MOVE Haemophilia 2023

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.

Christoph Königs has been based at the Paediatric Haemophilia Centre, University Hospital Frankfurt, Germany since 2002. He received his degree in science from Monash University, Melbourne, Australia in 1998 and his medical degree from Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany in 2002. For both his MD and PhD thesis, Christoph isolated ligands to clinically relevant structures of protein receptors and RNA. The main clinical and scientific interest of his research team is the understanding and modification of the immune response to coagulations factors. His main clinical focus is developing and improving therapies for children and adolescents with coagulation disorders with a focus on patient education and shared decision making. Christoph specialises in paediatrics and adolescent medicine and also in haemostasis. He is a member of several national and international scientific societies and committees. He co-chairs the Standing Committee Haemophilia of the Society for Thrombosis and Haemostasis (GTH), the National Registry on PUPs with Newly Diagnosed Haemophilias in Germany “GEPHARD” and the Scientific Advisory Council of PedNet. Christoph works closely with German patient organizations i.e. as a deputy chair of the medical advisory board.

Lund University and Skåne University Hospital in Malmö, Sweden. Jan Astermark is Professor in Clinical Coagulation Medicine at Lund University, Senior Consultant and Director of the Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis in Malmö and Assistant Head of the Department of Translational Medicine in Malmö/Lund, Sweden. He is a specialist in haematology, coagulation disorders and internal medicine. He is a reviewer for haematology journals, and has published a number of original articles, review articles and book chapters in the field of haemophilia and coagulation disorders.