Clotting Disorders: Ask Dr. Gary Kupfer

Gary Kupfer, MD, treats children, adolescents, and young adults with blood disorders and cancer in our Division of Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Hematology and Oncology. He is co-director of the Georgetown University Medical Center Adult Hemophilia Treatment Center and has particular clinical and research interest in bleeding and clotting disorders, bone failure and aplastic anemia, leukemia, and genetic syndromes of cancer predisposition.

:00 Meet Dr. Kupfer
3:35 How are clotting disorders identified in pediatric patients?
6:16 What prompts a parent to bring their child to a hematologist?
8:50 What is the relationship between when blood counts are not normal and determining the risk for cancer?
9:54 How do you prepare children and young adults to transition out of the pediatric clinic as they age?
11:57 What is a clotting disorder?
14:50 What is a clotting event?
16:52 How are clotting disorders treated?
19:01 If I have a bleeding disorder, can I safely have children?
21:00 How do I manage nose bleeds?
23:19 Is bruising an issue that parents should be concerned about?
24:30 Can I play sports if I have a bleeding or clotting disorder?
30:21 How is heavy menstrual bleeding managed for young women with bleeding or clotting disorders?
32:24 How is heavy menstrual bleeding treated?