Virtual Education Sessions
Understanding sickle cell disease and becoming an expert of your personal health is a vital part of “living well with sickle cell”. In our SickleSMART Virtual Education Sessions, we explore a variety of topics concerning sickle cell disease and your mental, physical, and emotional health.
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Upcoming SickleSMART Sessions
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Sickle Cell Disease, Stress & Pain: Let’s Talk About It
Special Guest: Dr. Charles Jonassaint
Using the Correct IV Fluids during a Sickle Cell Crisis
Special Guest: Dr. Simone Uwan, Physician & SCD Warrior
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Curative Therapies in SCD
Presented by: Dr. Roy Kao, Adult Transplant Physician & Dr. Ashish Gupta, Pediatric Transplant Physician
Optimizing Your Holistic Health Using God's Medicine Cabinet
Special Guest: Dr. Charlie Ware, CEO of Healing Blends Global
Disparities & Inequities in Sickle Cell Disease
Special Guest: Dominique Bulgin, PhD, RN
Global Perspectives in SCD:
Presented by: Stephanie Ibemere, PhD, RN.
Kidney Health for Sickle Cell Trait Warriors
Presented by: Dr. Tomia Austin, As One Foundation
Let's Talk Abut Sex
Presenter: Maya Bloomberg, APRN a.k.a. TheHemeNP (IG)
TOPIC: Smiling Through the Pain
PRESENTED BY: Warrior Panel
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TOPIC: National SCDC Program
PRESENTED BY: Mary Hulihan, Center for Disease Control (CDC)
TOPIC: SCDC in Minnesota
PRESENTED BY: MN Dept of Health
TOPIC: Why Black Blood Matters
PRESENTED BY: Dr. David C. Mair, American Red Cross
TOPIC: The Role of Be the Match in Curative Therapies for Sickle Cell
PRESENTED BY: Be the Match
Women’s Reproductive Health Roundtable Discussion
Special Guests: Teonna Woolford (SC-RED) & warrior panelists
Sickle Cell Trait: Benign or Not?
Special Guest: Tomia Austin, DrPH, As One Foundation
Medical Perspectives on SCD & Women’s Reproductive Health
Special Guests: Dr. Derrick Goubeaux and others
TOPIC: Individualized Health Plans (IHP), Individualized Education Plans (IEP), and 504 Education Plans
PRESENTED BY: Ternesha Burroughs & DeAndra Knighten
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