Public Health Webinar Series on Blood Disorders - 2019
Archives for 2019
November 13, 2019
Alok A. Khorana, MD, FACP, FASCO
Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
Sondra and Stephen Hardis Chair in Oncology Research, Vice-Chair for Clinical Services of the Taussig Cancer Institute (part of Case Comprehensive Cancer Center)
Director of the Gastrointestinal Malignancies Program at the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
Prediction, Prevention, and Treatment of Cancer-associated Thrombosisexternal icon
In this webinar, Dr. Khorana will discuss the current risk assessment tools used to identify patients at high risk for cancer-associated VTE. He will also discuss emerging data on biomarkers, review the latest data and guidelines on prevention of VTE in cancer, and present best approaches to treatment of VTE in patients with active malignancy.
October 10, 2019
Jeffrey Weitz, MD
Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University
Executive Director of Thrombosis and Atherosclerosis Research Institute
Top 3 Considerations for the Prevention of Hospital-Associated Venous Thromboembolism (World Thrombosis Day webinar 2019)external icon
In this webinar co-hosted by CDC and the International Society on Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Dr. Weitz discusses the key considerations that healthcare providers and patients need to know to prevent hospital-associated venous thromboembolism.
August 13, 2019
Ashutosh Lal, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
UCSF School of Medicine
Director, Comprehensive Thalassemia Program
Co-Director, Bio-Iron Program
Hematology/Oncology
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland
Elliott Vichinsky, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
UCSF School of Medicine
Director, Northern California Comprehensive Thalassemia Program
Medical Director, Hematology/Oncology
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland
2019 Scientific Update: Transfusion Guidelines for Thalassemia
The introduction of effective red blood cell (RBC) transfusions 50 years ago was a critical step in transforming thalassemia from a severe, fatal anemia into a chronic condition. In this webinar, Dr. Vichinsky and Dr. Lal review the range of complications associated with RBC transfusions in thalassemia. They also describe the guidelines for transfusion therapy in beta thalassemia major, the most common form of transfusion-dependent thalassemia. The webinar will also address transfusions in alpha thalassemia major, and recommendations for non-transfusion-dependent thalassemia.
June 6, 2019
Guy Young, MD
Director, Hemostasis and Thrombosis, Center at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine
New Opportunities and Challenges in Hemophilia Treatment: 2019 Update
In this webinar, Dr. Young provides an overview to new and upcoming treatments for hemophilia. He also briefly review the data from published gene therapy trials. He will also discuss some of the unique challenges that new treatments raise for clinicians and provide some potential solutions to those challenges.
March 7, 2019
Neil A. Goldenberg, MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Director, Johns Hopkins Medicine Pediatric Thrombosis Program, St. Petersburg, FL and Baltimore, MD
Director of Research, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital and Chief Research Officer, All Children’s Research Institute, St. Petersburg, FL
Venous Thromboembolism in Children: 2019 Scientific Updateexternal icon
In this webinar, Dr. Goldenberg will discuss the key aspects of VTE in children, including risk factors, diagnosis, treatment, outcomes, prognostic factors, and prevention. He will also review the recently released guidelines on the treatment of pediatric venous thromboembolism, published by the American Society of Hematology.
February 28, 2019
Janet L. Kwiatkowski, MD, MSCE
Director, Thalassemia Center of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Professor of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Thalassemia Management: Balancing Blood and Ironexternal icon
In this webinar, Dr. Kwiatkowski provides an overview of current, recommended treatments for people with thalassemia, with an emphasis on transfusion-dependent thalassemia. She discusses best practices in transfusion, as well as monitoring and treatment of iron overload.
For more information on the webinar series, please contact Cindy Sayers at cay1@cdc.gov.
