Christina Vanderpluym, MD

Director of Cardiac Antithrombosis Program and Ventricular Assist Device Program Co-Director of the Stroke and Cerebrovascular Center
Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard School of Medicine

Dr Christina VanderPluym, MD is the Director of the Cardiac Antithrombosis Management Program, Ventricular Assist Device Program and Co-director of the Stroke and Cerebrovascular Center at Boston Children's Hospital. As a cardiologists, she approaches hemostasis and thrombosis with a different perspective, having developed and evaluated alternative antithrombosis strategies for complex congenital heart disease and mechanical circulatory support. She received her training at the University of Alberta, Stollery Children's Hospital and has been on staff at Boston Chidlren's Hospital for the last decade. She helped establish a international learning collaborative and registry called ACTION- Advanced Cardiac Therapies Improving Outcomes Network, and acts on the leadership and editorial board for Pedimacs, Intermacs, International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation.

Presentation(s):

• OC 15.3 - Real World use of Apixaban for the Prevention and Treatment of Thrombosis in Children with Cardiac and Complex Disease

  Sunday, July 10, 2022
  11:15 AM – 11:30 AM