Dr. Andrea Darzi, the assistant director of the AUB GRADE center, contributed to the first panel meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH guidelines) project addressing the management of venous thromboembolism guideline effort. The meeting took place in the ASH headquarters in Washington D.C. from November 14 to 18, 2016 and included meetings for expert panels of five of the ten guidelines being developed as part of this project.