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Ann K. Wittkowsky, PharmD, CACP, FASHP
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Clinical Professor of Pharmacy
University of Washington School of Pharmacy
Director of Anticoagulation Services
University of Washington Medical Center
Seattle, Washington
Ann Wittkowsky is Clinical Professor of Pharmacy at the University of Washington School of Pharmacy and Director of Anticoagulation Services at the University of Washington Medical Center. As a clinician and educator in the field of antithrombotic pharmacotherapy, she has contributed extensively to the care of patients and the education of healthcare providers about antithrombotic pharmacotherapy. She is the author of nearly 100 scientific papers, book chapters, and abstracts, and co-editor of Managing Oral Anticoagulation Therapy: Clinical and Operational Guidelines. She has lectured widely throughout the United States and Canada, maintains an active clinical research program, and is board-certified as an anticoagulation care provider. The Anticoagulation Services program at the University of Washington Medical Center, which Dr Wittkowsky directs, has served as a training site and model for pharmacist-managed anticoagulation clinics throughout the United States and Canada.
Dr Wittkowsky serves as an editorial board member and reviewer for several scientific journals and is on the board of directors for The Anticoagulation Forum, a multidisciplinary organization of anticoagulation care providers. She is Director of the Northwest Anticoagulation Consortium and a preceptor for the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Research and Education Foundation’s Anticoagulation Service Traineeship. Dr Wittkowsky was the recipient of the 2003 ASHP Drug Therapy Research Award for her work in the pharmacogenomics of warfarin and was recently honored by the University of Washington School of Pharmacy as its Distinguished Alumnus for 2003.
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