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Board of Directors
The Anticoagulation Forum Board of Directors represent a multidisciplinary group of anticoagulation care providers including physicians, pharmacists and nurses. These members serve as active participants in the AC Forum’s mission of educational programming for our membership. As experts in the field, our board members are an integral part of our conference faculty, webinar panels, guidance development, and program committees. We are grateful for the generosity of their service and the opportunity to have such an extraordinary group of leaders to oversee the activities of the Anticoagulation Forum.
President
Allison received her pharmacy doctorate from the University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy in 2003, then completed a general pharmacy practice residency at Boston Medical Center in 2004. She now serves as lead pharmacist of the Inpatient Antithrombosis Stewardship program at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center and as an associate adjunct clinical professor at the UNM College of Pharmacy. ...more...
Dr. Arthur Allen is the Anticoagulation Program Manager at VA Salt Lake City Health Care System in Salt Lake City, UT. He has more than 20 years of experience in the fields of anticoagulation and thrombosis and has managed thrombosis programs and served as a subject matter expert locally, regionally, and nationally for more than 15 years. ...more...
Founder, Past President
Jack Ansell is former Chairman of Medicine, Lenox Hill Hospital and Professor of Medicine at Hofstra-Northwell School of Medicine. He is a clinical investigator with a principal focus on the clinical problems of thrombosis, antithrombotic therapy, and the application of new modes of delivering and monitoring anticoagulants. ...more...
Geoff Barnes is an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan where he specializes in cardiovascular and vascular medicine. He has completed internal medicine, cardiovascular medicine, and vascular medicine training at the University of Michigan where he also served as the chief medical resident. He also completed an NIH-sponsored T32 research fellowship and obtained a Masters in Health and Healthcare Research at the University of Michigan. ...more...
Marilyn Blumenstein works at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia as a pediatric nurse practitioner in the Hemostasis and Thrombosis Center (HTC). For more than 16 years, her work-focus has been to establish and grow the thrombosis and anticoagulation program at CHOP working closely with the HTC medical director, Leslie Raffini, and in collaboration with our clinical pharmacist for anticoagulation. Prior to her work at CHOP, Marilyn spent 10 years working for the American Red Cross, Penn-Jersey Region in Clinical Services ...more...
Jean M. Connors, MD is a hematology attending at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; the Medical Director of the Anticoagulation Management Services, and the Hemostatic Antithrombotic Stewardship Program; and an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. ...more...
William E. Dager, Pharm.D., BCPS, MCCM, FACCP, FASHP, FCSHP, is a cardiovascular pharmacist specialist in at UC Davis Medical Center and past PGY-2 cardiology program director. Dr. Dager holds two academic positions as Clinical Professor of Pharmacy at the UCSF School of Pharmacy, and Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California Davis School of Medicine in addition to four fellowship honors and is a board-certified pharmacotherapy specialist. He one of only a few pharmacists recognized as a Master in Critical Care Medicine. ...more...
Government Liaison
Andrew Geller serves as Chief Medical Officer of the Medication Safety Program at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). His research interests include medication safety, chronic disease management, and the intersection of medicine and public health practice. ...more...
Immediate Past President
Scott Kaatz is Clinical Professor of Medicine at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine and Wayne State University School of Medicine and a Hospitalist at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit where he serves as the Medical Director for Professional Development and Research in the Division of Hospital Medicine. He attended medical school at Michigan State University and completed his residency in internal medicine at Henry Ford Hospital. Later in his career, he earned his master’s degree in Evidence-Based Health Care from Oxford University. ...more...
Jori May is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology/Oncology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) where she specializes in non-malignant hematology, specifically caring for patients with thrombosis and coagulation disorders. She completed her medical degree at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and completed training in internal medicine and hematology/oncology at UAB, where she also served as chief medical resident. ...more...
Ronni Nemeth Pharm.D., CACP, DPLA is the manager of the Anticoagulation Clinics and chair/co-chair for the Anticoagulation Steering Committee for Confluence Health in Wenatchee Washington. Ronni earned her Pharm.D. from Midwestern University College of Pharmacy in Glendale, Arizona and completed her PGY-1 community pharmacy residency with Safeway Pharmacy and Midwestern University with an emphasis in management and leadership. Ronni relocated to Wenatchee, Washington in 2015 to start her career in health system pharmacy and has particular interest in antithrombotic care, ambulatory care, and leadership and management. She is also actively involved as an ACE faculty member with the Anticoagulation Forum. ...more...
Carlee O’Connor, DNP, RN, AGCNS-BC is a Clinical Nurse Specialist in the Anticoagulation Service at Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. She received her nursing Diploma from University of Minnesota in 2004 and went on to get her Doctorate’s degree in nursing from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in 2017. ...more...
Dr. Ragheb received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Florida A&M University in 2008 and currently serves as an anticoagulation clinical pharmacist practitioner at the Veterans Affairs Eastern Colorado Health Care System. ...more...
Dr. Rajasekhar is a professor at the University of Florida (UF) in Gainesville, Florida. She is a clinician, clinical investigator, and medical educator with a focus on classical hematology, specifically thrombosis and hemostasis. She completed her medical degree, residency in internal medicine, and fellowship in hematology/oncology at the University of Florida. She holds a Masters degree in Clinical Investigation and is a member of the Mentor Academy at the University of Florida. ...more...
Laurie Sardo NP-PHC, DNP is a Nurse Practitioner in the Thrombosis Service, Department of Hematology at St. Joseph's Healthcare in Hamilton, Canada. ...more...
Deborah Siegal is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine within the Division of Hematology at the University of Ottawa. Dr. Siegal graduated from Queen’s University School of Medicine in 2009 and completed Internal Medicine and Hematology training at McMaster University. She holds Master of Science degrees in Pharmacology (University of Toronto) and Health Research Methodology (McMaster University). ...more...
Andrea Van Beek, RN, DNP, AGPCNP-BC works at Visalia Medical Clinic/Adventist Health Physicians Network in Visalia, California where she is a Nurse Practitioner in the Anticoagulation Clinic. She started the Anticoagulation Clinic in 2017, and since that time it has grown to serve over 800 patients (and counting.) Andrea is passionate about patient care. Her clinical interests include patient education, home INR testing, as well as general and perioperative management of warfarin and direct oral anticoagulants. ...more...