Assistant Professor - medical
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Biography
After graduating in medicine, Mrs. Karin van Galen was trained in the field of internal medicine. She completed her specialisation as a hematologist in 2011 after which she was appointed as Consultant Hematologist at the Department Van Creveldkliniek of the UMC Utrecht. Here she has expanded her clinical experience in the treatment of patients with benign hematological conditions. In addition to patient care Karin van Galen finished a PhD project on joint bleeding in Von Willebrand disease in November 2017 and currently participates in several (inter)national studies on congenital bleeding disorders. She runs post-doc research on pregnancy in inherited bleeding disorders and heavy menstrual bleeding in adolescents, (co)supervises PhD students and is a well-known (inter)national advocate for women and girls with inherited bleeding disorders
Research aim
To improve care for patients with (inherited) bleeding disorders by studying the optimum outcome parameters in a multidisciplinary setting, including physiotherapy and nursing interventions, as well as novel treatment modalities.
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