Community in Action

Nationwide, the inheritable blood and bleeding disorders community is taking action to raise awareness for the cause. Read more to get involved and get inspired!

On the first day of her pediatric internship at San Francisco General Hospital, Marion Koerper, MD, noticed a 4-year-old boy...
Growing up in Southern California, James V. Luck Jr., MD, heard inspiring—and hair-raising—family stories about orthopedic surgery. In 1911, Luck’s...
Few young artists will ever make the sort of leap that Ramiro Gomez has in less than a decade. In...
As a board member of Hemophilia of South Carolina, Renita Johnson knows that better care for people with bleeding disorders...
On July 28, British professional cyclist Alex Dowsett accomplished something not many people probably thought was likely when he was...
2019 Awards of Excellence The following people and organizations were honored with awards at the 2019 Bleeding Disorders Conference. Physician...
The bleeding disorders community has changed dramatically over the past several decades. Advanced treatments mean people now live significantly improved...
Named for the pioneering Stanford University physiologist who discovered the method for creating cryoprecipitate in 1965, revolutionizing care for people...
“Music for the Cause is truly a labor of love.”
"It’s been transformative to see the care and the changes that have occurred in the time I’ve been doing this."
"I think I’m a better nurse because of the types of patients I’ve taken care of, in hemophilia and oncology."
"To know that you somehow made a difference in that family...that’s a very fulfilling feeling."
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