Dr. James Douketis is Staff Physician in General Internal Medicine and Clinical Thromboembolism at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton. He is Professor of Medicine and holds the David Braley-Nancy Gordon Chair in Thromboembolic Disease at McMaster University.
He received his M.D. and did his residency in internal medicine at the University of Toronto followed by a thrombosis fellowship at McMaster University.
His research interests include perioperative anticoagulant management and related guideline development (2008, 2012, 2022 ACCP Guidelines); and the prevention, treatment and prognosis of patients with venous thromboembolism.
Dr. Douketis is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Science, past-President of Thrombosis Canada (2013-21), Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Journal of General Internal Medicine, Associate Editor of the McMaster Textbook of Internal Medicine, Deputy Editor of Annals of Internal Medicine Journal Club, and Associate Editor of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. He has 450 peer-reviewed publications, with an h-index=109, i-index=345, and ~113K citations (Feb 2025).
Jim lives in Hamilton, Ontario with his wife, Dr. Margaret Nowaczyk, a clinical geneticist, has two sons, Jack and Luke, and is a cellist with the Burlington Symphony Orchestra.