Normalising Haemostasis in Haemophilia: Panel Discussion and E-learning

Pål Andrè Holme is Professor of Haematology and Senior Haematologist at the Department of Haematology and Institute of Clinical Medicine, Oslo University and Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Norway. He graduated from the Medical School at the University of Oslo in 1993 and was a research fellow at the Institute for Internal Medicine, University of Oslo, where he earned a PhD in 1996 after studies on platelet activation and platelet-derived-microparticle formation. He is a specialist in internal medicine and haematology. Prof. Holme has been responsible for the treatment of adult patients with haemophilia and bleeding related disorders in Norway since 2006. He leads a research group at Institute of Clinical Medicine and participates in several clinical research groups and has for a long time been an active investigator in studies on bleeding related disorders and platelets, and has authored many papers published in peer-reviewed journals and textbook chapters on these subjects.

Prof Niamh O’Connell is a Consultant Haematologist at the National Coagulation Centre (NCC), St. James’s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland and has taken on the role of National Haemophilia Director since early 2018. The NCC is the lead comprehensive care centre for adults in Ireland and provides a hub of clinical services, research, training and education on a national basis. The NCC, in partnership with the Irish Haemophilia Society, is committed to delivering high quality and safe healthcare and to promoting healthy and successful living for people and their families living with haemophilia and other coagulation disorders. Research interests include clinical trials in novel therapies for haemophilia, clinical outcomes in haemophilia and application of information technology solutions in the management of haemophilia.

Jan Blatný, MD, PhD, is Consultant Haematologist at the Department of Paediatric Haematology and Biochemistry, Centre for Thrombosis and Haemostasis and the Director of the Haemophilia Comprehensive Care Centre of University Hospital in Brno, Czech Republic. He is also an Associate Professor of Paediatrics at Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic. His research interests encompass paediatric haematology, thrombosis and haemostasis, and life-threatening bleeding. He is a member of the Working Party on population PK of the ISTH SSC Subcommittee on Factor VIII and IX and Rare Bleeding Disorders. In addition to ISTH, Dr Blatný is a member of numerous national and international haematology organizations. He serves on the steering committee and is a paediatric coordinator of the Czech National Haemophilia Programme, Vice-president and a member of Executive Committee of EAHAD, member of MAG (Medical advisory group) of EHC, a reviewer for several haematology journals, and is on the editorial board for an official journal of Czech Haematology society. Dr Blatný’s publication credits are 9 book chapters and over 100 articles published in peer-reviewed journals