Amir K Jaffer, MD, MBA

Chief Medical Officer Professor of Medicine
 New York Presbyterian Queens Hospital
 New York, NY 

Bio:  

Amir K Jaffer, MD, MBA, is the Chief Medical Officer at New York Presbyterian Queens (NYPQ) hospital in NYC where he leads Quality, Patient Safety, Accreditation, Comprehensive Clinical Program Development and physician satisfaction. He is working closely with the leadership team to lead transformational change to help the hospital become the Regional Hospital of Choice in Queens, providing premier quality and compassionate care in collaboration with Weill Cornell Medicine and the NYP Medical Group. Prior to moving to New York, Dr. Jaffer worked at Rush University Medical Center as Associate Chief Medical officer, Vice Chair, Quality and Safety in the Department of Internal Medicine and the Division Director of Hospital Medicine.  Over a short period in Chicago, Amir worked across various specialties and the entire continuum of care to lead many Institutional clinical redesign initiatives improving new patient access, patient flow and clinical standardization translating into improved length of stay and value. He was part of a team that contributed to Rush’s success--ranking in the top five for a fourth consecutive year amongst 102 academic medical centers across the United States in the annual Quality and Accountability study conducted by Vizient.

Prior to Rush, he was involved first at the Cleveland Clinic for a decade then at the University of Miami for five years developing innovative clinical programs in Perioperative Medicine, Anticoagulation, Palliative Care and Hospital Medicine.  Dr. Jaffer received his medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine in 1994.  His postgraduate training includes an internship and residency in internal medicine at Yale New Haven Hospital in New Haven, CT.  He is board certified in Internal Medicine and practices both Hospital and Perioperative Medicine.  He also completed a MBA in Health Care Management and Policy at the University Of Miami School Of Business in 2012. 

He has won several awards for Teaching including the Scholarship in Teaching Award in 2006 and again in 2007 by the Case Western Reserve University Medical School in recognition of his efforts as an educator in Perioperative Medicine. In 2010, he was honored with the Society of Hospital Medicine’s highest Award for Excellence in Teaching for his enormous dedication to the education and mentorship of students, residents and fellows in hospital medicine. He is currently the Associate editor of the book Hospital Medicine Secrets and Editor-in-Chief of a Textbook called Perioperative Medicine: Medical Consultation and Co-management.  He has also served as one of the authors of the highly cited 8th and 9th American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-based Guidelines in Antithrombotic Therapy.  He has published extensively and speaks nationally within his areas of interest and expertise and has directed the Perioperative Summit over the last 12 years. 

Disclosure: 

Dr. Jaffer discloses no relevant relationships with ACCME-defined commercial interests.

Alex C. Spyropoulos, MD, FACP, FCCP, FRCPC

Professor, The Merinoff Center for Patient-Oriented Research

The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research

Director, Anticoagulation and Clinical Thrombosis Services

Northwell Health

Albuquerque, New Mexico  

Bio: 
Alex C. Spyropoulos, MD received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia, PA. He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center in Albuquerque, NM. He is board certified in Internal Medicine.

Dr. Spyropoulos was Founder and former Medical Director of the Clinical Thrombosis Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is a Professor of Medicine at Hofstra, Northwell School of Medicine and System Director of Anticoagulation and Clinical Thrombosis Services for the multi hospital Northwell Health System in NY. He is also a Professor of the Merinoff Center for Patient-Oriented Research as part of the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research.He is co-chair of the Council on Leadership of Thrombosis at Northwell Health System. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, American College of Chest Physicians, International Academy of Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Haemostasis, and the Royal College of Physicians, Canada.

Dr. Spyropoulos has helped to develop protocols using LMWH in outpatient-based treatment of venous thromboembolic disease, patient self-testing of warfarin, perioperative “bridging” for patients on chronic anticoagulation, medical inpatient thromboprophylaxis, protocols with regards to the use of anticoagulants for HIT, and clinical use of the direct oral anticoagulants, including their use in special patient populations and periprocedural situations. Dr. Spyropoulos is active in assessing outcome and pharmacoeconomic analyses of these protocols and has lectured extensively both nationally and internationally on these issues.

He has been involved as Principal Investigator, Scientific Committee member, Steering and Executive Committee member, or member of Data Safety Monitoring Board in multiple international, multicenter randomized trials in thrombosis and anticoagulant therapy, including the NHLBI BRIDGE and NHLBI Kids DOTT studies and the CIHR PAUSE trial. He is the co-Chair of the Executive Committee for MARINER, a global Phase 3 multicenter study of thromboprophylaxis in medical patients with rivaroxaban. He is a founding member of ATLAS, a US-based ARO-CRO in thrombosis-related research. He is a panel member of a US national experts consensus group for clinical excellence in thrombosis management, a member of the Anticoagulation Forum and the Thrombosis/Haemostasis Society of North America, co-Chair of the Scientific Standardization Committees of Predictive Variables and Perioperative Thrombosis and Haemostasis as part of ISTH, and co-author for the 8th, 9th and currently 10th 2017 ACCP Guidelines on Perioperative Antithrombotic Therapy, the 2008 International Consensus Statement Guidelines in Venous Thromboembolism, and senior author for the 2013 International Consensus Statement on venous  thromboembolic disease. He is also reviewer for the 2014 ESC Guidelines on Pulmonary Embolism. He is Section Editor for Thrombosis and Haemostasis, and is on the editorial staff for Thrombosis Research and Hospital Medicine. He is a reviewer for many journals.

Dr. Spyropoulos’ research studies, articles, letters, and editorials have been published in over 170 peer-reviewed journals including The New England Journal of Medicine, Blood, Circulation, Annals of Internal Medicine, American Journal of Hematology, American Journal of Medicine, Chest, Thrombosis Haemostasis, American Journal of Cardiology, Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis , Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Clinical Applied Thrombosis and Haemostasis, and Thrombosis Research.

Disclosure:  

Dr. Spyropoulos has performed contracted research for Boehringer Ingelheim and Janssen. He has served on Advisory Boards for Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Daichi Sankyo, Janssen and Portola.

Alan Jacobson, MD, FACC
Associate Chief of Staff/ Research 

Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Director, Anticoagulation Services
Jerry L. Pettis VA Medical Center
Loma Linda, California 

Bio: 
Alan K. Jacobson, MD, FACC, is a staff cardiologist and the Associate Chief of Staff for Research at the Loma Linda VA Medical Center in Southern California. A native of Canada, Dr. Jacobson has been at Loma Linda since heading south in 1977 for medical school. In addition to practicing general cardiology, Dr. Jacobson has a special interest in antithrombotic therapy. He has been the medical director of the Cardiology Anticoagulation Clinic since 1990 and has overseen the initiation of both Point-of-Care testing and Patient self-testing for the monitoring of the prothrombin time.
 
 Dr. Jacobson has also been active in research relating to standardization of laboratory methods for PT determinations, clinical use of antithrombotic therapy in atrial fibrillation, evaluation of novel antithrombotic therapies and development of anticoagulant monitoring methodologies.
 
 Dr. Jacobson received his bachelor's degree in chemistry from Walla Walla University, and his medical degree from Loma Linda University.

Disclosure:

Dr. Jacobson has served on an Advisory Board, on a Speakers Bureau and provided non-CME promotional services for Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Daichi Sankyo, Janssen and Portola.

External Reviewer:
Ty J. Gluckman, MD, FACC, FAHA 
Medical Director of Clinical Transformation 
Providence Heart and Vascular Institute 
Portland, OR 

Disclosure:  

Dr. Gluckman has served on an Advisory Board for Boehringer Ingelheim. His Advisory Board role was not related to the content presented in this educational activity.

Non-faculty Disclosure:
Non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development, and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.