In this episode we will be discussing a recent paper published in CHEST entitled Perioperative Management of Antithrombotic Therapy: An American College of Chest Physicians Clinical Practice Guideline with lead author Dr Jim Douketis. Dr. Douketis is Staff Physician in General Internal Medicine and Clinical Thromboembolism at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton. He is a Professor of Medicine and holds the David Braley-Nancy Gordon Chair in Thromboembolic Disease at McMaster University. Dr Douketis is past-president of Thrombosis Canada.Dr. Douketis’ research interests include perioperative antithrombotic therapy, prognosis of patients with venous thromboembolism, hormonal therapy and thrombosis, prevention of venous thrombosis in medical patients, and clinical practice guideline development.Dr. Douketis is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Science, Past-President of Thrombosis Canada, Associate Editor of McMaster Textbook of Internal Medicine, Editor-in-Chief of Canadian Journal of General Internal Medicine, Deputy Editor of Annals of Internal Medicine ACP Journal Club, and Associate Editor of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. He has over 350 peer-reviewed publications.Follow us on Twitter;Thrombosis Canada: @ThrombosisCanReference:Douketis JD, Spyropoulos AC, Murad MH, Arcelus JI, Dager WE, Dunn AS, Fargo RA, Levy JH, Samama CM, Shah SH, Sherwood MW. Perioperative Management of Antithrombotic Therapy: An American College of Chest Physicians Clinical Practice Guideline. Chest. 2022 Aug 11.Support the show