About the Authors

William O. Osburn

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States of America

Kimberly Smith

Roles Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States of America

Lisa Yanek

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States of America

Nuria Amat-Alcaron

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States of America

David R. Thiemann

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Resources

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States of America

Andrea L. Cox

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States of America

Thorsten M. Leucker

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States of America

Charles J. Lowenstein

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

clowens1@jhmi.edu

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States of America

Competing Interests

Dr. Lowenstein reports research grants from Novartis. In addition, Johns Hopkins University plans to file a use patent for crizanlizumab for COVID-19. Dr. Lowenstein was the Principal Investigator of the CRITICAL Trial which tests the safety and efficacy of a P-selectin inhibitor in patients with COVID-19. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. There are no other potential conflicts of interests for other authors.