Patients Educating Patients
Below is our media library for PEP Talk – our virtual Patient Support Group, and our Mini PEP Talk Webcast Series. PEP Talk provides much needed and valuable support, resources, and recovery guidance for individuals who have been impacted by blood clots.
PEP Talk Virtual Monthly Support Group
PEP Talk: Learn How to Take Action and Advocate to Help Stop the Clot®
Learn how to communicate with your state representatives and work with NBCA to support important policy initiatives.
PEP Talk: How to Adjust, Overcome, and Lower Risk for Blood Clot Recurrence
Learn from Dr. Amy Rapkiewicz and Dr. Rachel Rosovsky about the role that obesity plays in blood clot occurrence and the importance of living a healthy lifestyle and reducing risk factors to minimize blood clot recurrence rates. Thank you to Cardinal Health for sponsoring this PEP Talk.
PEP Talk: Family Health History – Genetic Testing & VTE
Hear from Elizabeth Varga, Director of Clinical Genomics Research and Development at Nationwide Children’s Hospital who has almost 20 years of experience as a genetic counselor and helping families understand how genetic information impacts their lives.
PEP Talk: The Emotional Aftermath of Blood Clots – Unpacking the CLUES Study.
PTSD after having a blood clot is very normal. Learn how the CLUES survey results are being used to educate healthcare providers , and learn more about mental health after a blood clot diagnosis.
PEP Talk: Anticoagulants – The Past, the Present, and the Future.
Learn about the history of anticoagulation drugs, how they have evolved, and hear directly from a leading researcher about the next generation of anticoagulants currently being developed.
PEP Talk: VTE and HE
Learn why men are at an increased risk for VTE and what those risk factors are, Factor V Leiden, athletes risk for blood clots (especially at higher elevations), and how men can protect themselves from a recurrence.
PEP Talk: VTE and SHE
Learn about the unique blood clot risk factors that women have throughout their life cycle.
Mini PEP Talk Webcast Series
Episode 1: Covid-19 Treatment Options for Blood Clot Patients on Anticoagulants
Joined by special guest and NBCA Medical and Scientific Advisory Board Member, Dr. Caroline Cromwell, a hematologist and the Director of Thrombosis Services at Mt. Sinai Medical Center in New York City.
Episode 2: Post Thrombotic Syndrome (PTS), Causes, Treatments, & The CTRACT Study
Joined by special guest and NBCA Medical and Scientific Advisory Board Member, Dr. Suresh Vedantham, Professor of Radiology & Surgery at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Episode 3: Holiday Travel Tips for VTE Prevention
As holidays or vacation time approaches, it is never too early to think about protecting yourself from the risk of blood clots when you travel. Learn travel tips from fellow blood clot patients who think about this every day – NBCA President Leslie Lake & Board member, Todd Robertson.
Episode 4: Menstrual Bleeding and Anticoagulation – What Patients Need to Know
PEP Talk Episode 4 features Dr. Bethany Samuelson Bannow, who discusses everything patients need to know about menstrual bleeding on anticoagulants. Learn if anticoagulants contribute to heavy bleeding, when patients should be concerned about heavy bleeding, and what is normal, vs. what is not normal.
Questions? Email: info@stoptheclot.org
