James Froehlich, MD, MPH, FACC, FSVM, is Professor of Internal Medicine, Director of Vascular Medicine, Medical Director of Pharmacy, Assistant Chair of Medicine for Quality and Innovation, Co-Director of MCORRP, and Director of Anticoagulation at the University of Michigan Medical School. He received his undergraduate degree in political philosophy from Dartmouth College in 1982, and his medical degree from Dartmouth Medical School (now the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College), in 1986. He completed a residency and chief residency in internal medicine at the New England Deaconess Hospital, Harvard Medical School, under Dr. Robert Moellering. Dr. Froehlich was a fellow in cardiology at the University of Michigan from 1993-1996, and a trainee there under the NIH Vascular Medicine Training Program Grant in 1994, under Dr. James Stanley. After completing a Master’s Degree in Public Health at the Harvard School of Public Health (while serving as Director of Vascular Medicine at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center), he joined the faculty of the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, with a joint appointment in vascular surgery and cardiology, before returning to Michigan and his current position. Dr. Froehlich has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Vascular Surgery, the Cardiosource Review Journal, the Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis, and currently serves on the editorial board of Vascular Medicine. He has also served as an ad hoc reviewer for JAMA, NEJM, Vascular Medicine and Circulation. He is Past-President of the Society for Vascular Medicine and has been a member of the AHA/ACC Preoperative Guidelines Committee and of the AHA Scientific Sessions Program Committee. He has published over 120 articles and 11 book chapters. He has lectured in 26 states and 13 different countries. He is an ardent supporter of the Boston Red Sox, the University Musical Society, and serves on the board of directors of the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra.