Haematologist/PhD student
Monash University
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Dr. Charithani Keragala, MBBS (Hons), FRACP, FRCPA is an early career clinician-scientist and haematopathologist at Monash Health/Victorian Heart Hospital in Melbourne, Australia and completing her PhD at the Australian Centre for Blood Diseases at Monash University. She has been a fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA) and the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) since 2018. She is an adjunct lecturer in Medicine at Monash Health, School of Clinical Sciences. Dr. Keragala’s PhD explores the relationship between the fibrinolytic system and the innate immune response combining both basic science research and clinical trial data. Dr. Keragala is an associate editor of ‘Thrombosis Journal’; the flagship journal of the Asia-Pacific Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. Dr. Keragala is secretary of the Thrombosis and Haemostasis Society of Australia and New Zealand, which is the national body providing guidance on haemostasis & thrombosis related issues across Australia and New Zealand. Dr. Keragala is also part of the media-based learning subcommittee of the ISTH and has recently been nominated to the International Society for Fibrinolysis and Proteolysis Council. Dr. Keragala is also a passionate advocate for women in STEM and is a member of the Gender Equity in Medicine Reference Group for the RACP.
SOA 08.4 - Cell-Dependent Fibrinolysis
Monday, June 26, 2023
08:00 – 09:15 ET