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Participants will enjoy meaningful education and time to gather and share with other people who encounter similar challenges. This virtual session is free and open to women age 18 and up with inherited bleeding disorders and/or to women whose lives are impacted by a bleeding disorder (i.e. caregivers, spouses, immediate family members).
Topic: A Pathway for Best Care: The Reproductive Years
In this session, attendees will learn about how to identify the symptoms of a bleeding disorder and how to effectively manage the onset of menorrhagia, family planning and childbirth.
Presenter: Dr. Sarah O’Brien, Pediatric Hematologist at Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Dr. Sarah O’Brien is a pediatric hematologist at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. She serves as the Director of Experimental Therapeutics for the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology/BMT and also leads a multi-disciplinary young women’s hematology clinic at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Her clinical and research interests include the evaluation and diagnosis of mild bleeding disorders, pediatric thrombosis and thromboprophylaxis, and the intersections between hematology and women’s health.
Once you RSVP you will receive the zoom link separately via email from heather@vahemophilia.org.
This education program is presented in partnership with Hemophilia Federation of America (HFA).