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Mary Brunkhart emphasizes the importance of individual health plans and travel letters for students with chronic health conditions.
Indiana camp ensures blood disorder kids have fun
Innovative Hematology offers a summer camp for kids with blood disorders, ensuring they can enjoy the outdoors with proper medical support.
Fort Wayne drive requests minority blood donations
Sickle cell disease is commonly treated with blood transfusions, but it’s not enough to find a blood type match.
Kokomo family shares their journey surviving a pediatric stroke
May marks Stroke Awareness Month. To commemorate it, a Kokomo family shares their story of a pediatric stroke.
Young survivor’s story highlights importance of stroke awareness
Pediatric stroke is a significant health concern, ranking among the top 10 causes of death in children in the United States. Strokes occur when a blood vessel carrying oxygen and nutrients to the brain is blocked or bursts, leading to potential brain cell death if not treated promptly.
Innovative Hematology CEO, Medical Director awarded Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr. Amy Shapiro, CEO and co-medical director of Innovative Hematology, home to the Indiana Hemophilia & Thrombosis Center (IHTC)—the state’s only federally designated hemophilia treatment center—has received a lifetime achievement award for her extensive accomplishments in classical hematology.
IN groups advocate for more research, diagnoses for rare illnesses
Support for families and loved ones of individuals with rare diseases is often limited simply because of their lack of familiarity. One such hereditary condition, known as Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia or HHT, affects more than 600 Hoosiers, according to the Indiana Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center.
Bleeding Disorders: What You Need to Know
For most kids, playground bumps and bruises are no big deal. But for kids with a bleeding disorder like hemophilia or von Willebrand disease (VWD), these injuries—especially to the head—could be an emergency.
Innovative Hematology achieves prestigious HHT Center of Excellence certification
We are thrilled to share that Innovative Hematology, home to the Indiana Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center (IHTC), has officially earned the coveted designation as an HHT Center of Excellence by Cure HHT. This marks another significant step forward in our fight to...
Sickle cell event aims to get attention of Indiana lawmakers
Members of the Indiana General Assembly are hearing a unified call for help as they return to the statehouse Monday. The Sickle Cell Awareness Day event aims to fill the building with messages about the problems many people with sickle cell face to alert lawmakers to ways the state can help.
Respiratory Virus Guidance
The following guidelines remain in place at Innovative Hematology to reduce the spread of illness for patients and caregivers.