Wendy Ware is Professor Emerita of the Veterinary Clinical Sciences and Biomedical Sciences departments at Iowa State University, where she has taught clinical cardiology and cardiovascular physiology to thousands of veterinary students. She served as Staff Cardiologist at the ISU Lloyd Veterinary Medical Center for many years and was the first faculty member to hold the Phyllis M. Clark Professorship in Cardiology. Dr. Ware is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (specialty of Cardiology) and former President of the ACVIM Board of Regents.

John Bonagura is Professor Emeritus of Veterinary Clinical Sciences at the Ohio State University and currently practices and teaches cardiology at North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine. John is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, specialties of Cardiology and Internal Medicine, and former President of the specialty of Cardiology.