Steering Committee
Toby C. Trujillo, Pharm.D., BCPS-AQ Cardiology, FAHA, FCCP, Initiative Chair
Associate Professor
University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Clinical Specialist - Anticoagulation/Cardiology
University of Colorado Hospital
Aurora, Colorado
Toby C. Trujillo, Pharm.D., BCPS-AQ Cardiology, FAHA, FCCP, is Associate Professor at the University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Aurora. He also is a clinical specialist in anticoagulation and cardiology at University of Colorado Hospital.
Dr. Trujillo earned his Bachelor of Science degree in biochemistry from the University of California, Davis and his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of California, San Francisco, where he also completed a residency in pharmacy practice. He then went on to do a fellowship in cardiovascular pharmacotherapy at The University of Arizona. Dr. Trujillo is a board-certified pharmacotherapy specialist with added qualifications in cardiology.
In his current role, Dr. Trujillo is involved in the stewardship of antithrombotic medications across the UC Health system, which includes serving as co-chair of the anticoagulation subcommittee of the P&T committee, as well as coordinating and staffing the Inpatient Anticoagulation Thrombosis Management Service.
Dr. Trujillo has served in several capacities within multidisciplinary healthcare organizations, such as the American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, and Society of Critical Care Medicine. He has also served on committees and in leadership positions within the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, currently as a member of the ACCP Board of Regents. Dr. Trujillo is often invited to speak on a national level, and he authored several articles and book chapters in the area of cardiovascular pharmacotherapy.
Alpesh Amin, M.D., MBA, FACC, MACP, SFHM
Thomas & Mary Cesario Chair of Medicine
Professor of Medicine, Business, Public Health, Nursing Science, and Biomedical Engineering
Executive Director, Hospitalist Program
Medical Director, Anticoagulation Services
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, California
Alpesh Amin, M.D., MBA, FACC, MACP, SFHM, is the Thomas & Mary Cesario Chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). He is Professor of Medicine, Business, Public Health, Nursing Science, and Biomedical Engineering at UCI. He is also founder and executive director of the Hospitalist Program. At UCI, Dr. Amin has served as Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs and Quality, Chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine (GIM), Associate Program Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program, and Medicine Clerkship Director. Dr. Amin obtained his Doctor of Medicine degree at Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago, and he completed his internship and residencies in internal medicine, including a chief residency, at UCI. He also earned a healthcare MBA degree at UCI. Dr. Amin is the first hospitalist to be named chief of a division of GIM, and then subsequently the first hospitalist to be named chair of a department of medicine nationally.
Throughout his career, Dr. Amin has been innovative in clinical, quality, and educational program development. He has advised the Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) in Doha, Qatar on quality improvement efforts across eight hospitals under the national health ministry council. He has developed processes to improve patient care delivery looking at ways to reduce readmission and avoidable admissions, decrease length of stay and mortality, and improve customer service. Dr. Amin is an expert in implementation science and measuring outcomes to improve sustainable results. He has also applied information technology to improve the delivery of care through development of projects such as NHCPlus, eConsults, and Apps for Safe Anticoagulation Use.
During the course of his career, Dr. Amin has served as principal investigator, co-investigator, and faculty sponsor on clinical trials and research projects focusing on clinical topics, such as venous thromboembolism, pneumonia, and heart failure. His research interest is in health outcomes related to patient safety, quality improvement, and medical education. He is a member of Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM), American College of Physicians (ACP), Society of General Internal Medicine, Academic Chiefs and Leaders of General Internal Medicine (ACLGIM), Academic Alliance of Internal Medicine, and Association of Professors of Medicine. Within SHM, he has served as the Annual Meeting Course Director and on the Board of Directors. Dr. Amin has authored or co-authored over 170 peer-reviewed articles. He is the co-editor and co-author of Core Competencies for Hospital Medicine by SHM. Dr. Amin is also co-editor of the book, Contemporary Hospitalist Guide to Anticoagulation.
Dr. Amin has been honored by being named a Master of ACP, Senior Fellow of SHM, and Fellow of American College of Cardiology. He also has been awarded the ACP Special Recognition Award, ACP Top 10 Hospitalist Award, Orange County Physician of Excellence Award, and he was named one of “America’s Top Physicians” by the Consumers’ Research Council of America. In addition, he received the Alfred Soffer Award from ACCP, Venous Research Award for Quality Improvement and Implementation of Best Practices from the Venous Disease Coalition (VDC)/Vascular Disease Foundation (VDF), Exceptional Leadership Award from ACLGIM, CDC Healthcare-associated VTE Prevention Champion, and HMC Star of Excellence Award. He founded and directs the UCI Anticoagulation Clinic, which is recognized nationally as an AC Forum Center of Excellence.
