Education Day 

Master of Ceremonies
 
Dr. Bruce Ritchie
Co-Clinic Director Dr. John Akabutu
Comprehensive Centre for Bleeding Disorders
University of Alberta Hospital

Theme Speakers

David Page
National Executive Director Canadian Hemophilia Society

Dr. Man-Chiu Poon
Co-Clinic Director Southern Alberta Rare Blood and Bleeding 
Disorders Comprehensive Care Program - Adult Division

Dr. Nancy Marlett and Dr. Svetlana Shklarov 
 PACER Program (Patient and Community Engagement Research)
University of Calgary 

Elizabeth Cardoso-Pereira
Representative of the Better Choices Better Health Alberta Program 

Porphyria
Dr. Ewa Wesolowska
Department of Biochemistry
Hospital of the University of Montreal

Immunodeficiencies
Dr. Terry Harville
Associate Professor Pathology University of Arkansas

Dr. Bob Schellenberg
Division Head Allergy and Immunology Vancouver

Bone Marrow Failure (Aplastic Anemia, MDS, PNH)
Dr. Michelle Geddes
Clinical Assistant Professor, Dept of Medicine, University of Calgary

Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT)
Dr. Marie Faughnan
St. Michael’s Hospital Toronto

Sickle Cell Disease
Alan Platt, P.A.C., M.M.Sc
Author of
Hope & Destiny:The patient and parent’s guide to
sickle cell disease and sickle cell trait (3^rd Ed.) 

Thalassemia 
Dr. Adrienne Lee
Hematology Department of Medicine University of Calgary

Hemophilia and Inherited Bleeding Disorders
David Page
National Executive Director Canadian Hemophilia Society

Dr. Bruce Ritchie
Co-Clinic Director Dr. John Akabutu 
Comprehensive Centre for Bleeding Disorders
University of Alberta Hospital 

Hereditary Angioedema (HAE)

Dr. Dawn Goodyear
Co-Clinic Director Southern Alberta Rare Blood and Bleeding 
Disorders Comprehensive Care Program - Adult Division