INATE (INvestigators Against ThromboEmbolism) is an educational website that aims to improve the worldwide management of patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE). Started in 2001 by a Core Group of 12 investigators from various disciplines around the globe, it is an excellent source of information for both patients and professionals. 

Content for site developed under the guidance of the TRACK Advisory Council.

James Hoekstra, MD

Professor of Emergency Medicine
Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

James Hoekstra graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School and was residency trained in emergency medicine at the University of Cincinnati. Dr Hoekstra was appointed to the faculty at Ohio State University from 1988-2003, where he was also Associate Dean for Clinical Education. He was recruited to Wake Forest University in January of 2003, where he is presently Professor of Emergency Medicine and Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine.

Dr Hoekstra’s area of expertise is emergency cardiology and the care of patients with acute coronary syndromes. He has done basic science research in cardiac resuscitation, and is actively involved in clinical research on the diagnosis and management of patients with acute coronary syndromes. His research has included the emergency department use of serum markers of cardiac ischemia, short-stay protocols for the diagnosis of acute coronary syndromes, and the use of IIb/IIIa inhibitors and low-molecular-weight heparin in the treatment of non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. He is an active member of the multicenter Emergency Medicine Cardiac Research and Education Group and serves on numerous multicenter-trial steering committees. He is also on the board of directors of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.