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Speakers: Glaivy Batsuli, MD; Nikole Skappe-Hagen
Iron deficiency -- with or without anemia -- is common in people with bleeding disorders, but there has been no standardized guidance for screening. This has now changed with the release of NBDF's MASAC's new recommendation that gives doctors and other clinicians clear guidance on how to address this issue. Learn more about this recommendation, including screening during pregnancy and postpartum; hemoglobin and ferritin levels; incorporating a multidisciplinary approach to screening; and how people with bleeding disorders can use this recommendation to have discussions with their care team about their health.
About the speakers:
Dr. Glaivy Batsuli is associate professor of pediatrics at Stanford University and a pediatric hematologist with the Bass Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Diseases at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. She studied nutrition in undergrad and received her Bachelor of Science in public health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She went on to receive her medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Batsuli completed her pediatrics residency and pediatric hematology & oncology fellowship at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia where she completed her postdoctoral research training. She stayed on as faculty at Emory University until July 2023 when she joined the faculty at Stanford University as an Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Endowed Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Cancer and Blood Diseases. She continues to treat children and adolescents with classical hematologic disorders with a focus on disorders of hemostasis and thrombosis. She serves as the director of hematology research and leads a basic/translational research lab program that studies mechanisms of the immune response to coagulation factor protein.
Nikole Scappe-Hagen is the senior manager of education at the National Bleeding Disorders Foundation and is a lived experience expert who lives and thrives with VWD.