialist at UCDMC he is responsible for difficult cases in anticoagulation, pharmacokinetics or other critical care related situations. He also is clinically active with the cardiology service.

Dr. Dager is a fellow of both the California Society of Hospital Pharmacists and American College of Clinical Pharmacy, and member of the Sacramento Valley Society of Hospital Pharmacists, the Anticoagulation Forum, International Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Society of Critical Care Medicine, American Society of Health System Pharmacists and the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. He was the recipient of the 2008 ACCP best practice award. He also currently serves as an Instructor and Regional Affiliate Faculty in ACLS for the American Heart Association as well as a reviewer and/or editorial board member for multiple medical journals including chair of the Editorial Advisory Board panel on anticoagulation for the Annals of Pharmacotherapy.

Michael P. Gulseth, Pharm.D., BCPS is the Program Director for Anticoagulation Services at Sanford Health in Sioux Falls, SD. Dr. Gulseth received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree in 1999 from North Dakota State University in Fargo, North Dakota. He completed residency training at United Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Dr. Gulseth is lead author and editor of Managing Anticoagulation Patients in the Hospital: the Inpatient Anticoagulation Service, published in 2007 by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.

Dr. Gulseth is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. Dr. Gulseth is an active member of several professional pharmacy organizations, including the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, the Minnesota Society of Health-System Pharmacists, the South Dakota Society of Health System Pharmacists, and the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. His research interests include evaluation of antithrombotic therapies in the inpatient setting and evaluation of the benefits of pharmacist-managed inpatient anticoagulation services.

Edith A. Nutescu, Pharm.D., FCCP, is Clinical Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy and Director of the Antithrombosis Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center. Dr. Nutescu is also an Affiliate Faculty at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Center for Pharmacoeconomic Research. She earned her Pharm.D. degree with high honors at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy. After graduation, Dr Nutescu went on to complete an American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)accredited Pharmacy Practice Residency at Lutheran General HospitalAdvocate Health Care and a Primary Care Specialty Residency at the University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center.

Dr. Nutescu maintains an active clinical practice and research program. Her research and practice interests are in the areas of thrombosis, antithrombotic therapy, cardiovascular diseases, and stroke. Dr Nutescu has authored or co-authored over 100 scientific articles, book chapters, and abstracts published in the science and medical literature and has served as a reviewer for the literature in her field. She serves on the Editorial Boards for Annals of Pharmacotherapy and the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. She has lectured extensively both nationally and internationally on topics related to hyperlipidemia, thrombosis, stroke, and cardiovascular diseases. Dr. Nutescu serves as the Vice-President and on the Board of Directors of the Anticoagulation Forum.