Stop the ClotTM Forum - Durham, NC

  DATE: Saturday, November 22, 2008
  TIME: 8:15 - 11:55 AM  
  PLACE: Victorious Praise Church  
    2116 Page Road, Durham  NC  

Blood Clots and Clotting Disorders; for Patients, Family Members, Health Care Providers and Public
FREE Lecture and Interactive Discussion

Presented by NATT-NC (http://nc.stoptheclot.org)
Supported by Radio One (WFXC/WFXK; http://www.radio-one.com ), NATT-National (www.stoptheclot.org), University of North Carolina Thrombophilia Program and Duke University Thrombosis Program, in cooperation with The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

8:15 - 9:00 AM Registration  
9:00 - 9:10 AM Introduction
Gwendolyn C. Davis, Ph.D. (NATT-NC Steering Committee Member), Stephan Moll, MD (UNC) 		 
9:10 - 10:15 AM Venous Blood Clots (Thrombosis) and Clotting Disorders (Thrombophilias)
A. Basics (35 mins)        
Stephan Moll, MD (UNC Chapel Hill)
  • What are blood clots?
  • Why and how do they form?
  • Who is at risk?
  • Inherited + acquired clotting disorders. Pros + cons of testing, incl. family members + children
  • What symptoms do patients experience?
  • How are clots diagnosed?
  • Long-term complications of clots
  • Pros and cons of genetic testing for clotting disorders of
  • How to prevent clots
B. Treatment Issues (30 mins)        
Tom Ortel, MD (Duke University)
  • Medications used to prevent and treat blood clots
  • Use of clot busters, non-traditional medications
  • How long to treat with warfarin?
  • Everything you always wanted to know about warfarin (INR, interaction with certain foods and other medication, INR self-testing at home)
  • New drugs in the treatment pipeline
  
10:15 - 10:30 AM BREAK  
10:30 - 10:40 AM Patient Presentation (LeKeisha Ruffin); Presenter at Sept 15th Surgeon General's Call To Action event)  
10:40 - 11:40 AM Q/A Session About Blood Clots and Clotting Disorders Stephan Moll, MD, Tom Ortel, MD
Open discussion about everything you always wanted to ask 		 
11:40 - 11:55 AM Medical + Education Resources: Local, Regional, National; Wrap-up Phil Davis (NATT-NC Steering Committee chair), Alan Brownstein (New York, NATT-National Executive Director), Stephan Moll, MD
  

Click here for Registration or call Cheryl Jeanneret at UNC at 919-843-2568