Registration Opening Autumn 2021

Program tracks

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Please note that sessions will be in English. Simultaneous interpretation will be available for select sessions. More details to follow.

  • President’s address
  • Perspectives on curing hemophilia
  • VP Medical address

Our medical scientific track will cover a wide range of issues that are of great interest and significance to health care professionals all over the world. The medical track will keep the scientific audience up to date on all major issues. Many exciting innovations will be presented by international speakers who are at the cutting edge of their fields of study.

  • Medical plenary: Development of novel therapeutics in von Willebrand disease
  • Medical plenary: Gene therapy – are we ready now?
  • Medical plenary: New therapies in hemophilia treatment
  • Acquired bleeding disorders
  • Big picture initiatives in bleeding disorders
  • Comorbidities
  • Gene therapy: new country initiatives
  • Gene therapy practical aspects of implementations
  • Inhibitors
  • Liver disease in bleeding disorders
  • Low-dose prophylaxis
  • Non-factor therapy
  • Rare bleeding disorders/ Platelet disorders
  • Surgery & invasive procedures
  • VWD/VWF
  • Women’s health focus
Medical Committee Chairs:
Glenn Pierce, USA and Paula James , Canada


Committee Members:
Emna Gouider, Tunisia Margareth Ozelo, Brazil
Cedric Hermans, Belgium Steven Pipe, United States
Rebecca Kruse-Jarres, United States Veena Selvaratnam, Malaysia
Johnny Mahlangu, South Africa Angela Weyand, United States
Michael Makris, United Kingdom Runhui Wu, China

Our multidisciplinary track is intended for all members of the comprehensive healthcare team, such as hematologists, pediatricians, nurses, social workers, psychologists, physical therapists, orthopedists, dentists, and especially patients and families. The track will make sure that all the members of the bleeding disorders community voice is heard and will heighten awareness of the challenges and issues that are faced. The track will provide education regarding management, treatment, and practical strategies for living with a bleeding disorder.

  • Multidisciplinary plenary: Memorial art: A survivor’s journey
  • Multidisciplinary plenary: Moving on from COVID-19 as a global community
  • Achievement: the gap between expectation and reality
  • Ageing: the gender factor
  • Bleeding beyond factor
  • Changing treatment, changes diagnosis
  • Impact of oral health on general health of PwH and IBD
  • Pain in women and girls with bleeding disorders
  • Parenting youngsters before and during COVID time
  • Perspectives on ageing
  • Remembering the past, changing the future
  • Transcultural issues: taboo topics for WGBDs
  • Understanding and managing psychosocial issues for people living with bleeding disorders
  • VWD: perspectives on the impact of people with bleeding disorder
Multidisciplinary Committee Chairs:
Greig Blamey, Canada and Carlos Safadi Marquez , Argentina


Committee Members:
Hazri Aris, Malaysia Kate Khair, United Kingdom
Amanda Brito del Pino, Uruguay Rick Waines, Canada
Frederica Cassis, Brazil Baiba Ziemele, Latvia
Gavin Finklestein, Australia

The Dental track will offer 3 sessions aimed at dentists, oral surgeons, hematologists, nurses, and patients to raise awareness on the impact of new therapies on dentistry, modern techniques, and the barriers in accessing dental care.

  • Impact of novel therapies on delivery of dental care
  • Improving access to dental care
  • State of the art oral surgery for PwH
 

Dental Chair:
Lochana Nanayakkara, United Kingdom

Committee Members:

Branislav Bajkin (Vice Chair), SerbiaLaura Beatriz Isidro Olan, Mexico
Miryam Parreira (Secretary), ArgentinaRebecca Schaffer, United States
Zikra Alkhayal, Saudi ArabiaGraeme Ting, New Zealand
Irakli Chachua, GeorgiaNorjehan Yahaya, Malaysia
Maria Elvira Pizzigath Correa, Brazil 

The Laboratory Science track will offer 3 sessions aims to raise awareness of standards in the diagnosis of hemophilia and other inherited bleeding disorders. The sessions will bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences on all aspects of laboratory science. It also provides a premier interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners, and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns as well as practical challenges encountered in the coagulation laboratory.

  • Lab diagnosis of VWD
  • New challenges for the coagulation laboratory
  • Quality in the coagulation laboratory
 

Laboratory Science Chair:
Pierre Toulon, France

Committee Members:

Silmara Montalvao (Vice Chair), BrazilTulasi Geevar, India
Annette Bowyer, United KingdomEmna Gouider, Tunisia
Carlos de Brasi, ArgentinaAnastasia A. Khasiani, Kenya
Dong Chen, United StatesMegan Sutherland, United Kingdom

Complimenting the bi-annual Musculoskeletal (MSK) International Congresses, the MSK committee has always developed as much exciting content for the WFH World Congresses. This is the program will feature six outstanding educational sessions designed to bring together established and new cross-discipline musculoskeletal researchers and ensures that the track offers participants the chance to exchange innovative ideas, while providing ample time for discussion, mentorship, and interaction with both patient and healthcare practitioners.

  • Hot topic debates
  • Managing muscle bleeds
  • MSK management with and without technology
  • Revision surgery
  • Sports
  • WFH MSK guidelines
 

Musculoskeletal Chair:
Gianluigi Pasta, Italy

Committee Members:

Cesar Haddad (Vice Chair), LebanonAntonio Gavrilovski (Secretary), North Macedonia
Carla Daffunchio (Junior Vice-chair), ArgentinaCindy Baily (Member-at-Large), United States

The vision of the Nurses track is to improve the quality of care of patients with hemophilia and other bleeding disorders throughout the world. This is achieved by enhancing nursing practices and making nursing an integral part of a multidisciplinary healthcare team. The 3 nurses sessions will provide a wonderful opportunity for all nursing professionals to learn about current trends in nursing practice around the world.

  • Intimacy
  • Surgery in an era of novel therapies
  • Use of technology with patients
 

Nurses Chair:
Marlene Beijlevelt, Netherlands 

Committee Members:

Cathy Harrison (Vice-Chair), United KingdomMarcella Sisdelli, Brazil
Khalid A. R. Al Habaybia, UAELori Laudenbach, Canada
Andrew Atkins, AustraliaBrian Ramsay, New Zealand
Anjalin D’Souza, India 

Psychosocial care an integral part of a multidisciplinary approach to healthcare.

The objective of the Psychosocial track is to improve the quality of care—and quality of life—of people with bleeding disorders. This year’s sessions will look at the impact of bleeding disorders on quality of life and how to tackle psychosocial issues.

  • Creative tools for psychosocial assessment
  • Reducing anxiety and stress for people impacted by a bleeding disorder
  • Taboo topics in different cultures
 

Psychosocial Chair:
Susan Cutter, United States 

Committee Members:

Silvina Graña (Vice Chair), ArgentinaRicha Mohan, India
Frederica Cassis (Secretary), BrazilMohsena Olath-Carramtall, Mauritius
Patricia Cabré, SpainDiane Standish, United States
Gaby Golan, IsraelNoorallah Taheri, Iran
After two successful Women and Girls with Bleeding Disorders Global Summits, the WFH 2022 World Congress will feature—for the first time—a new track focused on comprehensive care for women and girls. The sessions will provide healthcare professionals with the opportunity to discuss case studies with a panel of experts, and enhance their knowledge of treatment practices, with a focus on a multidisciplinary care approach. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to expand your knowledge on women and girls with bleeding disorders

  • Laboratory testing for women and girls
  • Managing abnormal bleeding in women and girls
  • Rare bleeding disorders in women and girls – going beyond factor deficiency

Women with Inherited Bleeding Disorders Chair: Dawn Rotellini, United States

Committee Members:
Rezan Abdul-Kadir, United Kingdom Latifa Lamhene, Algeria
Amanda Brito del Pino , Uruguay Anupama Pattiyeri, India
Susie Couper, Australia Lauren Phillips-Nyhan, New Zealand
Roshni Kulkarni, United States Baiba Ziemele, Latvia
  • Championing change: improving access globally
  • Humanitarian Aid, a pass to sustainable care
  • Improving national standards of care with WFH treatment guidelines