William E. Dager, Pharm.D., FCSHP, FCCP received his doctorate in pharmacy from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and served his residency at the University of California, Davis Medical Center (UCDMC) in Sacramento. He also completed a Nephrology Pharmaceutical Care Preceptorship at the University of Pittsburgh, School of Pharmacy.

Dr. Dager currently holds two academic positions, one as Clinical Professor of Pharmacy at UCSF School of Pharmacy and the other as a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the UCD School of Medicine. As a clinical specialist at UCDMC he is responsible for difficult cases in anticoagulation, pharmacokinetics or other critical care related situations. He also is clinically active with the cardiology service.

Dr. Dager is a fellow of both the California Society of Hospital Pharmacists and American College of Clinical Pharmacy, and member of the Sacramento Valley Society of Hospital Pharmacists, the Anticoagulation Forum, International Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Society of Critical Care Medicine, American Society of Health System Pharmacists and the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. He was the recipient of the 2008 ACCP best practice award. He also currently serves as an Instructor and Regional Affiliate Faculty in ACLS for the American Heart Association as well as a reviewer and/or editorial board member for multiple medical journals including chair of the Editorial Advisory Board panel on anticoagulation for the Annals of Pharmacotherapy.

Darryl S. Rich currently is a part-time Surveyor for The Joint Commission in the hospital, home care, and ambulatory accreditation programs. He also works as part of the Joint Commission's Standards Interpretation Group, serving as an internal resource on pharmacy and medication management issues. He has been with the Joint Commission for over 16 years, the first 10 of which he worked in the Joint Commission headquarters in surveyor management and development.

Darryl received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree (PharmD) from the University of California at San Francisco, and a MBA in Health Care Management from Bryant University in Rhode Island.
He also completed an ASHP accredited residency in hospital pharmacy from Rhode Island Hospital. Prior to coming to the Joint Commission, Darryl was Director of Pharmacy Services at Boston University Medical Center and Clinical Assistant Professor of Pharmacy at Northeastern University. He also served as National Director of Pharmacy Services for Critical Care America, Inc., a national home infusion company.

He is active member and Fellow in the American Society of Health System Pharmacists and a past President of the New England Council of Health-System Pharmacists. He has received numerous awards including the 2000 Cheers award by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices, and received a Certificate of Appreciation from the Board of ASHP in 2004 for his work in medication safety at the Joint Commission.

As of December 2008, Darryl has 565 invited professional presentations and 75 publications in refereed journals, including 8 books and 4 video series.