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    Maha Othman, MD PhD

    Professor
    Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, School of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada,
    Kingston, Ontario, Canada

    Dr. Othman is a clinical pathologist/hematologist with specialized training in haemostasis laboratory testing and molecular genetics of bleeding disorders. She obtained her medical degree and MSc in Clinical Pathology in Mansoura University in Egypt. She then completed her PhD in Pathology from Southampton University, UK. After this, she pursued post-doctoral research training in molecular genetics of hemophilia and von Willebrand disease, at Queen’s University, Canada. Dr. Othman is currently a full Professor at the School of Medicine, Queen’s University and at St Lawrence College, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Her research interests include the clinical and molecular aspects of von Willebrand disease and platelet disorders particularly PT-VWD, and thromboelastography assessment of coagulopathies in women, pregnancy and cancer. She has more than 100 research papers and her research is recognized internationally. She is the Editor-in-Chief for Current Opinion in Hematology, senior editor for Seminars in Thrombosis and Haemostasis and on the editorial board for Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis Journals. She is a reviewer for a number of Haemostasis journals and a member of several scientific organizing committees on women’s health, and advisory boards for international haemostasis conferences. She is the previous Chairman of the Scientific and Standardization Committee (SSC) on Women’s Health Issues in Thrombosis and Haemostasis of the ISTH and currently CO-Chair on the SSC for DIC. She is a passionate educator and mentor and an advocate for rare bleeding disorders and bleeding and clotting disorders in women.

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