Training Opportunities

Find wonderful opportunities to travel and work directly with experts in the field as well as feedback from former participants are included.  Of course, if you attend one of these, we ask that you also provide your evaluation of the program to the Network so that future trainees can benefit from your impressions about your experience.  

Clinical Experiences in Hemostasis and Thrombosis

University-Based Clinical Externships

UNC Chapel Hill

Specialty: Adult Hematology
Description: 1-month outpatient rotation in Classical Hematology.  Exposure to a large hemophilia treatment center (HTC), sickle cell center, bleeding and thrombosis evaluations, and a busy Coagulation Lab
Duration & Frequency: 1 month externships available monthly
Contact: Terri King

Non-University-Based Clinical Training

HTRS Trainee Workshops

Sponsor: HTRS
Description: Trainee-centered didactic workshop for Adult and Pediatric 1st and 2nd year fellows and 3rd year residents
Duration & Dates: 1.5 day workshops twice per year prior to HTRS, THSNA and ASH national meetings
Next Workshop: March 6 - March 7, 2018, prior to THSNA 2018
Nomination Due Date has passed.
Check the HTRS website for more information on the Trainee Workshops or contact: HTRS

The Hematology Fellows Consortium

Sponsor: HTRS with Dr. Craig Kessler, Georgetown University
Description: Workshop for adult and pediatric fellows with a career interest in thrombosis/hemostasis aimed at enhancing networking and collaboration.
Duration & Dates: Annually / 3 days duration
Next Workshop:  October 13-15, 2017
Location: Charleston, NC
Nomination Date:  August 1, 2017
Supporter: Bayer
Invitation Letter 2017
Application Form 2017

Center for Advanced Training in Inhibitor Management (CATHIM)

Sponsor: Nationwide Children's Hospital Pediatric Hematology Division and its affiliated institution, Ohio State University School of Medicine
Description: Educational workshop focused on the care of patients with hemophilia and inhibitors. The target audience is physicians in adult and pediatric hematology fellowships, trainees in hematology and immunology and Advanced Practice Nurses.   Click here.
Dates:  September 9 - 11, 2016
Location: Columbus, OH
Application Date:  Registration is first come, first served. 

Clinical and Laboratory Update in Thrombosis and Anticoagulation

Sponsor: Mayo Clinic Mayo Medical Laboratories
The target audience is individuals from hospital laboratories, including practicing clinicians, primary care providers, hematologists, cardiologists, neurologists, vascular medicine specialists, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, physician assistants, nurses, and laboratory scientists. See Agenda here or  for more details or here.
Dates:  September 7 - 9, 2016
Location: Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Registration deadline is August 15, 2016.

Haemophilia Academy

Sponsor: Novo Nordisk Health Care AG
Description: Didactic cource in Edinburgh that provides education aimed at hemophilia treaters at an early stage in their careers
Duration & Dates: Held annually / 4.5 days duration
This year: October 29 - November 2, 2018
Deadline: July 2, 2018
Contact: Haemophilia Academy Programme Director

vWD- From Theory to Clinical Practice

Sponsor: Octapharma
Description: Case-oriented didactic course in Malmo, Sweden
Duration & Dates: 3 days duration annually
Contact: Camilla Mansson

Coagulation Testing Quality Conference and Wet Workshop

Sponsor: Mayo Clinic Medical Laboratories
Description: Hands-on, case-based coagulation testing workshop
Duration & Dates: Held every other even year / 4 days duration
Contact: Mayo Medical Lab Education Department

Clinical Research Training Institute

Sponsor: ASH
Description: An educational, mentoring and networking program.  Consists of didactic and small group sessions for revising and refining clinical research proposals
Duration & Dates: A year-long program with 3 sessions: 1-week summer session, followed by sessions at ASH and at ASH headquarters in Washington, DC
Contact: See ASH website

Translational Research Training in Hematology

Sponsor: ASH and European Hematology Association (ESH)
Description: A translational research program for junior researchers with emphasis on research principles and ethics, career development and mentorship.  Curriculum includes small group sessions, didactics and presentation of research proposals
Duration & Dates: A year-long program with 3 sessions: An intense 1-week spring session, and follow-up sessions and ASH & ESH meetings
Contact: See ASH website