Tara Lech, PharmD
Medical Advisory Board Co-Chair and Pharmacy Advisor
Dr. Lech is an Anticoagulation and Cardiovascular Clinical Pharmacy Specialist and currently serves as the Thrombosis Program Manager at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center in Burlington, MA. She completed her…
Aviva Schwartz, MA
NATF Staff Co-Chair
Aviva is the Director of Content and Education at NATF and oversees the writing, editing, and production of NATF’s patient and provider resources. She is the Managing Editor of NATF’s…
Behnood Bikdeli, MD, MS
Vascular Medicine Advisor
Dr. Bikdeli is a clinician-investigator, with training in cardiology, advanced training in vascular medicine, and a particular interest in thrombotic disorders and antithrombotic therapy. After graduation from medical school, Dr.…
Heather Johnson, MD
Preventive Cardiology Advisor
Dr. Heather M. Johnson is a Preventive Cardiologist at the Christine E. Lynn Women’s Health & Wellness Institute of Boca Raton Regional Hospital/Baptist Health South Florida, and an Associate Professor of…
Margo Minissian, PhD, ACNP
Technology & Innovation Advisor
Dr. Minissian is the Executive Director, Geri & Richard Brawerman Nursing Institute and the Simms/ Mann Family Foundation Endowed Chair of Nurse Education, Innovation, and Research. She is a Faculty Research…
Jomarie Monzon, FNP-BC, MSN
Vascular Surgery APP Advisor
JoMarie is the Lead Nurse Practitioner for the Division of Vascular Surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Cell and Molecular Biology and Master of…
Scott Woller, MD
Thrombosis Medicine Advisor
Dr. Woller’s academic interests reside in thrombosis medicine and anticoagulation management. With a particular interest in the prevention of venous thromboembolic disease, Dr. Woller has served as investigator on multiple…
LaVon Woodard
Patient Advisor
LaVon Woodard lives in Brunswick, Georgia where he works as a licensed professional barber and owns a successful barbershop. In 2017, he went to the ER and later went to…