Head of Research and Teaching Department
Banco Municipal de Sangre DC/National Hemophilia Center of Venezuela
Caracas, Venezuela
Curriculum Summary
Apsara Boadas de Sánchez, M.D. Internal Medicine. Hematologist.
Born: Caracas, Venezuela.
Educational Experience
1974 - 1981 M.D., Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV), Caracas.
1983 - 1985 Post-Graduate Studies Internal Medicine. UCV. Caracas.
1987 - 1988 Post-Graduate Studies Hematology. UCV. Banco Municipal de Sangre DC (BMS), Caracas.
June 1996 Fellowship in Hemophilia, New England Hemophilia Center. Worcester, Mass, USA.
April 2014 Course of von Willebrand disease. Lund University, Malmo, Sweden.
Medical Experience
1989 - 1990 Staff Hematologist, BMS. Caracas.
Jan1991/Feb 93 Hematologist Assistant of Blood Bank, Hospital Domingo Luciani, Caracas.
March93/July 2021 Hematologist Assistant of the Hemostasis and Thrombosis consultation, BMS. Caracas.
From August 2021 Head of the Research and Teaching Department, BMS. Caracas.
Academic Appointments
From 1993 Teaching Collaborator, Post-Graduate Studies in Hematology, UCV. Caracas.
Scientific Societies
– Latin - American Cooperative Group on Hemostasis and Thrombosis (GRUPO CLAHT).
Secretary of CLAHT from 2001 – 2005.
– Venezuelan Society of Hematology (SVH). General secretary from 2009 – 2011.
– International Society of Hemostasis and Thrombosis (ISTH).
– International Society of Hematology (ISH).
– American Society of Hematology (ASH).
Fields of interests
– Hemostasis and Thrombosis, especially diagnosis and treatment of bleeding disorders.
Publications: peer-reviewed manuscripts, book-chapters, and guidelines: more than 28.
Conferences, oral and webinar presentations
From 1998 – 2023: more than 80 in National and International events related with bleeding
disorders and its complications.
Papers in periodical medical publications: more than 70 from 1993 to 2023
(Haemophilia, Journal of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Investigación Medica, Revista Iberoamericana de Trombosis y Hemostasia, Sangre).