How would you describe your approach to patient care?
I’m committed to serving my patients with the highest level of integrity and skill. My approach is patient- and family-centered, humanistic, personalized and comprehensive. Very early on, my patients and caregivers realize that they are a fundamental part of the team and WE make therapy decisions together. By engaging the patient and his/her caregivers with the care plan, I find that they develop a much deeper understanding of their diagnosis and prognosis, which ultimately enhances their compliance and leads to a healthy, transparent and quite frankly fun patient-provider relationship. My time with my patients is invaluable and I take the time to get to know them beyond their medical diagnoses, lab results and radiology reports. In the words of Maya Angelou, “they may forget your name, but they will never forget how you made them feel.”
What aspect of your work are you the most passionate about?
Advocating for our patients to receive state-of-the-art therapies to improve their outcomes and ultimately allowing them to live a long, active and healthy life. I am constantly challenging myself, my stroke and thrombosis team members and the paradigm to answer one question and one question only, what can we do better and are we doing enough? My strive for excellence is fueled by the IHTC’s innovative, multidisciplinary, personalized approach to care. We will stop at absolutely nothing to provide the best care to our patients all whilst paying special attention to their goals, desires and aspirations.
What inspires you about your work?
My patients and their families. I am absolutely blessed and privileged to partake in their journey to wellness, to serve and care for them. What an honor it is to be a daily witness of the most beautiful examples of strength, courage, resilience and love. My patients are particularly inspiring when they themselves become advocates for their bleeding disorder, supporting other families with the same diagnoses, meeting with the officials and legislators, attending conferences and relaying to the researchers and experts in the field what are the gaps in knowledge and what should future research initiatives be focused on.