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Celebrating World Thrombosis Day
October 11 - 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Free
Speak to a panel of leading experts and learn the latest scientific knowledge about heart attack, stroke, and deep vein thrombosis.
Agenda
1:00 – 1:45 Registration and COMPLIMENTARY LUNCH
1:45 – 2:00 Welcome and opening remarks
Hugh Kim, PhD, UBC Centre for Blood Research
2:00 – 2:45 Blood clotting: How it works and risk factors for thrombosis
What are the basic steps of how blood clots form and how can we evaluate these in the laboratory?
How do conditions such as obesity, cancer and aging, increase the risk
of thrombosis?
Tyler Smith, MD, Vancouver Coastal Health
Edward Conway, MD, PhD, UBC Centre for Blood Research
2:45 – 3:30 Venous blood clots of the legs (deep vein thrombosis) and of the lungs (pulmonary embolism)
What are the risk factors and the common signs and symptoms of venous thrombosis? How is the diagnosis made, and what are the standard treatments available?
Overview of the services and patient education provided at the VGH Thrombosis Clinic
Agnes Lee, MD, Vancouver Coastal Health and BC Cancer
Jill Scott, RN, Vancouver Coastal Health
3:30 – 3:45 BREAK — REFRESHMENTS PROVIDED
3:45 – 4:30 Arterial blood clots: myocardial infarction (heart attack) and stroke
What causes a heart attack, and how can it be prevented?
What is a stroke, and how can you recognize the common signs? What causes a stroke, and how can it be prevented?
Benny Lau, MD, Vancouver Coastal Health
Lily Zhou, MD, Vancouver Coastal Health
