Foreword: Why perioperative medicine matters more than ever

Amir K. Jaffer, MD
Summit Co-Director and Supplement Co-Editor; Medical Director, IMPACT Center (Internal Medicine Preoperative Assessment, Consultation, and Treatment); Medical Director, The Anticoagulation Clinic, Section of Hospital Medicine, Department of General Internal Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Franklin A. Michota, Jr., MD
Summit Co-Director and Supplement Co-Editor; Head, Section of Hospital Medicine, Department of General Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Amir K. Jaffer, MD
Summit Co-Director and Supplement Co-Editor; Medical Director, IMPACT Center (Internal Medicine Preoperative Assessment, Consultation, and Treatment); Medical Director, The Anticoagulation Clinic, Section of Hospital Medicine, Department of General Internal Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Franklin A. Michota, Jr., MD
Summit Co-Director and Supplement Co-Editor; Head, Section of Hospital Medicine, Department of General Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Amir K. Jaffer, MD
Summit Co-Director and Supplement Co-Editor; Medical Director, IMPACT Center (Internal Medicine Preoperative Assessment, Consultation, and Treatment); Medical Director, The Anticoagulation Clinic, Section of Hospital Medicine, Department of General Internal Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Franklin A. Michota, Jr., MD
Summit Co-Director and Supplement Co-Editor; Head, Section of Hospital Medicine, Department of General Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation