How Coagulation Cascade Deficiencies Lead to Bleeding Disorders

Dr Vickie McDonald is a consultant haematologist at the Royal London Hospital, London, UK. Her main interests are disorders of coagulation, including ITP. She looks after patients with inherited and acquired disorders of clotting and platelets and runs specialist clinics in ITP. She is an honorary senior lecturer at Queen Mary University of London and is the national chief investigator for the UK ITP registry in addition to the PI and CI for several trials in ITP, both early and late phase studies.

Dr Ana Boban is Head of Haemophilia Centre at the University Hospital Centre Zagreb and Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at the School of Medicine of the University of Zagreb, Croatia. She has specialist degrees in Internal Medicine and Haematology. Dr Boban’s clinical work is in the field of benign haematology with the focus on bleeding disorders and thrombosis. Dr Boban is a member of national and international scientific and medical societies in the field of haemostasis and thrombosis and is currently serving as Executive Committee member of EAHAD. Dr Boban’s research interests include clinical haemophilia, carriers of haemophilia, von Willebrand disease, anticoagulant treatments and ITP.