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WINCHESTER – Educational Dinner

October 23 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Join us Wednesday, October 23rd at 6:30 pm for an educational program for VHF constituents (and their immediate family and/or household members.) Dinner will be provided and there is no fee to attend.

Location: IJ Canns American Grille

The topic will be: Gene Therapy for Hemophilia

Presentation on the advances in gene therapy research for hemophilia.Join us for a session which dives into gene therapy for hemophilia, how it works, and the goals of gene therapy.

Speaker: Betsy Koval, Patient Resource Navigator, CSL Behring

Betsy Koval is a Patient Resource Navigator with CSL Behring and will be working with patients who are interested in gene therapy. She has over 15 years of experience in the bleeding disorders community. Betsy has industry experience as a senior clinical educator and in training within learning and development. Prior to that she was the lead pediatric and adolescent transition nurse coordinator at the Hemophilia of Georgia Center for Bleeding and Clotting Disorders at Emory University and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. She has presented posters and spoken at regional and national conferences on bleeding disorders and transition of care. She was a certified clinical research coordinator for a multispecialty clinic which supported research for cardiovascular, diabetic, pulmonary, dermatologic and other conditions as well as having worked in critical care and solid organ transplantation in the ICU at Emory University Hospital. Empowering patients, families and providers with knowledge for improving health is Betsy’s favorite part of her role and she is honored to work within the bleeding disorders community.


Space is sometimes limited and if so, priority will be given to those members that live within the Shenandoah region.

Thank you to our sponsor CSL Behring.

Details

Date:
October 23
Time:
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Venue

IJ Canns American Grille
3111 Valley Ave
Winchester, VA 22601 United States
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