Session 3: Bleeding Disorders and Ageing – Shall I bleed less with age?

Speakers: G. Yesim Dargaud, Sophie Susen, William McKeown

Sophie Susen is a Professor of Medicine in the Department of Hematology at Lille University Hospital, Lille, France, where she also heads the Department of Hemostasis and Transfusion. Her research is conducted at Inserm - French National Institute of Health and Medical Research . She leads a research team focusing on the role of von Willebrand factor and blood flow using a variety of experimental approaches. She is also the national coordinator of the Reference Center for von Willebrand disease and the national coordinator of the French network of treatment centers for rare bleeding disorders.

Yesim Dargaud  is a professor of hematology at the University of Lyon. She is the head of the Clinical Haemostasis Unit in Lyon University Hospitals and the coordinator of the French reference centre for haemophilia. She is currently an active member of the French Society of Haematology, European Association of Haemophilia and Associated Disorders, American Society of Hematology, International Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. Dr Dargaud's research interests include hemophilia, other inherited bleeding disorders and in particular hemophilia with inhibitors. She is author of more than 100 publications in the field of haemostasis and she serves as a reviewer for several haematology journals. Dr Dargaud is a frequent lecturer at haematology congresses around the globe.

William McKeown is a doctor who practices as a consultant geriatrician and stroke physician at Antrim Area Hospital. He is also a patient with severe haemophilia and serves on the steering committees of the European Haemophilia Consortium and EUHASS. He leads undergraduate geriatric medicine teaching at Queen's University Belfast. He previously completed a fellowship with the British Geriatric Society and was a recipient of the BIASP Warlow Prize. Given his personal and professional background, he has a particular interest in research on successful ageing for people with bleeding disorders.