This webinar is the first in a series of three session jointly hosted by the Foundation for Women and Girls with Blood Disorders (FWGBD) and the National Hemophilia Program Coordinating Center (NHPCC). The series will explore the ages and stages in working with girls and women with bleeding disorders: adolescence, reproductive years, and menopause years. We begin in July with a focus on adolescence.

This first session will feature presenters Dr. Asha Davidson, Registered Nurse Tate Denison, and Dr. Neethu Menon, all from the Gulf States Hemophilia and Thrombophilia Center’s Young Women with Bleeding Disorders Clinic (YWBD) in Houston, Texas. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Committee Opinion Number 785 notes that 75-80% of girls and women with an inherited bleeding disorder report heavy menses as the most commonly mentioned symptom of their disorder, underscoring the importance of this topic. For this webinar, presenters will describe their interdisciplinary approach to management of heavy menstrual bleeding in adolescent patients, treatment of iron deficiency, and evaluation and treatment of underlying bleeding disorders. They will describe the benefits of having an adolescent medicine specialist in this clinic, which helps expand their ability to address psychosocial needs (eating disorders, anxiety, depression) along with obesity and nutrition issues, and reproductive health. Speakers will also share operational information about the flow of the clinic, the role of the nurse within the multidisciplinary team, the variety of communication tools the team employs, and tips on overcoming obstacles that could come up in the management of bleeding disorders in young women.

This webinar is free and open to all disciplines working within a bleeding and clotting clinic/center. CEUs are available for MDs, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and social workers. This webinar is jointly provided by Partners for Advancing Clinical Education (Partners), ATHN, and the FWGBD. Please join us!